California · Nonprofit
Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch
Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,692 to it, the largest being THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $649k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $63k
- Net assets
- $981k
What Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch does
Mission
To provide educational materials and opportunities for home school, public school and private school youth and to provide health-giving animal visits to care homes and other venues..
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Animal / Ranch Program. Maintained a working ranch that is used to educate children in animal husbandry, gardening, horsemanship, ranch operations, physical education, problem solving, team building, emotional support and self-confidence. Hosted Farm Day events and school field trips providing educational tours and animal interaction to local children and adults, attended by over 400. Provided horse and pony lessons for over 150 children.
$406,638 spent$95,238 earned by the program72% of program spendingClasses and Camps. Provided weekly outdoor education classes for preschool and elementary age children with 200 enrolled. Provided summer day-camp programs attended by 334 children. Provided leadership training program for 29 early teens while helping with the summer camp program. Provided a weekly outdoor preschool program attended by 56 children and parents per semester.
$137,559 spent$230,625 earned by the program24% of program spendingBarnyard Love Program. Provided weekly animal assisted learning sessions for children with special needs. Conducted 24 animal assisted learning sessions with incarcerated youth at the County juvenile hall. Provided 12 animal assisted learning sessions for trauma affected youth for the local Office of Education.
$20,926 spent$28,645 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $565,123.
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 2020 to 2021, from $438k to $662k (+51%).
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: 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
41% of Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (73% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $86 → $197.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch’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
Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 96% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
81% of Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $12k that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch has grown faster than three-quarters of the 850 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 850 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch: 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 Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch?
- Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,692 to it, the largest being THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $62,692 in grants to Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch?
- THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Educational Resources of Monterey County Hidden Hills Ranch find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 4 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