Hearts Landing Ranch

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474825801
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Granite Bay, CA, USA
Phone
9165211343
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$514,790
Expenses
$466,119
Assets
$380,637
Liabilities
$226,497

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DONNA ECKWORTZEL (President)
  • CHRISTY JEWELL (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • DONNA ECKWORTZEL (President)
  • CHRISTY JEWELL (Vice President)
  • TERRI OLSON (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The ranch is focused on youth coping with today's challenges, and helping them in a safe journey to become role models and future leaders by building relationships, skill development, mentoring and establishing a community network.

What it reported doing in 2024

? Senator Roger Niello awarded Donna Eckwortzel Woman of the Year 2025? 2 new team members: Donor Development and an Equine SpecialistApprentice? 2 team members Aleah and Audrey, started their life careers outside HLR? 5th Masters MFT Practicum student hosted, completed over 100 practicumclient therapy hours toward graduation? Provided clients for testimonies for filming of full length documentary onmental health and suicide prevention Through the Horse's Eyes planned torelease 2026. As part of filming 1 crew member went through 8 weekprogram? Published 3rd Annual HLR calendar & celebrated over 47 sponsors on back? Good Day Sacramento Interview on power of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy? Hearts Landing Ranch interview on Non-Profit Podcast Network with clienttestimonies? Accepted as 1 of 50 Fast Pitch cohort through Sacramento VenturePhilanthropyMILITARY & VETERAN PROGRAM? Hearts Landing Ranch achieved EAGALA Military Designated Program(unique from Bakersfield to Central Oregon to Colorado), allowing? HLR to tap into VA Recreation grant* of EAGALA international? 5 Military Partner Mental Health Professionals became EAGALA certified: Dr. Masters, Kaleb Boas, Marie Brown, Dr. Penya, Sal Palcio? Donna Eckwortzel Individual Military Designation assisted Dr. Masters withher 30 veteran therapy hours toward military designation process? Quilts of Valor, 38 veterans nominated and received their personalized quilts? Awarded Grants from El Dorado Community Foundation, El Dorado HillsGrant, EAGALA VA Recreation Grant, Auburn Indian Tribe of RancheriaSCHOLARSHIPS? Compassion Planet, 6 young men (aged out foster youth)? 5 Vet groups Fall 2024 = 30 veterans? 4 Vet Groups Spring 2025 = 28 veterans? 5* Vet Individual/Couples Sessions? FY24-25 Hearts Landing Ranch provided 3,000 mental healthTherapy hours.Over 70% of our clients are on partial or full scholarship Issues: anxiety, PTSD, sexual trauma, depression, suicidal thoughts, anger, isolation, familystrife, self esteem, coping skills, abandonment, combat, marriage, grief, human trafficking and bullying for exampleEDUCATION & EVENTS? Placer DA 4 Mental Health Fair service provider & Speaker? Placer MDIC Families and Children Mental Health Forum service provider? Harvest Pour event: 170 attendees for Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP)demonstration and mental health awareness? Hosted 100 individuals for VIP Tours and experience about benefits ofEquine-Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) and Learning (EAL)? 1st Derby Fundraiser 5/2/25 1-4pm, 150 attendees? Drive 4 Impact Forum, human trafficking awareness service provider? Joined Rocklin Chamber, continued with Roseville City Chamber &The Alliance, Defending the Cause for Kids and Families? Participated in 3 Golf Tournaments: Sacramento Optimist, InsightsCounseling, Military ServicesPROCESSES & INFRASTRUCTURE? Growing HLR Systems Binder: daily, monthly quarterly, annual activitieswith instructions? Grant awarded start Succession Planning for Executive Director? Kicked-off Car Donation Program, 2 cars donated already? Shared Google Drive used to accelerate projects and simplify communication? Google Ads, $10,000 free ads for non profits, kicked off mental healthawareness campaign? Attended Placer CNL Board of Directors Best Practices Class? Accepted into 7 month PATH Intl INNOVATION CIRCLES cohort? Started new Recovery Center, First Steps, every other week? Support Newport Health Care clients to start their own equine program? Started online Shopify Store expanding merchandise sales? Monthly Leadership Connection best practice exchange with local EDs? Equine Specialist Cohort training started 1x/weekSITE / VOLUNTEERS? New footing in 5 stall walk outs? Boys Team Charity, Above and Beyond Project: reset 25 Flag Pole? ~300 Community Service and Court Appointed Volunteer Hours? Fostered 7 feral kittens, found home for 5 & kept 2 for mouse control? ~3,000 volunteer Hours (1,664 hours by regularly weekly volunteers)? New volunteer group: Young Mens Service

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.6%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $26.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.5%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.6; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 69.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 33.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 38.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.6% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $400K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.