Riata Ranch International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 431982710
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Three Rivers, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5593030729
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Equestrian
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $155,761
- Expenses
- $141,647
- Assets
- $15,718
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Chad Nicholson (President)
People named in this filing
- Jennifer Nicholson (Executive Dir.)
- Chad Nicholson (President)
- Bill Haxton (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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To enhance the lives of young people through equestrian educational programs and performances. These programs utilize traditional American western values of hard work, character development, responsibility, respect and pride to achieve the highest level of collaboration between horse and rider
What it reported doing in 2015
Provide horsemanship and educational programs
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 the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.9%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.1%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 30.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $142K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.