Village Ranch Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
PROVIDE TROUBLED YOUTHS UNDER COURT ORDER A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR EDUCATION AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL THROUGH A FAMILY ORIENTED GROUP HOME SETTING
- Income
- $6.8 million
- Spending
- $6.2 million
- Spent on programs
- 82%
- Reserves
- 12.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 95%
- Employees
- 103
- Volunteers
- 4
- Highest pay
- $213,164, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 95 out of 100.
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 12.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 6% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 9% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 1% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1582% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 85 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 258 of 8 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 (2)
- $4.1 million spent. RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS: COKATO: VILLAGE RANCH - COKATO FACILITY SERVICED A TOTAL OF 75 CLIENTS (LAST YEAR WAS 80 CLIENTS). THE MONTHLY AVERAGE FOR POPULATION FOR COKATO IN 2024 WAS 30.2. THIS IS UP FROM LAST YEAR'S 28.9. THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY WAS CALCULATED TO BE 4.4 MONTHS. THIS IS AN INCREASE FROM 2023 WHERE IT WAS 3.91 MONTHS. THE OVERALL SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM IN COKATO WAS 85%. THIS IS UP FROM LAST YEAR'S SUCCESS RATE OF 71%. COKATO EXPERIENCED 44 SUCCESSFUL DISCHARGES AND ONLY 8 UNSUCCESSFUL DISCHARGES. "HIRED TWO PROGRAM DIRECTORS TO MANAGE THE FACILITY. "HIRED ADDITIONAL PART TIME AND FULL-TIME STAFF TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM. "VOCATIONAL AND VIRTUES GROUPS ARE IMPROVING. "RESIDENTS PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS COMMUNITY WORK SERVICE PROJECTS SUCH AS LAKE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION CLEAN UP AND PAINTING OF THEIR BUILDING, COKATO CORN CARNIVAL CLEAN UP, WINSTOCK SET UP AND CLEAN UP, DASSEL CEMETERY WORK (RAISED HEADSTONES), CLEARWATER RODEO SET UP AND CLEAN UP, COKATO LIBRARY (MOVED BOOKS), AND NUMEROUS PROJECTS AROUND THE PROPERTY OF VILLAGE RANCH. ANNANDALE: VILLAGE RANCH ANNANDALE HOUSE SERVICED A TOTAL OF 37 CLIENTS FOR 2024. THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 2 CLIENTS SERVICED IN 2023. OF THE 37 CLIENTS, ANNANDALE HOUSE DISCHARGED SUCCESSFULLY 15 RESIDENTS (13 IN 2023) AND UNSUCCESSFULLY DISCHARGED 13 RESIDENTS (12 IN 2023). THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION RATE FOR ANNANDALE IS CALCULATED TO BE 52% SUCCESS RATE (ROUGHLY THE SAME AS 2023). ANNANDALE HAD AN 8.5 AVERAGE RESIDENTS PER MONTH FOR 2024. "HIRED A NEW PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR ANNANDALE IN JULY 2024. "CONTINUE TO HELP OUT THE ANNANDALE FOOD SHELF FOR A COMMUNITY WORK SERVICE PROJECT. "RESIDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN EQUINE THERAPY. "HIRED NEW STAFF THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. "HIRED A NEW THERAPIST. "CONTINUE TO HAVE YOGA FOR THE RESIDENTS ON A BI-WEEKLY BASIS. FAMILY FOCUS: "BETWEEN COKATO AND ANNANDALE, FAMILY FOCUSE SERVICED A TOTAL OF 35 CLIENTS IN 2024. THIS IS UP FROM LAST YEAR 29. "COKATO HAD A 92% SUCCESS RATE AND ANNANDALE HAD A 60% SUCCESS RATE (MAINLY DUE TO LOW REFERRAL NUMBERS AND SEVERE PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES WITH CLIENTS). "FAMILY FOCUS FAMILIES RESPOND WELL TO THE NEW "STRENGTHENING FAMILIES" MODEL. HUTCHINSON: VILLAGE RANCH HUTCHINSON SERVICED A TOTAL OF 27 CLIENTS FOR 2024. THIS IS DOWN ONE RESIDENT COMPARED TO 2023. OF THE 27 CLIENTS, 7 WERE SUCCESSFULLY DISCHARGED WHILE 8 WERE UNSUCCESSFULLY DISCHARGED. OF THE 8 UNSUCCESSFUL DISCHARGES, 3 WERE DISCHARGED FOR FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROGRAM RULES AND 4 FOR ABSCONDING FROM THE PROGRAM, WHILE 1 WAS DISCHARGED FOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. HUTCHINSON HOUSE EXPERIENCED A SUCCESS RATE OF 70% IN 2024 COMPARED TO 50% IN 2023. THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY FOR THE HUTCHINSON HOUSE IN 2024 WAS 3.84 MONTHS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR (2023) 4.2 MONTHS. THERE WAS ONE RESTRICTIVE PROCEDURE IN 2024. THERE WERE 3 INCIDENTS REPORTED TO DOC IN 2024. TWO INVOLVED SERIOUS RESIDENT INJURIES WHERE IT REQUIRED A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL AND 1 FOR A GROUP OF RESIDENTS ABSCONDING FROM THE HUTCHINSON HOUSE. THERE WERE NO GRIEVANCES FILED. MANY OF THE COMPLAINTS FILED BY THE RESIDENTS INVOLVED LOSS OF PRIVILEGES, NOT VIOLATIONS OF RESIDENTS' RIGHTS. NO LEGAL ACTION WAS TAKEN, THERE WERE NO ADVERSE FINDINGS, AND NO FINDINGS OF MALTREATMENT. STRENGTHS: "PROGRAMMING CHANGES: THE HUTCH HOUSE HAS MADE IMPROVEMENTS THIS PAST YEAR REGARDING CHANGES IN PROGRAMMING, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. STAFF HAVE FOCUSED ON MORE ILS PROGRAMMING REGARDING MONEY MANAGEMENT, COOKING, CLEANING, HYGIENE, EMPLOYMENT, AND EDUCATION. STAFF HAVE ALSO INCORPORATED MORE ACCOUNTABILITY REGARDING RESIDENT'S WHEREABOUTS WHEN IN THE COMMUNITY, CONSEQUENCES FOR RULE VIOLATIONS, AND FOCUSING ON SCHOOL. "SCHOOL: SCHOOL CONTINUES TO BE A GOOD RESOURCE FOR THE HUTCH HOUSE AND CLIENTS THEY SERVE. THE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN GREAT AND MEETING STUDENTS' NEEDS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY. STAFF CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT RESIDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL AS WELL. "EMPLOYMENT: RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT. THE HUTCH HOUSE HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH EMPLOYERS AND CHECKING IN ON RESIDENTS. "THERAPY: HUTCH HOUSE CONTINUES TO BE CONSISTENT IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS. IN YEARS PAST WE HAVE HAD THERAPISTS BUT IT'S A CONSTANT CHANGE. IT IS NICE THE RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH ONE THERAPIST. WEAKNESSES: "STAFF: HUTCHINSON HAS BEEN DOWN A FULL-TIME STAFF FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE YEAR. THEY HAVE FILLED OPEN SHIFTS WITH PART-TIME STAFF AND STAFF FROM COKATO AT TIMES. FOR THE LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, NUMBERS WERE LOW, SO AN INCREASE IN STAFF WAS NOT A PRIORITY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR A FULL- TIME CANDIDATE EARLY IN TO 2025 AS NUMBERS INCREASE. IN ADDITION, THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR STEPPED DOWN AND WE HIRED A NEW DIRECTOR THAT STARTED IN DECEMBER. "REFERRALS: REFERRALS HAVE CONTINUED TO BE STEADY FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE YEAR, BUT SEVERAL HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN DUE TO NOT MEETING CRITERIA FOR INTAKE. HOWEVER, DURING THE LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, NUMBERS AND REFERRALS HAVE BEEN DOWN. "RESIDENTS WITH MORE COMPLEX ISSUES: WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN REFERRALS TO THE HUTCH HOUSE AS TO WHERE RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRING MORE SUPERVISION, LACKING PRIOR TREATMENT, AND HAVING MORE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. "SKILLS: WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO IMPROVE CONSISTENCY WITH SKILLS WORKERS AT HUTCH HOUSE. IT HAS BEEN A JUGGLE BETWEEN ILS, COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, SCHOOL AND WORK TO CREATE A SCHEDULE TO WORK FOR PART TIME OR FULL-TIME SKILLS WORKERS. ROCHESTER: VILLAGE RANCH ROCHESTER SERVICED A TOTAL OF 20 RESIDENTS IN 2024. THIS IS DOWN 8 RESIDENTS FROM 2023 DUE TO LONGER PLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS. OF THE 20 RESIDENTS SERVICED IN 2024, 6 WERE SUCCESSFULLY DISCHARGED AND 2 UNSUCCESSFULLY DISCHARGED. THESE NUMBERS ARE RELATIVELY CONSISTENT WITH LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS. OF THE 2 UNSUCCESSFUL DISCHARGES, BOTH ABSCONDING FROM THE ROCHESTER HOUSE. THE SUCCESS RATE OF COMPLETING THE PROGRAM IN 2024 WAS 90%. THIS IS UP COMPARED
- $1.0 million spent. FOSTER CARE PROGRAM: "A TOTAL OF 112 YOUTH WERE SERVED IN THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM. THIS INCLUDES LONG TERM, SHORT TERM, RESPITE, EMERGENCY, AND SHELTER PLACEMENTS. "ROUGHLY 13,175 ADMINISTRATIVE DAYS BILLED. "7 FINALIZED ADOPTIONS "6 PLACEMENT DISRUPTIONS: 2 YOUTH RUNAWAYS, 1 AGENCY DECISION, SIBLING GROUP OF 3 - EMERGENCY PLACEMENT, VERY HIGH NEEDS FOR THE FAMILY TO CONTINUE CARE WITH THE OTHER YOUTH IN THEIR HOME. "CLOSED 10 FOSTER HOMES. REASON FOR CLOSING: 4 CLOSED AFTER FINALIZATION OF ADOPTION, 2 RETIRED FROM FOSTER CARE, 1 MARITAL ISSUE THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED, 1 TO FOCUS ON NEEDS OF SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD, 1 TOOK NO PLACEMENTS FOR OVER 2 YEARS SO AGENCY DISCUSSED WITH THEM CLOSING THEIR LICENSE, 1 TO FOCUS ON THEIR OWN FAMILY (HAVE NOW REACHED OUT TO START THE PROCESS TO RELICENSE AGAIN) "NEW LICENSED HOMES IN 2024: 9 "WORD OF MOUTH APPEARS TO BE THE BEST RECRUITMENT EFFORT, ALWAYS LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL IDEAS TO RECRUIT FOSTER HOMES. "CONTINUED MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUP AND TRAINING VIA ZOOM. TRAINING TOPICS ARE ESTABLISHED YEARLY; TIM WRIGHT PROVIDED THE TRAINING. THERE IS A TOTAL OF 8 TRAINING COURSES A YEAR. ON THE OFF MONTHS, FOSTER PARENTS ARE SENT TRAINING LINKS FOR REQUIRED TRAINING AS WELL AS OTHER RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT PERTAIN TO FOSTER CARE. "ESTABLISHED WITH MN CHILD WELFARE TRAINING ACADEMY AND FOSTER PARENT COLLEGE AS A TRAINING RESOURCE FOR CASE MANAGERS AND FOSTER PARENTS. THIS IS OFFERED FREE TO OUR AGENCY. NO LONGER MEMBERS OF YIPA FOR TRAINING WHICH HAD A YEARLY MEMBERSHIP FEE. "THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER CONTINUED THROUGHOUT 2024 PROVIDING TRAINING, TIPS, FOSTER CARE NEWS, AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO FAMILIES. THE PROGRAM STARTED A PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP FOR OUR LICENSED PROVIDERS TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PROVIDERS AS WELL AS SHARE RESOURCES. "NORA AND MIKAELA CONTINUE TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM. THEY CONTINUE TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THEIR POSITION AND HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB THERE IS POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE FAMILIES THEY SUPPORT AS WELL AS PLACING AGENTS. MIKAELA PASSED HER SOCIAL WORKER LICENSURE TO OBTAIN LSW STATUS. "POSITIVE DHS REVIEW. "THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM COMPLETED COA ACCREDITATION AND IS NOW FULLY ACCREDITED. "TOTAL LICENSED HOMES CURRENTLY - 34 "5 PENDING ADOPTIONS THAT SHOULD BE FINALIZED BETWEEN APRIL-JUNE 2025. FOSTER CARE PROGRAM: "A TOTAL OF 112 YOUTH WERE SERVED IN THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM. THIS INCLUDES LONG TERM, SHORT TERM, RESPITE, EMERGENCY, AND SHELTER PLACEMENTS. "ROUGHLY 13,175 ADMINISTRATIVE DAYS BILLED. "7 FINALIZED ADOPTIONS "6 PLACEMENT DISRUPTIONS: 2 YOUTH RUNAWAYS, 1 AGENCY DECISION, SIBLING GROUP OF 3 - EMERGENCY PLACEMENT, VERY HIGH NEEDS FOR THE FAMILY TO CONTINUE CARE WITH THE OTHER YOUTH IN THEIR HOME. "CLOSED 10 FOSTER HOMES. REASON FOR CLOSING: 4 CLOSED AFTER FINALIZATION OF ADOPTION, 2 RETIRED FROM FOSTER CARE, 1 MARITAL ISSUE THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED, 1 TO FOCUS ON NEEDS OF SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD, 1 TOOK NO PLACEMENTS FOR OVER 2 YEARS SO AGENCY DISCUSSED WITH THEM CLOSING THEIR LICENSE, 1 TO FOCUS ON THEIR OWN FAMILY (HAVE NOW REACHED OUT TO START THE PROCESS TO RELICENSE AGAIN) "NEW LICENSED HOMES IN 2024: 9 "WORD OF MOUTH APPEARS TO BE THE BEST RECRUITMENT EFFORT, ALWAYS LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL IDEAS TO RECRUIT FOSTER HOMES. "CONTINUED MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUP AND TRAINING VIA ZOOM. TRAINING TOPICS ARE ESTABLISHED YEARLY; TIM WRIGHT PROVIDED THE TRAINING. THERE IS A TOTAL OF 8 TRAINING COURSES A YEAR. ON THE OFF MONTHS, FOSTER PARENTS ARE SENT TRAINING LINKS FOR REQUIRED TRAINING AS WELL AS OTHER RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT PERTAIN TO FOSTER CARE. "ESTABLISHED WITH MN CHILD WELFARE TRAINING ACADEMY AND FOSTER PARENT COLLEGE AS A TRAINING RESOURCE FOR CASE MANAGERS AND FOSTER PARENTS. THIS IS OFFERED FREE TO OUR AGENCY. NO LONGER MEMBERS OF YIPA FOR TRAINING WHICH HAD A YEARLY MEMBERSHIP FEE. "THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER CONTINUED THROUGHOUT 2024 PROVIDING TRAINING, TIPS, FOSTER CARE NEWS, AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO FAMILIES. THE PROGRAM STARTED A PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP FOR OUR LICENSED PROVIDERS TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PROVIDERS AS WELL AS SHARE RESOURCES. "NORA AND MIKAELA CONTINUE TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM. THEY CONTINUE TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THEIR POSITION AND HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB THERE IS POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE FAMILIES THEY SUPPORT AS WELL AS PLACING AGENTS. MIKAELA PASSED HER SOCIAL WORKER LICENSURE TO OBTAIN LSW STATUS. "POSITIVE DHS REVIEW. "THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM COMPLETED COA ACCREDITATION AND IS NOW FULLY ACCREDITED. "TOTAL LICENSED HOMES CURRENTLY - 34 "5 PENDING ADOPTIONS THAT SHOULD BE FINALIZED BETWEEN APRIL-JUNE 2025.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1988.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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