South Carolina · Nonprofit
BIG RED BARN RETREAT
BIG RED BARN RETREAT (South Carolina) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,668,395 to it, the largest being BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION ($1,350,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Big Red Barn Retreat does
Mission
Provides programs, services and training based on the principles of posttraumatic growth for the military and first responder communities so they can thrive and live the life they desire.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Warrior PATHH: This flagship program is a comprehensive 90-day journey that starts with a 5 day intensive session that is hosted on site. The program is a peer-to-peer adult experiential learning program. The indoor and outdoor model of training is designed to facilitate post traumatic growth, helping participants transform struggles into profound strength after experiencing traumas throughout life. The small group all male or all female cohorts produce up to 150 graduates annually.
$1,089,589 spent62% of program spendingEquine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) and Equine Assisted Learning (EAL): These services utilize the healing power of horses to aid in emotional healing and personal development. EAP provides structured therapy sessions involving horses, while EAL focuses on experiential learning, enabling participants to build trust, self-awareness, and communication skills.
$248,841 spent14% of program spendingStruggle Well: This program is a preventive, culture impacting training program for first responders, active duty military, guard and reserves, with collaborative training provided to community supporters, corporate investors, state and local leadership and employees. Training focus is on awareness and skill building in PTG concepts and principals through 1, 2 or 5 day training sessions. Training is flexible and deliverable to organizations seeking to create and cultivate culture of metabolizing stress in healthy ways.
$134,106 spent8% of program spendingOther Programs
$108,827 spent$36,979 earned by the program6% of program spendingGardening: Engaging in gardening at the retreat provides a therapeutic and nurturing experience. Participants can connect with nature, experience the joy of growing food that will feed future classes, and find solace in the serenity of the garden.
$67,345 spent4% of program spendingHealing Art, Yoga & Tai Chi: The Big Red Barn Retreat offers a range of holistic practices to promote emotional and physical well-being. Through healing art, yoga, and tai chi, Veterans and First Responders can explore creative expression and find relaxation, balance, and mindfulness in a welcoming environment.
$59,430 spent3% of program spendingMeditation and Transcendental Meditation: Meditation practices are available to help individuals reduce stress, enhance mental clarity, and cultivate inner peace. Transcendental Meditation is a specific technique offered to help Veterans and First Responders experience profound relaxation and personal growth.
$56,143 spent3% of program spendingFarm to Table Cooking Classes: Participants can learn about healthy nutrition and culinary skills through farm-to-table cooking classes. This service promotes self-sufficiency and empowers Veterans and First Responders to make wholesome food choices.
$961 spent$218,859 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,765,242.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.4M to $2.3M (+72%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of BIG RED BARN RETREAT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
L Sutton Shaw
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $30k → $337k.
8 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.1M from one payer (an institutional transfer, not a grant programme, largest The Avalon Network Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money BIG RED BARN RETREAT raised.
From the IRS filings of BIG RED BARN RETREAT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BIG RED BARN RETREAT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BIG RED BARN RETREAT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 46% · 2021 80% · 2022 70% · 2023 52% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
80% of BIG RED BARN RETREAT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BIG RED BARN RETREAT draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $785k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BIG RED BARN RETREAT holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BIG RED BARN RETREAT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $103k on record.
- Department of Defense$66k
- Department of Agriculture$37k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BIG RED BARN RETREAT
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIG RED BARN RETREAT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIG RED BARN RETREAT?
- BIG RED BARN RETREAT (South Carolina) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,668,395 to it, the largest being BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION ($1,350,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG RED BARN RETREAT have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $2,668,395 in grants to BIG RED BARN RETREAT, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG RED BARN RETREAT?
- BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG RED BARN RETREAT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 23 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing