Spiritual Retreat Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465131843
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Pipe Creek, TX, USA
Phone
8304600176
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,014,243
Expenses
$889,286
Assets
$700,203
Liabilities
$310,000

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD R REYNA (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RICHARD R REYNA (PRESIDENT): $79,664 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER SEVIGNY (SECRETARY): $76,667 total reported compensation
  • L DANIEL SEVIGNY (EXEC DIR & CHAIRMAN): $9,757 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 restoring christian culture initiative (aka spiritual retreat fndn) actively engages the formation of faith, education of youth, and restoration of traditional values through integrated programs that cultivate an authentic christian community that prays, learns, works and lives in communion with gods created order.

What it reported doing in 2024

Sanctus ranch retreat center: we operate this 34,000 sq ft facility on 32 acres hosting 40+ retreats per year. With 110 beds, we welcome over 3,000 guests annually for church retreats, spiritual events and gatherings, providing full facility management, food preparation, cleaning and coordination. We also offer to be known, a free marriage and premarital assesment helping couples strengthen their relationship as god intended.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 37
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $31.52 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th 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: 40%; rating input score 40; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.3%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 57.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $730K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.