New Life Ranch Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
730736604
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Colcord, OK, USA
Phone
9184225506
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,932,215
Expenses
$9,288,628
Assets
$27,517,902
Liabilities
$511,798

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • TOM GRANEY (CHIEF EXEC.): $118,940 total reported compensation
  • TIM HALE (CHIEF DEV. O): $94,911 total reported compensation
  • DAN NEALE (CHIEF FIN. O): $46,310 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To proclaim the gospel of jesus christ and to equip believers for ministry. We are a summer camp and retreat center. We host summer camps for youth and families and retreats for a variety of organizations.

What it reported doing in 2025

Summer programs - in 2025, new life ranch hosted 8 weeks of summer camp plus family camp. Summer camp is intentionally designed to be christ- centered and scripturally focused for campers from 2nd through 12th grade. Our leadership development program runs concurrent to summer camp for students entering 10th through 12th grade and focuses on christ-centered leadership principles and practice. In 2025, new life ranch served 4,865 youth for summer camp, and 58 families (with 264 individuals) for family camp. In connection therewith, we awarded approximately 690,000 in scholarships to youth and families to make it possible for those who want to attend camp to be able to attend camp.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 74% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.2%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.96; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.8%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.2% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $8.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $119K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 18/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.