Tennessee · Nonprofit
FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH
FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH (Tennessee) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $509,740 to it, the largest being JOHN R LINDAHL FOUNDATION ($183,736). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $621k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $510k
- Net assets
- $919k
What Freedom Reigns Ranch does
Mission
Freedom Reigns Ranch's primary purpose is to provide a positive, safe, and structured ranch environment for children and young adults, including those who have been through trauma and other life challenges.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Program service accomplishments:Freedom Reigns Ranch continued it's primary mission of "igniting hope, with the help of a horse" by providing structured programming totaling 3,180 hours at no cost to participants in 2024, a growth of 27% over last year:-1,907 hours of one-on-one, junior rancher (small group), and family sessions serving a total of 241 individuals on an ongoing basis throughout the year.-1,273.5+ hours of horse time for teenage girls in horse pairs program that focuses on their development as horsewomen, in leadership, confidence, and creative problem-solving.-counties served: davidson, giles, marshall, maury, rutherford, williamson, wilson-reasons for attending programs as indicated by participants/parent/guardian:34.9% dealing with depression, anxiety, suicide, self-injury or needing help with mental health, 16% social anxiety or relationship challenges, anger, needing growth/confidence, 13.2% survivors of human trafficking,7.5% violent crime surivior, 7.5% unaccumpanied refugee children, 5.7% abuse/assault, 5.7% loss/grief, 2.8% foster/adoptive children-100% of all surveyed participants/parents said there was a positive improvement in at least one area of their…
$255,903 spentof which $20,901 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $255,903.
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 2023 to 2024, from $595k to $1.3M (+110%).
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.
98% of FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Carissa Ramsdell
Exec director & board pres
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $4k → $105k.
8 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 FREEDOM REIGNS 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
FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
58% 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 FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 71% · 2019 75% · 2020 74% · 2021 50% · 2022 69% · 2023 59% — 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
75% of FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
50% of FREEDOM REIGNS 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 $253k that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $257k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FREEDOM REIGNS 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
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 FREEDOM REIGNS 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 FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH?
- FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH (Tennessee) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $509,740 to it, the largest being JOHN R LINDAHL FOUNDATION ($183,736). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $509,740 in grants to FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH?
- JOHN R LINDAHL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $183,736 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FREEDOM REIGNS RANCH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 17 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