Ranch Hope Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
221739545
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Alloway, NJ, USA
Phone
8569351555
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Residential Mental Health Treatment

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,791,731
Expenses
$15,169,888
Assets
$8,089,737
Liabilities
$3,450,192

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID L BAILEY JR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JOHN HARRIS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID L BAILEY JR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $138,222 total reported compensation
  • JEFF HARVEY (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $115,565 total reported compensation
  • DOUGLAS WRIGHT (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $104,832 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The organization provides a residential program and private school program for emotionally disturbed children ages 11 to 17.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization provides short-term alternative youth shelters for children ages 13 to 21 that are runaway, homeless, court-placed, abused, or involved with child protective services. Highly trained professionals provide individual assessment, counseling, academic assistance, and care to help children be safe, work toward achieving treatment goals, learn problem-solving techniques, and identify challenges and make better choices. During fy 2022 the shelter program served approx. 51 children with the average length of stay being 41 days.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% 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.

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: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 90.1%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 10th 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.6%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.4% of revenue deployed · 90.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $13.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $138K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 10/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.