INDEPENDENT AN
SPIRIT
2017
ANNUAL REPORT
WELCOME LETTER Dearest Friends, Few places in the world have indescribable power and intrigue. Few give a greater sense of meaning and purpose to masters of their field. Few spaces are able to inspire profoundly. Few places leave all who visit with a sense of renewed serenity and connectedness to the greater spirit of the earth. This is Ghost Ranch. These impacts have left deep impressions on scores of people for generations. 2017 marked our first year, since 1955, as a non-profit organization. While still owned by the Presbyterian Church, (USA), daily operations are guided by the National Ghost Ranch Foundation. This allows for our diverse programs and educational opportunities to flourish in the Southwest tradition of our land which has been inhabited for more than 250,000,000 years. As we begin our new future as an independent organization, we are proud to build upon this strong and independent spirit. We are so grateful for your continued support, visits and flavor that you bring to Ghost Ranch. In gratitude,
Debra Hepler Executive Director
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Capital Improvements worth $400,000
Community Day Camp for local youth
were completed for vehicle repairs, a back-
increased 25% this year and has been
hoe, additional emergency exit lighting as
popular since its inception four years ago.
required by the fire marshal, testing and
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps completed
replacement of sewer lines and tanks for residences and guest lodging as required by the N.M. Environment Department, roof repairs to Upper Mesa Dorms, Staff House and Corral Block, tree trimming and dead tree removal, rail replacement in front of the Welcome Center and other Arroyo, Stream and Aqueduct Restoration
various maintenance projects.
from the 2015 Flood: The first phase of
2017 Programs: Jan Term accredited
the arroyo cleanup and stream restoration has been completed. Casa Alegre was torn down, and the debris removed from that site and the Pot Hollow area. While not damaged by the flood, Upper Pavilion was determined to have structural damage during an inspection for its roof repair, so it is not in use and was taken down December of 2017.
programs, winter and spring programs, and summer programs resulted in a 12% increase in participants, with strong fall and early winter program registration. Anniversary highlights this year include the 10th year of Earth-Honoring Faith, developed by Larry Rasmussen, the 40th
the lakeside trail this year, with funding from the Korea Peace Corps IV 1967 Reunion Group, a campaign led by Ross Pumfrey. The Korea IV group has held tri-annual reunions at the Ranch since 1967 coordinated by Cassandra and Sandy Gaines who celebrated their 50th anniversary at the Ranch last June. We are developing a partnership with the Los Alamos National Labs Foundation (LANL), coordinated between Elizabeth Coronado of LANL and Layne Kalbfleisch, to develop STEM (now STEAM with an Arts component) education in our museums and in the community.
anniversary of the Gospel Choir workshop led by Todd O’Neal and the 60th Anniversary of the College Staff program organized by Liz Arenberg.
THE NUMBERS AT A GLANCE PARTICIPANT FIGURES Groups – 3,948 Programs – 2,273 Overnight Stay – 2,926 Other – 175 Total Participants – 9,322
MUSEUM VISITORS Walk-in Guests – 16,465 Tour Groups – 974 School Groups – 1,132 Total – 18,571 2016 Total – 15,587 (+19%)
ENRICHING LIVES Enrichment from the beauty and expansiveness of the landscape at Ghost Ranch. Rich and diverse course offerings are designed to expand minds, hearts, creativity and awareness of how to live life more fully and authentically.
STEM Camp Success of California, San Diego and the Los Alam-
of communities surrounding Ghost Ranch
os Laboratories Girls in STEM project.
and the larger Northern New Mexico region. The camp was a resounding success.
The Ghost Ranch Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology held its first STEM camp over the 2017 Thanksgiving weekend called “Rocks, Bones and Brains.” The camp was funded in part by the National Science Foundation and anonymous donors. It included collaborators from University
It combined the study of sound waves,
We enrolled 60 children inside of a week’s
brain waves, comparative anatomy
time, three school superintendents helped
(dinosaur brains versus human brains
advertise the camp in their districts, and
– bonecasting of fossils), art (children
we had families from three Indian pueblos,
learned sound engineering to create rap
four Spanish villages, and home school
songs based on sounds they collected
students from the major towns and cities
across the ranch working in small teams
(Albuquerque, Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Taos,
and the math and physics necessary to
Espanola) participated. The camp was
create music chimes), paleontology (fossil
intended to serve children ages 7-17, but
hunting) in one of the Hayden Quarries
when the families arrived, no one wanted
guided by the discoverer of the quarry,
to leave. We ended up serving people ages
John Hayden, and a socioemotional
3-70 and having a truly rich intergenera-
exploration of the mindsets of problem
tional experience!
