Timothy Hill Ranch

What it reported doing in 2024

The retreats at center hill lake in Tennessee and norwich lake in Massachusetts host a variety of large and small groups and individual guests year-round on the lakefront. The mission of the retreat centers is to provide a place of renewal, refreshment and restoration in a peaceful, hospitable setting. The retreat at center hill lake is a setting primarily for church organizations with a wide variety of sixteen cabins of varying sizes and amenties that occupy the 139 acre campus, along with a lodge that hosts an additional 26 guest rooms in accordance with timothy hill by-laws. The retreat at center hill lake is also used as a vocational training ground for residents from timothy hill's New York site. There is typically a crew of four residents with a staff member traveling to either one of timothy hill's retreat centers every six weeks for intensive workforce development training. The army corps of engineers oversees the campus to ensure fidelity with local ordinances and leases the property to timothy hill with the requirement that the campus is available to the community service of public center hill lake recreation. The retreat at norwich lake has a wide variety of eight cabins or varying sizes and amenities occupying the roughly 90 acre campus, along with a lodge that hosts an additional six guest suites. During the month of july, the retreat hosts four weeks of summer camp as well, all with the goal of transforming lives through love, which this year hosted approximately 200 youth. We partner with several local agencies, including long island youth mentoring & angel tree, to ensure that any child who wants to attend camp isn't stopped by a financial barrier. In addition, a week-long "wilderness trip" is hosted on site for the program residents from our New York site "to provide the children with vocational training to teach them responsibility and respect for the dignity of labor". In accordance with timothy hill by-laws, the retreat at norwich lake is also used as a vocational training group for residents from timothy hill's New York site. There is typically a crew of four residents with a staff member traveling to either timothy hill's retreat cetners every six weeks for intensive workforce development training specific to that sire in the hospitality industry.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85%; rating input score 85
• Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84
• Fundraising efficiency: $6.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 26th 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: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -1.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.8%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings