California · Nonprofit
FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC
FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $149,547 to it, the largest being BIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC ($110,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $6.5M
What Fathers Heart - a Ranch for Children Inc does
Mission
The organization operates residential group homes for children ages six to twelve with behavioral disorders and family-related problems. The goal of the program is to have the children reach a level of behavior which will allow them to function productively in society.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization operates residential group homes for children ages six to twelve with behavioral disorders and family-related problems. The goal of the program is to have the children reach and maintain a level of behavior which will allow them the opportunity to function productively in society. This has been achieved with numerous children and new children have entered the program.
$2,943,526 spent99% of program spendingNational school school breakfast and lunch program: the organization provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day.
$30,977 spent1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,974,503.
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 $4.2M to $5.5M (+31%).
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.
3% of FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $28k → $26.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. 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
FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 69% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 66% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC: 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 FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC?
- FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $149,547 to it, the largest being BIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC ($110,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $149,547 in grants to FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC?
- BIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FATHERS HEART - A RANCH FOR CHILDREN INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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