solving (ambiguity, curiosity, uncertainty). The camp was a pilot to gauge the interest
2017 JANUARY TERM STUDENT RETURNS Lucy Clark came to Ghost Ranch as a participant in the
Inspired at Ghost
Micaceous Pottery Workshop, part of the 2017 January Term
Ranch, she created 40
as a life-long learner rather than as a traditional college or
new pieces after her
university student. She came back for January Term 2018 to
return home and had
teach yoga and provide other assistance to other Jan Term
a one-person show in
staff. We are grateful for her love of Ghost Ranch.
Flat Rock, N.C.
When Lucy discovered Ghost Ranch, Clarence Cruz and
“I am always happy to share how Ghost Ranch changed me and
his pottery, she really wanted to take his workshop but didn’t
helped facilitate my growth as an artist. Ghost Ranch is a won-
have the funds. So, she wrote a grant (something she says
derland of experiences waiting to unfold. Around every bend is
she had never attempted before) and submitted it to her local
something to make you catch your breath; and with every turn,
tri-county artist grant program and was awarded $800. They, in
when you think you have just witnessed the most beautiful vista
turn, submitted her application to the Community Foundation of
you have ever seen, Ghost Ranch will prove otherwise.”
Henderson County. They awarded her the balance to make her first trip to Ghost Ranch plus a little extra to build a fire pit when she returned home!
A PLACE OF COMMUNITY CAROL WALTON AND THE GHOST RANCH RIPPLE EFFECT Carol Walton came to New Mexico in
pictures and basked under the New
2017 with her friend Theresa to visit
Mexico skies (full moon that night.)
the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in
Both look forward to returning
Santa Fe. and to follow in Georgia’s
together for a second Ghost Ranch
footsteps. Her love of photography
adventure.
and painting led her to follow the history and path of Georgia O’Keeffe.
Returning to Florida with her first
Carol loves the stories of O’Keeffe’s
hand visions of Ghost Ranch and
independent spirit and how Georgia’s
O’Keeffe country, Carol continues
experience with Alfred Stieglitz’s
her painting and photo passions. She
photography led her to her
is a portrait and event photographer
visionary eye when painting. Carol
in Miami. One of her landscape
and Theresa toured O’Keeffe’s home
photos is featured in the 2019 Ghost
and studio in Abiquiu. From there
Ranch calendar. Carol also uses her
they learned about Ghost Ranch.
Ghost Ranch images for inspiration
Without knowing about the tours,
in many ways. Recently she used her
workshops and overnight stay
photos to inspire children at summer
opportunities they visited the ranch.
camp at Artists at the Falls studio in
The two enjoyed the scenic drive
Miami, where she teaches painting.
and landscape on the way. They took
THANK YOU PRESBYTERY OF SANTA FE The past year has seen a large increase in interest and potential for group revenue and bookings. Stephen Picha, our Ghost Ranch Event Recruiter has been working harder than ever with each individual group to assure Ghost Ranch will meet their needs and to learn how we can best accomodate them. With the addition of Ben Ahern-Wild (Youth Service Corp Coordinator, 2016 & 2017) to handle the influx of interest, they have been extended an office and meeting space in Albuquerque where Stephen and Ben are based. We are grateful to the Presbytery of Santa Fe for this. To help facilitate strategies for event development a new sales tool was adopted in 2017. Digideck presentations are made to create custom web-based sales packets that allow the user to see the outline of lodging, facilities and meeting spaces as well as highlighting the amenities and the Ghost Ranch landscape.
