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WINDING BRANCH RANCH

WINDING BRANCH RANCH (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,100 to it, the largest being VYUHA INC ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$162k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$2k
0/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Winding Branch Ranch does

Mission

Winding Branch Ranch's mission is to rescue, revive, and rehome farm animals in need while educating communities about humane, ethical, and sustainable farming practices.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.

Rescue, revive & rehome | education

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).

Winding Branch Ranch's mission is to rescue, revive, and rehome farm animals in need while educating communities about humane, ethical, and sustainable farming practices.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).

  1. Winding Branch Ranch provides a safe haven for farm animals in need, offering rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption services. Animals arrive from neglect, abandonment, or owner surrenders and receive veterinary care, proper nutrition, and a safe environment to heal. Once healthy and socialized, many are rehomed with carefully vetted adopters, while others remain at the ranch as permanent residents. This program ensures each animal has the change for a healthy, secure, and meaningful life.

    $53,230 spent
    55% of program spending
  2. Through hands-on experiences, events, and workshops, Winding Branch Ranch educates the public about humane, ethical, and sustainable farming practices. Programs like rescue ranch school, compassion in action, field trips, and community events allow children and adults to connect with farm animals, learn about their care, and understand the importance of animal welfare. These educational initiatives inspire compassion, responsibility, and informed choices that support the well-being of animals and the environment.

    $43,063 spent
    45% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $96,293.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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.

100 = 20242024 Revenue 100 ($61k) Expenses 100 ($60k) Net assets 100 ($1k)2025 Revenue 266 ($162k) Expenses 271 ($162k) Net assets 120 ($2k)
20242025
Revenue (266)Expenses (271)Net assets (120)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1k to $2k (+20%).

$1k
$2k
20242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of WINDING BRANCH RANCH’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,042 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$1k
’24
$264
’25
0.1
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
$1k
funders
2

From the IRS filings of WINDING BRANCH 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

WINDING BRANCH RANCH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

91%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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

WINDING BRANCH RANCH draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 2 states in all.

NY
FL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WINDING BRANCH RANCH has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Months of reserve0.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)166% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

59% of spending goes to programs.

Program 59%Management 41%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

TX

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Questions and answers

Who funds WINDING BRANCH RANCH?
WINDING BRANCH RANCH (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,100 to it, the largest being VYUHA INC ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WINDING BRANCH RANCH have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,100 in grants to WINDING BRANCH RANCH.
Who is the largest funder of WINDING BRANCH RANCH?
VYUHA INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WINDING BRANCH RANCH find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 2 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