Timothy Hill Ranch

Legal name: Timothy Hill Christian Camp Inc C/o Timothy Hill Children's Ranch

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262993574
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2017
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Riverhead, NY, United States
Phone
6313691234
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Camps
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$228,477
Expenses
$766,151
Assets
$2,453,984
Liabilities
$2,484,029

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HOWARD WRIGHT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CRAIG AMODEMO (MEMBER)
  • LINDA BATEMAN (MEMBER)
  • ANTHONY CESTARI (MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Providing 24/7 Christ-centered therapeutic care in a safe, faith-based environment where at-risk youth can heal, break harmful cycles, and begin building the skills needed for independent adulthood. Education plays a central role in each resident’s journey. Many arrive behind academically due to family disruption and unresolved trauma. Through individualized support and collaboration with public school systems, residents rebuild confidence and work toward academic progress. For those continuing beyond high school, guidance is provided for college or trade school preparation. For privately placed youth, learn more about our Timothy Hill Academy program. Learn About Timothy Hill Academy Here.

What it reported doing in 2017

To operate an educational outdoor camp to teach children and families leadership skills with a spiritual foundation which includes bible studies and church services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -235.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.2; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.01; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 47.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 51.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $728K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2015 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 1/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.