Stephen Picha and Sharon Yates
RECORD BREAKING TOURS O’KEEFFE LANDSCAPE TOURS + OTHER TOURS
(Archaeo, Paleo, Movies, Day Pass)
$259,189
$12,776 472 GUESTS 44 TOURS/6 GROUPS
$214,182 6,280 GUESTS 5,816 GUESTS
2017
$14,721 639 GUESTS 54 TOURS/9 GROUPS 2016
+ GHOST RANCH HISTORY TOUR 670 TOURS
$5,877 $5,600 1,728 GUESTS 1,947 GUESTS 325 TOURS 377 TOURS 2017 2016
578 TOURS 2017
2016
2017 TOTALS REVENUE: $277,842 (2016: $234,503) TOURS: 1,042 (1,009)
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LOCAL GROUPS & INITIATIVES SUPPORTED
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4H Club of Rio Arriba County
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Missoula Children’s Theatre
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Abiquiu Fire Department
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Monastery of Christ in the Desert
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Bosque Farms School
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Moving Arts Espanola
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Carson National Forest Leadership
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Natural Helpers Carlos Vigil Middle School
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Carson Natl. Forest/Certification
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New Mexico Environmental Non-Point Source Water Protection
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Chama River Congresso
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New Mexico Pilgrimage for Unity
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Chama Valley Chamber of Commerce
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New Mexico Potters & Clay Association
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Chama Watershed
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N.M. True Governor’s Conference on Hospitality and Tourism
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Church of the Ascension Chimayo Pilgrimage Walk
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Pagosa Springs Schools
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City of Espanola Walk against Drugs
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Pajarito Environmental Education Center
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Community Youth Camp at Ghost Ranch
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Pilgrimage for Vocations
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Community Youth Swim Lessons at Ghost Ranch
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Rocky Mountain Youth Corps Partnership
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Coral Community Charter School
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Dancing Earth
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Rising Stars in the Southwest
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Dar al Islam
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Roots and Wings Charter School
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Desert Academy
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Sandia Preparatory School
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Dulce Schools
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Santa Clara Pueblo
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El Rito Art Association
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Santa Fe County 4H Junior Leadership Retreat
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El Rito Studio Tour
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Santa Fe Waldorf School
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Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center
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Santa Maria de la Paz Confirmation Class
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ETS Elementary (Close Up)
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Scholarships for those in financial need and discounts
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EVCA Basketball program,
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Funeral Food Donations (Gilmore, Velasquez, Valdez)
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Shaw Elementary School
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Friends of Coronado
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Southwest Pilgrimage of Health and Creativity
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Grant Middle School
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STEM Camp – Los Alamos
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Grazing Program for local ranchers
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Summer Youth program
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Holding Courage Retreats for regional women with cancer
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Vanguard Preparatory School
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Just Hope
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Victory Faith Christian Academy
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La Mesa Presbyterian Church
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WildEarth Guardians
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Mandela International Magnet School
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Youth Service Corps
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Medanales Farmers’ Cooperative
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Mercado at Ghost Ranch (with local artisans)
(which includes hiring of local youth)
for Rio Arriba County residents for GR workshops
Why We Give “We are passionate about the future of Ghost Ranch and thankful for the donors who share their time, talent, and resources for the viability of the Ranch.” ~ Tom Arenberg Diane Arenberg, a fine artist, mother of three daughters, and grandmother of two, is also a long term supporter, instructor and guest of Ghost Ranch. The story of how Ghost Ranch changed the trajectory of her family’s life is worth sharing. Her introduction to Ghost Ranch was subtle. In 1988, she served as a chaperone for the Presbyterian Youth Triennium. A Presbyterian minister told Diane about an incredible place of beauty in New Mexico: Ghost Ranch. “That’s all I’m going to tell you,” she said. “You’ll have to find out more on your own. You’d love it.” That fall, she took the bait and embarked on a painting trip to the Ranch with two artist friends. Diane will never forget the visceral reaction she had when she pulled into Ghost Ranch for the first time, greeted by a double rainbow over Kitchen Mesa. She claims she left her heart in Box Canyon that year and has to return to
The Arenberg family’s Ghost Ranch story is not unique. “We have met many families who have brought multiple generations to the
retrieve it!
