Ranger Good Works Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471869003
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Phone
9545270090
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$263,175
Expenses
$207,126
Assets
$64,207
Liabilities
$11,093

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • VICTORIA RANGER (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANGELA BROWN (DIRECTOR): $18,700 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Ranger Good Works (RGW) is a nonprofit organization that supports under-resourced schools in South Florida by providing educational enrichment, after-school programs, volunteer coordination, and essential resources. The organization strengthens school communities through academic support, community partnerships, and staff and student incentive programs that enhance learning, attendance, and overall well-being.

What it reported doing in 2024

AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS PROGRAM SERVICES: Ranger Good Works supported two schools-Dillard Elementary and North Fork Elementary by providing and subsidizing multiple after-school programs designed to promote creativity, academic enrichment, and personal development. Hundreds of students from each school benefited from participation in a variety of clubs, including Performing Arts, Art Education, Youth Development (mentoring, tutoring, presentation, and leadership skills), Robotics, Dance, Garden, Chorus, Drumming, Debate, Basketball, and Cheerleading. The Art, Dance, and Robotics Clubs remained among the largest and most active programs. The After-School Art Education Program provided instructors, art supplies, and field-trip opportunities throughout the school year. Students met twice weekly to explore creative projects aligned with themes selected by the schools. The program encouraged collaboration, self-expression, and appreciation for the arts while integrating lessons that supported classroom learning. Ranger Good Works also provided stipends for instructors and coordinators, ensuring consistent program delivery, educator engagement, and alignment with school goals. Beyond enrichment, these after-school programs significantly improved student attendance and academic motivation. Students looked forward to participating in their clubs each day, and participation required maintaining passing grades and regular attendance, reinforcing positive academic habits and responsibility. At the end of the school year, each club celebrated its students' accomplishments with recognition activities and thoughtful gifts related to their interests and summer learning projects. These included items that encouraged continued practice and exploration in their chosen areas, art, robotics, drumming, debate, chorus, gardening, basketball, dance, cheerleading, and more. Through these after-school programs, Ranger Good Works fostered creativity, confidence, leadership, and commitment to learning while providing a safe, inspiring environment that strengthened both academic and personal growth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 50
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.3%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $52.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.3%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.3% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 30 filed program accomplishments · $177K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $19K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.