Ranchin' Vets
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461168103
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- San Rafael, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4152259790
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Vocational Rehabilitation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $107,874
- Expenses
- $137,584
- Assets
- $227,929
- Liabilities
- $2,475
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEVIN DOWNS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- COREY DOWNS (PROGRAM DIRE)
- KEVIN DOWNS (PRESIDENT)
- DEBBIE DOWNS (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
The mission of ranchin' vets is to assist veterans in their transition from military to civilian life through a variety of programs offered within the agricultural industry.
What it reported doing in 2024
Ranchin vets, inc. Is dedicated to empowering veterans by facilitating meaningful opportunities within the agriculture industry while providing short-term stipends if needed towards their housing, clothing or transportation needs as they transition into the agricultural industry. During the year of 2024, we are proud to report that 53 veterans received stipends. In 2024, we recorded an 18% increase in the number of veterans registering for our program. Our program connects veterans with training, resources, and employment opportunities in agricultural operations nationwide, helping them transition to civilian life with purpose and stability. Our work is strengthened by a supportive board of directors, who make up our finance committee, veteran committee and development committee. Ranchin vets continues to build upon our robust online veteran community platform created specifically for our program. Our veteran community portal allows veterans to register for our program and provides mentorship, employment, training and peer connection, adding to a sense of belonging. We remain committed to ensuring that donor contributions directly support our mission82% of our expenditures in 2024 were dedicated to program services that benefit veterans. Through these efforts, we continue to expand our impact, supporting those who have served our country by opening doors to sustainable careers in agriculture.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 73% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -27.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 38.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $110K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.