Ranch to enjoy the scenery, join the community, and take part in
This initial workshop led to annual visits to the Ranch with
Diane says.
painting companions. As each of her three daughters grew older, she began to bring the whole family along and spend two to three weeks at the Ranch each summer. Her husband, Tom, is an advocate of rest and relaxation and hikes at the Ranch. There is a prominent rock on the Box Canyon hike he and their youngest daughter Sally have named “Sally’s Rock.” The summer after their middle daughter lost her best friend to a car accident, the Ghost Ranch family was instrumental in her healing. Their oldest, Liz, tells people, “I grew up on Ghost Ranch.” She served on College Staff as the wrangler for two years and in 2011 married the love of her life at the Log Cabin in front of family, friends and Pedernal. Liz returns each summer to teach photography for Family Week and the Senior High Youth Initiative, fulfilling a lifelong dream to share her love for photography and Ghost Ranch with a new generation. By far her biggest joys have been bringing her son Dash and daughter Maisie to the Ranch for the first time.
classes. It’s a pleasure for us to give back and support the Ranch,”
Both Diane and Tom have served on the National Ghost Ranch Foundation board as members and board chairs. They ran the NGRF Auction for the first four years and currently serve on the newly-restructured NGRF board, which covers both operations and development. In addition to annual gifts, they celebrated Diane’s parents’ 60th wedding anniversary with the establishment of the Kramer Development Fund to help grow the Ghost Ranch donor base.
OVER 1,000 DONORS GAVE TO GHOST RANCH IN 2017 MILLIONS OF REASONS TO GIVE $25,000 - $74,999
Dodd Bogart
Margaret Mielke
Anonymous
Connie & David Brakebill
Margaret & James Miller
Estate of Jan Koeberle
Mary & Robert Bricker
Nesha & George Morey
Estate of Jean Schlegel
Craig Brown
Carol & George Nation
Estate of Fred Mansfield
Margaret & Donald Brown
Dorothea & Bruce Newport
Lyn Houk
Linda & David Burpee
Elaine & Alan Olson
Karen & Craig Butler
Georgia Ortiz
$10,000 - $24,999
Marilyn & Jack Carlson
Margaret Papsch
Tammy Andrews
Charles Colson
Jane & Bob Parker
Diane & Thomas Arenberg
Jane Cooper
Janice & Marvin Pettey
Mary Ann & John Bumgarner
Martha & Alan Cooper
Pioneer Memorial Presbyterian Church
Rosemary Cadigan
John Coventry Smith
Susan & Larry Reeve
Estate of Florence La Bruzza
Margaret Crowl
Adrienne Retief
Persis R. Gow
Rebecca Cultra
Dorothy Roberts
Lynne Hohlfeld & Michael Crockett
Teresa Curl
Lynn Rogers & Kirk Benson
Mark D. Hostetter
Mary Lou Dauray
Jennifer & Gregory Rousos
Zell McGee
Gordon Elliott
Mae & Jim Rugg
Vernon Pack
Estate of Constance Gordon
Dayle Salsgiver
The Anne & Henry Zarrow Foundation
Ethel Olson Memorial Fund
Nancy & John Sawin
Kathy & Mike Evanson
Seay Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999
Janyth & Ferol Fell
Donald Serrano
Anonymous Memorial Fund
First Presbyterian Church of Neenah
Kim & William Shanahan
Carol Bawden & Scott Craig
William A. & C. Dale Flexner
Dorothy Sinha
Dona Bolding & Roger Hamilton
Elaine & Clarence Fry
Anne Smith
Janis Boyd Hudson
Jesse & Allen Garner
Olive & Dale Smith
Jo Burleson & Randall Thomson
Deborah Gillaspie & Frederick Sturm
Stephen E. Snyder
Davis/Dauray Family Fund
Marcella & Justin Glass
Robert M. Spitz
Marilyn & Barry Dryer
John Goldsmith
Paul Stuverud
Estate of Virginia Francis
Ghost Ranch Magic Place Arts & Crafts
Leah Joy Swearingen
Nancy Gee
Joan & John Grant
Trasie & Chester Topple
Jane Harris
Jean & William Graustein
Diane Van Valkenburgh
Carol & George Herbert
Jon Hall
Nancy & Vance Vanderburg
Deborah & Donald Herron
Nancy Hall-Berens & Tom Berens
Ginnie & John Warner
Ellen & Bill Ireland
Jane C. Hays
Sarah Webster
Jane Dowell Memorial
Heartbeat
Marilyn & Doug Wells
Ellen & Howard Lowery
Rogene Henderson
Helen & Leroy Williams
Bill Major
Alice Holderby
Mary Ellen & Harry Williford
Ann & Manley Olson
Jean L. Holmes
Theresa & Richard Wimpee
Susan Quass & Roger Powers
Marilee Hopkins
Phyllis Windle
Mary Ramsay
Jody & Kevin Horner
Zarrow Families Foundation
Diane & Arnold Ross
Karen Hosch
Marilyn & Robert Sjogren
Anne & Bruce Hunt
