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RANCHO CIELO INC

EIN 77-0555859 SALINAS, CA

Revenue 2024
$7,089,739
Expenses 2024
$7,444,066

Program services were 66.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O20
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 6948

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE A SAFE CAMPUS TO DELIVER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT INSPIRE AT-RISK YOUTH TO LEARN NEW SKILLS AND GAIN SELF-ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RANCHO CIELO INVESTS IN ALL YOUNG PEOPLE FACING CHALLENGES FOR SUCCESS THROUGH DIPLOMA EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, COUNSELING, AND LIFE SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN A SAFE AND AFFIRMING ENVIRONMENT.

  • DRUMMOND CULINARY ACADEMYEXECUTIVE CHEF TAKES THE STUDENTS THROUGH A NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED CULINARY ARTS CURRICULUM, INCLUDING SAFE FOOD HANDLERS CERTIFICATION. THE TEN-MONTH PROGRAM, SPLIT BETWEEN THE KITCHEN AND THE JOHN MUIR CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC CLASSROOM, RESULTS IN A CULINARY CERTIFICATE AND A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE A 200 HOUR EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM WORKING WITH LOCAL RESTAURANTS TO GAIN ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE. THE PROGRAM OFFERS JOB READINESS TRAINING, AS WELL AS PLACEMENT AND REFERRAL SERVICES FOR GRADUATES.

    Expenses $1,094,069 · Revenue $233,255

  • WELDING & FABRICATIONIN RANCHO CIELO'S WELDING & FABRICATION PROGRAM, STUDENTS ATTAIN MASTERY IN A VARIETY OF WELDING METHODS, PREPARING THEM FOR ENTRY-LEVEL OCCUPATIONS IN THE WELDING INDUSTRY WHICH CAN OPEN DOORS IN A VARIETY OF RELATED INDUSTRIES AND CAREERS. A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA IS GAINED THRU PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHN MUIR CHARTERSCHOOLS. JOB READINESS, JOB REFERRAL AND PLACEMENT ARE ALSO PART OF THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $844,729 · Revenue $10,696

  • CONSTRUCTION & SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ACADEMY IN THE CONSTRUCTION & SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ACADEMY, STUDENTS ACHIEVE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATES WHILE GAINING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN BUILDING SMALL, SUSTAINABLE HOMES. A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA IS GAINED THRU PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHN MUIR CHARTER SCHOOLS. JOB READINESS, JOB REFERRAL AND PLACEMENT ARE ALSO PART OF THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $710,292

  • AG TECHNOLOGY & MECHANTRONICS AND OTHER PROGRAMSRANCHO CIELO'S AG TECHNOLOGY & MECHATRONICS PROGRAM INTRODUCES ELECTRO-MECHANICAL FUNDAMENTALS, APPLICATIONS, AND TECHNOLOGIES IN MODERN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA IS GAINED THRU PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHN MUIR CHARTER SCHOOLS. JOB READINESS, JOB REFERRAL AND PLACEMENT ARE ALSO PART OF THE PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $1,602,324

  • YOUTH CORPSA CREW-BASED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 18-24 WHO HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN CONSIDERED THE "HARDEST TO EMPLOY." DEPENDABILITY, TEAMWORK, RESPECT, PUNCTUALITY AND OTHER JOB RETENTION SKILLS ARE A KEY PART OF THIS JOB READINESS EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. OUR CREWS LEARN THROUGH THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN A VARIETY OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT TEACH EVERYTHING FROM WORK ETHICS TO COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION SKILLS. THEY ARE EMPLOYED BY RANCHO CIELO DURING THEIR TENURE IN THE YOUTH CORPS. THIS PROGRAM IS CRITICAL TO THE CULTURAL CHANGE WE ARE TRYING TO AFFECT, PROVIDING YOUTH WITH POSITIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN NEW SKILLS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

    Expenses $662,023 · Revenue $100,199

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MIKE ZIMMERMAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMIE KITZ

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANINE CHICOURRAT

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • PETE SCUDDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLEMENT MILLER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILL HAYWARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DON CHAPIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGORY AHN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACQUELINE CRUZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF COOK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER DACQUISTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER ROSENTHAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN PHILLIPS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATRINA MAESTRI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LANCE BUCKELDEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LUIS ALVAREZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICK AMARIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN BLACK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WALT DUFLOCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUZANNE ERDBACHER

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $116,961
    From this org
    $116,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • CHRIS DEVERS

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $167,515
    From this org
    $167,515
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,515
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $167,515

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,089,739
    Expenses
    $7,444,066
    Contributions
    $5,325,643
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,310,844
    Expenses
    $7,035,823
    Contributions
    $4,811,934
    Grants paid
    $19,250
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,415,617
    Expenses
    $5,671,710
    Contributions
    $4,927,189
    Grants paid
    $1,250

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,949,069
    Expenses
    $4,295,920
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,341,540

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,214,559
    Expenses
    $3,364,252
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,174,613

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,765,639
    Expenses
    $3,157,094
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,068,677

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,651,827
    Expenses
    $2,775,449
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,029,841

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,335,496
    Expenses
    $2,521,965
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,538,444

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.