Selah Mountain Ranch
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Provide life services for foster children and families, including aged-out young adults, elderly and other needy. This includes meals, clothes, children's toys and gifts, subsidized housing, light home construction and repair services, life skills and on-the-job training for needy adolescents and young adults.
- Income
- $156,045
- Spending
- $165,517
- Spent on programs
- 71%
- Reserves
- -3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 68%
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 20
- Highest pay
- $47,911, director
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
Weak: 21 out of 100. Higher than 6% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 88% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 6% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 40% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1571% 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: 74 out of 100. Higher than 64% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 257 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a 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.
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 (3)
- $51,313 spent. Creston's Home provides subsidized housing for prior aged-out foster individuals and their families. In conjunction with Fostering Hope, provided a single family home for three aged-out foster adults, followed by a family of three, headed by a former foster aged-out mother. Upgraded the home with necessary repairs plus furniture and appliances. 2024 was a continuation of 2023. The same family of 3, single mom with 2 small children lived in the home for all of 2024. She lived in Crestons home and worked a program through continuating adulthood, another 501c3 in Colorado Springs for aged out foster kids. This mom was able to enroll in a cooking trade school and finish the program December 2024 due to the rental assistance and safe home Crestons home provided. We are proud of the home we provide and to have raised enough to replace windows and doors as well as paint the inside of the home. 2025 we will pursue another to occupy the home.
- $34,103 spent. Push-Start provides light construction and repair services, including remodeling, repair, new light construction and handyman services. These are provided at full price for most clients, and discounted or free for needy clients. This activity also covers the cost of taking on disadvantaged young adults and providing life-skill training and on-the-job work experience and training. Among our community impact projects, we helped a widow whose deck was falling over by building her a new one. Helped a 19 year old single mom get reliable transportation. Put in new fl ooring for another single mom and more. We heavily invested in the discipleship and mental health of Lauren who came to Christ this year! I think that was the most beautiful part of my suffering. As Lauren watched me suffer and keep faith, she came to faith herself and has held that faith despite her many physical and mental health struggles. As always, we conclude this year with our commitment to fi scal transparency. We received $31,524.02 in donations this year. We invested $32,853.29 into the community. This was only accomplished through God?s grace. With how diffi cult this year was it is truly an act of God that we met our goal for every dollar that came in to go back out. It shows just how faithful He is with whatever talents you put to His use.
- $32,806 spent. Selah Mountain was involved in many projects in 2024. We sponsored karate classes all year for at risk children in the fremont county area. The children received quality instruction from a black belt instructor and went from a white belt to yellow belt. This program is on going. We began training with children at Red Rock Stable in our Equine Assisted Learning Program. 5 local foster/adopted children completed the program in 2024. This program will expand in 2025. In 2024 Selah Mountain was able to help over 100 homeless adults and at risk children with needed personal items including diapers, home goods, giftcards, clothes and backpacks with personal hygiene essentials. Our biggest event, "Stuff a Stocking" was the biggest to date. We served over 500 children with new christmas stockings with all new fun stocking items. We also provided each child with a new toy or bike given by Santa. Lunch ,cookies, cocoa was served for free during the 2 day event. This year we invited teachers from the local elementary and jr/sr highschool. The teachers "shopped" for new fun items to give to their homeroom classes. We expect 2025 to be even bigger. We have added a new ministry under our Selah Mountain Ministries umbrella that will debut in 2025, Hire Expectations.
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 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 2024.
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 September 2018.
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.
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