$250 - $999
St. Philip Presbyterian Church of Houston
Anne H. Johnson
Jaclyn & Carlton Allen
Marilyn VanGelder
Sylvia & Joseph Karcher
Ameriprise Financial
Selena & Joe Keesecker
Amelia Andrews-Jubelt
$1,000 - $4,999
Dee A. Link
A. Gary Angleberger
Cristina & Robert Amburgey
Rebecca Markley
Phoebe F. Antrim
Anonymous
Donna Mason
Lee & Robert Ardell
Dee Aylard
Bobbie & Stan McCormick
Nadine & Jack Armstrong
Gloria Barello
Elizabeth McGown
Ellen Babinsky & W. Douglas Sampson
Bonnie & Bernie Blough
Janene McNeil
Effie & Gregg Bachman
Nancy Baker
Judy & Thomas Gibbons
Bradley Lewis
Kathleen S. Banks
Marya Giesy
Marianne & Dean Lewis
Marlowe & Reuben Bareis
Kathleen Gille
Catherine Liddell
Marianne & Richard Barlow
Cynthia Glidden-Tracey & Terence Tracey
Nancy & George Lower
Jo Baxter-Miguel
E. Scott Golden
Lorna Lynn
Jacquita Beddo
Janet & Arthur Graff
Larraine Lyter-Reed
Margaret Benedict
Thomas Grant
Sage Mansfield
Janet Berger
Janet Gray
Mary Martinez
Wanda & William Bigham
Margaret & Robert Green
Gwyneth Mason
Sharon & Dwight Blackstock
Deborah Hall & A. Lane Leckman
Material Media
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Janet & James Hall
Gloria & Ted Mathewson
Karen Boyle
Alison Halsey & William Hathaway
Elizabeth Maxfield & Ross Pumfrey
Mary Beth Brient
Diana & Barry Hanke
Thomas McCandless
Robert Brown
Jane Hanna
Laura McGee
Mary Bryan
Susan & Lee Harrelson
Bernice McIntyre & Michael Pete
Connie Burkhart
Tim Hart-Anderson
Gilbert McKenzie
Karen Byler
Malissa Haslam
Daniel Meyer
Janet Callis
Heartbeat of Gratitude
Kathy & John Mezoff
Bee Campbell
Debra & James Hepler
Lucinda Michels
Virginia & Forrest Carhartt
Cynthia Hobart
Cyndy & George Mikulyuk
D.L. & C.L. Carlson
Margaret Hohlfeld
Abigail Miller
Judy Carr & John Kirkman
Charlene Holt
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Sara & William Chambers
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Mandi & Scott Modderman
Lynne Champion & Donald Pearson
Rebecca & Ken Hughes
George L. Monto
Carol Chappell
Barbara Hutchison
Chris Moser
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Mary Ellen & Paul Moyer
James Cheney
Charles Jaynes
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Jan & Robert Chesnut
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Audrey & Robert Jewett
Gwynn Newton
Shannon Clarkson
Gretchen & Brian Johnson
Catherine & Gordon Nielsen
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Anne Noss
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Sharon & Robert Craig
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Allyson & Ian Davidson
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Robert H. Kempes
Judy & Yasuyuki Owada
Jane & Steven Davis
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Ivy Dempsey
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Pajarito Environmental Education Center
Janet W. Doak
Darnell Kirksey
Ann & Dave Palenshus
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Melodee & Larry Kistner
Katie & Dave Parish
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Jan & Orion Knox
Jane Parker
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Estate of Jacqueline Smith
Linda & William Koch
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Estate of Katherine Taube
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Barbara Feldmann
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Ron Pevny
First Presbyterian Church - Cedar Falls
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Carol Richmond
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Donna Binggeli
Margaret & Larry Rider
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Christine Yannitelli
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Anita & Richard Adelman
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Laura & Douglas Schwartz
Carolyn & James Alexander
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Rebecca & Ken Allen
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Susan & John Shaffer
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Donna & Douglas Waterman
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Estate of Robert & Lavaughn McClure
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Wilma Deen
