Lost River Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 472854478
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- West Baden Springs, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3176008993
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $51,833
- Expenses
- $48,511
- Assets
- $19,458
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
People named in this filing
- Joel Scott Wheeler (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
People who arrive as staff at Lost River Hostel vary widely, but usually share a few characteristics. Almost all are at a major turning point in life. Perhaps just leaving home for the first time, changing or leaving a job, getting a divoirce, finding or losing a great deal of money, or starting a business. The lessons we teach are ones that repeat over and over as time goes on, but that never lose their value. They are geared toaward purpose, peace, self-confidence, intentional living, kindness and acceptance. When we succeed, we are sending people out into the world more prepared to teach, meditate, build, problem solve, uplift, discover, research and organize for the basid building blocks of a quality human life.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our main tool is to provide a distraction-free environment. By working toward goals involving art, construction, conversation and mindfulness, instead of distractions
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.2%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 99.6%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 35.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.2% of revenue deployed · 99.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.