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US nonprofit · EIN 274018395 · Van, TXiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 274018395) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 August 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2010.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Friends of Sky Ranch Inc's network

5 people1 organisationi5 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Preston Ingram ChairChairman2022
4 yrs
Alen HinckleyDirector2025
1 yr
Betsy ToneyDirector2025
1 yr
Melinda S PaulkCEO & President2025
1 yr
Rebekah SellersDirector2025
1 yr
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Jeff SingerVP of Fin & Admsince 2020
Joe WidnerVP of Fin & Admsince 2018
John JohansonVP of Fin & Admsince 2022
Melinda S PaulkCEO & Presidentsince 2018
Tamora LawsonCompany secretarysince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 August 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Melinda S PaulkCEO & President1$0
Rebekah SellersDirector1$0
Preston IngramChairman1$0
Alen HinckleyDirector1$0
Betsy ToneyDirector1$0
John JohansonVP of Fin & Adm1$0
Tamora LawsonSecretary1$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Friends of Sky Ranch Inc
EIN
274018395
Address
24657 County Road 448, Van, TX, 75790-4723
State
Texas
Mission
Friends of sky ranch promotes the threefold spiritual, mental and physical development of boys, girls, men and women. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
O12 Youth development
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Youth Development
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2010
Principal officer
John Johanson (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2011
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
8, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥4years on the filingsPreston Ingram
≥1years on the filingsAlen Hinckley
≥1years on the filingsBetsy Toney
≥1years on the filingsMelinda S Paulk

Latest return

year to 31 August 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 August 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$2.6m
Total liabilities
$23k
Net assets or fund balances
$2.6m
Contributions and grants received
$5m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$4.2m
Employees
0
Volunteers
30

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$4.1m$3.7m$486k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

4 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Sky Ranches IncProgram support$3.3m
Sky Ranch Horn Creek IncProgram support$677k
Sky Ranch Ute Trail IncProgram support$158k
Sky Ranch at Cave Springs IncProgram support$77k

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Friends Of Sky Ranch, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Texas
Entity type
nonprofit corporation
Status
Active
Formed
28 October 2010
Registered agent
Not stated

This register does not publish officers or directors.