California · Nonprofit
RANCHO CIELO INC
RANCHO CIELO INC (California) receives grants from 106 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,941,766 to it, the largest being MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION ($931,800). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.1M
- Funders on record
- 106
- Grants received
- $7.9M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Rancho Cielo Inc does
Mission
To partner with our community to provide a safe campus to deliver programs and services that inspire at-risk youth to learn new skills and gain self-esteem and confidence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Drummond culinary academyexecutive chef takes the students through a nationally-recognized culinary arts curriculum, including safe food handlers certification. The ten-month program, split between the kitchen and the john muir charter high school academic classroom, results in a culinary certificate and a high school diploma. Students will complete a 200 hour externship program working with local restaurants to gain additional employment experience. The program offers job readiness training, as well as placement and referral services for graduates.
$1,094,069 spent$233,255 earned by the program22% of program spendingWelding & fabricationin rancho cielo's welding & fabrication program, students attain mastery in a variety of welding methods, preparing them for entry-level occupations in the welding industry which can open doors in a variety of related industries and careers. A high school diploma is gained thru partnership with john muir charterschools. Job readiness, job referral and placement are also part of the program.
$844,729 spent$10,696 earned by the program17% of program spendingConstruction & sustainable design academy in the construction & sustainable design academy, students achieve nationally recognized construction certificates while gaining hands-on experience in building small, sustainable homes. A high school diploma is gained thru partnership with john muir charter schools. Job readiness, job referral and placement are also part of the program.
$710,292 spent14% of program spendingAg technology & mechantronics and other programsrancho cielo's ag technology & mechatronics program introduces electro-mechanical fundamentals, applications, and technologies in modern agricultural production. A high school diploma is gained thru partnership with john muir charter schools. Job readiness, job referral and placement are also part of the programs.
$1,602,324 spent33% of program spendingYouth corpsa crew-based employment program for young people 18-24 who have traditionally been considered the "hardest to employ." dependability, teamwork, respect, punctuality and other job retention skills are a key part of this job readiness employment program. Our crews learn through their involvement in a variety of construction projects that teach everything from work ethics to complex construction skills. They are employed by rancho cielo during their tenure in the youth corps. This program is critical to the cultural change we are trying to affect, providing youth with positive opportunities to learn new skills and self-sufficiency.
$662,023 spent$100,199 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,913,437.
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 2017 to 2018, from $15M to $18M (+15%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 3% · 2021 21% · 2022 16% · 2023 15% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of RANCHO CIELO INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Chris Devers
CEO
Board chair
Janine Chicourrat
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 49 funders, grant income rose $614k → $1.5M.
21 of 106 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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: $69k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation Santa Cruz County). These are real filings, and they are not money RANCHO CIELO INC raised.
From the IRS filings of RANCHO CIELO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 106 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
RANCHO CIELO INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 10 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 10 funders to its left
47% 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 RANCHO CIELO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 18% · 2019 14% · 2020 30% · 2021 15% · 2022 16% · 2023 13% — 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
46% of RANCHO CIELO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
72% of RANCHO CIELO 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. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
RANCHO CIELO INC's funding base is broadening — from 22 funders to 49 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding RANCHO CIELO INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.5M on record.
- Department of Labor$1.5M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.0M
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 RANCHO CIELO 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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds RANCHO CIELO INC?
- RANCHO CIELO INC (California) receives grants from 106 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,941,766 to it, the largest being MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION ($931,800). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RANCHO CIELO INC have?
- IRS filings report 106 organizations giving $7,941,766 in grants to RANCHO CIELO INC, 65 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RANCHO CIELO INC?
- MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $931,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RANCHO CIELO 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 106 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing