Hand in Hand Farm
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
Hand In Hand Farm helps rebuild troubled families through agricultural adventures, classroom and hands-on parenting training, and mentorship. We provide vocational training to older youth and young adults. We also assist other nonprofit agencies by helping with their events or through consultation. In-person week-long family camps, vocational training, family farm sessions, online parenting classes, and individual consultations.
- Income
- $187,401
- Spending
- $183,747
- Reserves
- 15.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 81 out of 100. Higher than 65% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 15.9 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 31% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 2% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $113,254 spent. Family camp days: Offered 58 days, 7 hours per day. About 20 to 30 participants per day. Entire families, about half of whom have a disabled child, attend during the day. Parents and children get family skills training while performing tasks, playing games, or participating in horse activities. Children also perform tasks as a group with volunteers while parents are getting classroom instruction or participate in horse activities. Many families attend only one or two weeks each year but this face time give instructors the opportunity to observe family dynamics as well as characteristics and needs of individuals. Most of these families then attend online parenting classes as well as receiving individual support long distance and the advice and discussion can be tailored to best fit those participants. About 80 families attend each year with turnover of about 25%. Most families report deep changes which include children making rapid progress in skills academically as well as all other areas of their lives. They also report being less stressed with more family harmony and everyone in the family working toward group and individual goals. Camps are offered without cost to participants.
- $42,958 spent. Family farm sessions: Offered 110 days, 7 hours per day. Dedicated local families support the operation when camps are not in session. Parents and children learn to model behavior that exemplifies healthy functioning to visiting families during camps. The children train for certifications, called apprentice levels, in Horseman, Teamster, and Ranch Hand area. They also receive a lot of personalized, intensive family skills training because there are only 4 participants per session. Family farm sessions are offered at no cost to participants. About 6 families per year attend family farm sessions each year as well as many visitors that just come a few times. All of the regularly attending families report and exemplify deep positive changes, such as teens coming out of depression and ceasing to have suicidal thoughts, or preschool children becoming potty-trained. parents discipline without anger or violence while at the same time keeping control of their household.
- $16,793 spent. Vocational Training: Offered 86 days, 7 hours per day, average of 2 trainees at a time. These trainees help volunteers conduct the family camp days and family farm sessions, as well as doing tasks on other days that help support the mission, like maintaining the buildings and the grounds. All of the trainees this past year were disabled or had major mental health issues such as depression. All of the trainees that completed training were able to become employed in full-time stable jobs with a stable housing situation.
- Two online parenting classes taught by volunteers, 90 minutes each per week, about 50 weeks per year to about 40 participants between the two classes. Parents learn a system of planning and discipline for their families that really work. The main function of these classes is to maintain and build on the hand-on in-person education that families were introduced to in the in-person programs of family camps, family farm sessions, and vocational training.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2012.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
Ratings and checks are our reading of public records, using the published method. They are not a statement about anyone's honesty. If you work for this organization, you can send corrections or results, confirm you want gifts through Veridonate, or ask to be removed from giving.