Eagle Ranch

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Summary

Eagle Ranch provides a stable home environment for children in crisis. We serve families throughout Metro Atlanta and Northeast Georgia. Our ultimate goal is to help restore and reunify children and their families.

From the first call to Eagle Ranch, families learn they are not alone. Their child's identity and direction in life are not defined by their struggles. Help is available. Healing begins here.

One of the Southeast's largest residential children's programs, Eagle Ranch provides a Christ-centered home, education and counseling for nearly 70 boys and girls. On our 315-acre campus in Flowery Branch, children are given the structure, stability and time needed to work through a crisis situation. Families participate in the program through counseling, support groups and family activities.


Contact information

Mailing address:
Eagle Ranch
5500 Union Church Rd.
Flowery Branch, GA 30542

Website: eagleranch.org

Phone: 770-967-8500

Email: [email protected]


Organization details

EIN: 581497408

CEO/President: John Shackelford

Chairman: Kristen Lewis

Board size: 12

Founder: Eddie Staub

Ruling year: 1983

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 12/31

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 2005


Purpose

The goal is for each child to return home to a family that together has learned important relational and coping skills that will help them thrive. We serve children and families in local communities across Georgia, serving children ages 8-15, in over 40 counties in North Georgia and metro Atlanta.


Mission statement

Eagle Ranch helps make life better for children and their families, positively impacting communities for the glory of God.


Statement of faith

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, inerrant, authoritative Word of God. We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three (3) Persons-Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe in the deity and humanity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. We believe that we are sinners deserving God's wrath, but that salvation is the through the atoning work of Jesus Christ on the cross and the essential regeneration by the Holy Spirit.

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. We believe that God's redemptive purpose will be consummated by the return of Christ to raise the dead, judge all men, and establish His glorious kingdom; those who are apart from Christ shall be eternally separated from God's presence, but the righteous shall live and reign with Him forever. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Relief and Development

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating689 of 107651 of 82
Fund acquisition rating351 of 107728 of 82
Resource allocation rating686 of 107758 of 82
Asset utilization rating851 of 107661 of 82

Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
6%4%9%7%7%10%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
5%4%9%6%7%9%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
99%99%95%95%96%93%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
6%9%10%9%10%11%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
1%1%5%5%4%7%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
86%80%78%79%79%78%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
92%44%87%72%71%85%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
77%36%68%57%56%66%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
8%56%13%28%29%15%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
21%75%11%31%29%13%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
6%10%12%12%11%12%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
1.450.580.700.750.660.73
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
1.231.101.271.822.542.39
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
2.010.640.901.361.671.74
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
11.3222.0211.2110.988.4811.49
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.090.050.090.090.120.09
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
5.1117.9812.218.036.326.29
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
9%4%7%5%5%4%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
0%0%0%0%0%0%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
63%166%132%127%145%132%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20212020201920182017
Cash$1,875,382$1,078,579$2,385,819$1,601,108$1,751,166
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$604,224$380,770$218,127$134,046$127,395
Short-term investments$6,898,304$4,741,426$1,333,761$1,165,593$802,205
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$9,377,910$6,200,775$3,937,707$2,900,747$2,680,766
Long-term investments$0$16,110$2,517,519$1,992,683$1,940,990
Fixed assets$926,224$1,622,317$666,002$2,437,817$1,751,257
Other long-term assets$45,410$43,590$43,689$36,182$34,476
Total long-term assets$971,634$1,682,017$3,227,210$4,466,682$3,726,723
Total assets$10,349,544$7,882,792$7,164,917$7,367,429$6,407,489
 
Liabilities20212020201920182017
Payables and accrued expenses$425,944$553,198$358,533$341,899$233,386
Other current liabilities$0$0$0$0$0
Total current liabilities$425,944$553,198$358,533$341,899$233,386
Debt$0$0$0$0$0
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$0$0$0$0$0
Total long-term liabilities$0$0$0$0$0
Total liabilities$425,944$553,198$358,533$341,899$233,386
 
Net assets20212020201920182017
Without donor restrictions$4,154,621$5,672,876$4,993,147$6,114,069$4,443,632
With donor restrictions$5,768,979$1,656,718$1,813,237$911,461$1,730,471
Net assets$9,923,600$7,329,594$6,806,384$7,025,530$6,174,103
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20212020201920182017
Total contributions$13,261,822$6,048,353$7,066,237$6,601,922$5,117,452
Program service revenue$145,999$218,502$237,998$217,849$205,191
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$13,470$73,077$137,097$58,409$140,808
Other revenue$8,245$37,731$10,878$10,192$16,993
Total other revenue$167,714$329,310$385,973$286,450$362,992
Total revenue$13,429,536$6,377,663$7,452,210$6,888,372$5,480,444
 
Expenses20212020201920182017
Program services$4,807,562$4,328,968$4,227,408$3,841,297$3,630,493
Management and general$623,879$665,156$649,343$547,869$541,811
Fundraising$543,414$556,052$473,114$467,358$495,322
Total expenses$5,974,855$5,550,176$5,349,865$4,856,524$4,667,626
 
Change in net assets20212020201920182017
Surplus (deficit)$7,454,681$827,487$2,102,345$2,031,848$812,818
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets$7,454,681$827,487$2,102,345$2,031,848$812,818

Compensation

NameTitleCompensation
Edwin J StaubExecutive Di$157,210
Clyde Wade PearceSr Director$114,179
Steve WattsCFO$88,368

Compensation data as of: 12/31/2020


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History

It started with a guileless teen's observation one day in church. As that teen grew into a man, he saw that children faced many challenges in their lives. He became particularly burdened by children who were struggling with their families. He believed there had to be a way to help make their lives better. So he began a journey that led him from Birmingham, Alabama to the Chestnut Mountain community of Flowery Branch.

Eagle Ranch Founder and Executive Director Eddie Staub made headlines in the early 1980s as an ambitious young man attempting to fund and establish a home for struggling boys. Because of its extraordinary formation and early growth, the Ranch was called "the miracle on Chestnut Mountain" by CNN television during the initial phases of construction and development.

From the opening of its first home in 1985, Eagle Ranch has grown well beyond one person with a dream. Today it is a community that helps thousands of boys, girls and their family members. The 315-acre wooded campus features 10 homes for up to 66 children, a SACS-accredited school, a counseling department, a chapel, and facilities for meetings and recreation. It is one of the nation's most progressive therapeutic Christian programs for children in crisis, and the largest children's residential program in Northeast Georgia.


Program accomplishments

40 Georgia counties served

2,000+ families impacted


Needs

Thank you for your consideration and support. One hundred percent of Eagle Ranch's operating budget is funded through private sources. Your gift to the mission of Eagle Ranch directly helps children and families in crisis experience a better life.