Big Oak Ranch Inc

Analysis

Big Oak Ranch Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Gadsden, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Big Oak Ranch Inc reported income of $23.6m and spending of $16.1m, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $12.8m to $23.6m (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Big Oak Ranch Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Truenorth Community Services ($23.6m), Mingus Mountain Estate Residential Center Inc ($23.6m) and Hoffmann Hospice of the Valley Inc ($23.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $687k (4.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.8m. At year end it held assets of $81.2m against liabilities of $760k, net assets of $80.5m. It reported 149 employees.