Candlelight Ranch Foundation: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 74-2939045)

Stacie Byran’s $85K as Executive Director is at the 25th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1842 $1–10M recreation & sports nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Jennifer Hartner	—	$27,530	$98,773	$90,676	$85,921	$78,624
Stacie Byran	$85,226	$70,585	—	—	—	—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers nature-based learning and healing experiences for children and families of all abilities.

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1 program · $379K · in their own filed words · FY2020

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Through educational and nature based programs, candlelight ranch provides opportunities for children, families, schools, and nonprofits to customize one, two, or three day visits. Activities are customized to meet individual needs and goals while utilizing our accessible and natural spaces.

$379Kprogram expense

Funders

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From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

Circle Bar FoundationFY2024$40K

The Moody FoundationFY2024$35K

Texas Mutual Insurance CompanyFY2024$30K

Jacob and Terese Hershey FoundationFY2024$20K

Greater Round Rock Community FoundationFY2024$20K

Sneckner Family Charitable FoundationFY2024$20K

American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$20K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$10K

Total grants receivedfrom 11 funders$215K

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$637K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$445K

Other incomeLn 4–11$187K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$4K

Money outPt IX

$484K

Ln 25

Programscol B$379K

Managementcol C$27K

Fundraisingcol D$78K

Owns and owesPt X

$1.2M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$84K

Total assetsLn 16$1.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$72K

PeoplePt VI, VII

14

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a13

IndependentVI 1b13

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$445K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$26K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$59K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$4K

Investment incomeLn 3$19

Other incomeLn 4–11$187K

Total revenueLn 12$637K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$69K

SavingsLn 2$15K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$84K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$630K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$465K

Total assetsLn 16$1.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$72K

Net assetsLn 32$1.2M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 514

VolunteersI 650

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$145K	$84K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$354K	$630K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$495K	$465K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.0M	$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$10K	$72K
Net assetsLn 32	$997K	$1.2M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$79K	$60K	$4K	$15K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$231K	$175K	$13K	$43K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$6K	$5K	$369	$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$24K	$18K	$1K	$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$15K	$5K	$4K	$6K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$4K	$1K	$1K	$2K
Office expensesLn 13	$7K	$4K	$516	$2K
Information technologyLn 14	$7K	$4K	$47	$3K
OccupancyLn 16	$2K	$2K	$24	$321
TravelLn 17	$4K	$2K	$225	$847
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$41K	$41K	$0	$0
InsuranceLn 23	$18K	$16K	$1K	$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$47K	$46K	$263	$163
Total functional expensesLn 25	$484K	$379K	$27K	$78K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$1.1M	$933K	$188K	$4.0M	990 PDF
FY2024	$2.8M	$861K	$2.0M	$3.8M	990 PDF
FY2023	$1.0M	$722K	$326K	$1.9M	990 PDF
FY2022	$786K	$645K	$141K	$1.5M	990 PDF
FY2021	$804K	$581K	$224K	$1.5M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$637K	$484K	$153K	$1.2M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $636,630 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $370,069$445,411

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $50,220$4,283

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $39$19

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $227,358$186,917

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $647,686$636,630

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $348,765$340,044

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $197,030$144,057

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $545,795$484,101

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $101,891$152,529

Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13

VI-1b Independent voting members13

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $636,630 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$58,607

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$386,804

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$25,683

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$445,411

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$4,283

VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $19$19

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $186,917$186,917

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,283 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $186,936$636,630

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $484,101 across 13 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $59,511 · Management $4,461 · Fundraising $14,652$78,624

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $174,597 · Management $13,086 · Fundraising $42,987$230,670

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,920 · Management $369 · Fundraising $1,211$6,500

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $18,355 · Management $1,376 · Fundraising $4,519$24,250

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $5,013 · Management $4,035 · Fundraising $6,005$15,053

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,293 · Management $1,040 · Fundraising $1,549$3,882

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,381 · Management $516 · Fundraising $1,721$6,618

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,881 · Management $47 · Fundraising $3,080$7,008

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,904 · Management $24 · Fundraising $321$2,249

IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,493 · Management $225 · Fundraising $847$3,565

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $40,868 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$40,868

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $15,688 · Management $1,188 · Fundraising $1,052$17,928

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $46,460 · Management $263 · Fundraising $163$46,886

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $379,364 · Management $26,630 · Fundraising $78,107$484,101

Part X · Balance sheet $1,250,666 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $80,111$69,085

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $64,860$14,873

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,567$71,299

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,644$875

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $494,938$464,580

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $353,987$629,954

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,007,107$1,250,666

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,427$5,031

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$67,452

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $9,895$72,483

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $978,159$1,100,683

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $19,053$77,500

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $997,212$1,178,183

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,007,107$1,250,666

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,178,183 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$636,630

XI-2 Total expenses$484,101

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$152,529

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$997,212

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$28,442

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,178,183

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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