Refuge Ranch

Analysis

Refuge Ranch is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo Gap, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Refuge Ranch reported income of $165k and spending of $170k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2022, income fell from $905k to $165k (-82%), an average of -82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 29% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Refuge Ranch sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hometown Bats Foundation ($165k), Westfield Child Development Center ($165k) and Salud En Balance Centro Comunitario ($165k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $80k (47% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $768k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $768k.