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NGRF GOVERNING BOARD Diane Arenberg - Santa Fe, NM Tom Arenberg - Santa Fe, NM Connie Brakebill - Friendswood, TX Mary Ann Bumgarner - Tulsa, OK David Burpee - Lincolndale, NY Marcella Glass - Boise, ID Jon Hall - Alexandria, MN George “Skip” Herbert - Loveland, CO Lynne Hohlfeld - Austin, TX Mark Hostetter - New York, NY Charles Jaynes - Albuquerque, NM Geoff Mather - Albuquerque, NM Manley Olson - Minneapolis, MN
Donald Serrano - Santa Fe, NM Leah Swearingen - San Diego, CA Lawrence Willis - Newport News, VA By Virtue of Office Marilee Hopkins - Chicago, IL Steven Bass - Seattle, WA Ex-Officio Angela Duffy - Jeffersonville, IN Brian Frick - Parksville, MO Debra Hepler - Abiquiu, NM Jeff Rousos - Jeffersonville, IN
Photo Credits: Jamie Clifford, pages 1, 2, 5, 8-9; David Manzanares, page 5; Andres Salazar, pages 2, 12-13; Kevin Schaffer, page 10-11; Kent Bowser, page 6; Story photos courtesy of Carol Walton, Lucy Clark and Tom Arenberg
GHOST RANCH STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION -
Cash and Cash Equivalents Contributions Receivable Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets Inventory, Net Investments Charitable Remainder Trusts held by others Beneficial Trust held by others Perpetual Trusts held by others Property and Equipment, Net Total Assets:
$ 2,011,860 63,130 92,189 66,134 3,608,866 262,076 122,107 283,960 314,066 $ 6,824,388
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS Liabilities Accounts payable Guest and group deposits Accrued liabilities Total Liabilities:
$ 158,923 476,583 129,769 $765,275
Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions: $1,760,136 With Donor Restrictions Restricted by Purpose or Time $1,898,236 Restricted in Perpetuity $2,400,741 Total Net Assets: $6,059,113 Total Liabilities & Net Assets: $6,824,388
GHOST RANCH STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES Changes In Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions Operating Revenues and Other Additions: Lodging, Tuition and Activities $3,972,446 Retail Operations 533,547 Contributions 613,169 Grant Income 275,000 Investment Return, Net 84,248 Other 269,321 Total Operating Revenues: $5,747,731 Net Assets Released From Restriction: Satisfaction of Program Restrictions Appropriation From Donor Endowment and Subsequent of any Related Donor Restrictions
8,446 151,044
Total Operating Revenues and Other Additions: $5,907,221
2017 FINANCIALS
ASSETS
STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES (continued) 1,673,721 643,333 953,295 546,147 100,880 1,416,556 39,543
Total Operating Expenses: $5,373,475 Change in Net Assets from Operations
533,746
Non-Operating Change in Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions: Transfer of Assets from PCUSA (See Note 1) 703,779 Change in Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions: $ 1,237,525 Changes in Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions: Operating Revenues and Other Additions: Operating Expenses: Change in Net Assets from Operations Change in Net Assets from Non-Operating Activities: Change in Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions
$5,907,221 (5,373,475) 533,746 703,779 1,237,525
Changes in Net Assets With Donor Restrictions Contributions Investment Return, Net Change in Value of Split Interest Agreements Change in Value Perpetual Trusts Net Assets Released from Restrictions Release of Appropriated Endowment Amounts Release of Other Restrictions
(151,044) (8,446)
Non-Operating Change in Net Assets With Donor Restriction: Transfer of Assets from PCUSA (See Note 1)
409,893
195,818 415,459 156,601 29,392
Change in Net Assets With Donor Restriction
1,047,673
Change in Total Net Assets
2,285,198
Net Assets, Beginning Of Year
3,773,915
Net Assets, End Of Year
$6,059,113
2017 FINANCIALS
Expenses Salaries and Wages Employee Benefits Facility Cost Food Purchases Advertising and Promotion Other General Expenses Depreciation
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS $ 2,285,198
39,543 (112,263) (388,092) (156,601) (29,392) (63,130) (57,067) (63,391) 156,131 476,583 129,769
2017 FINANCIALS
Cash Flows from Operating Activities Increase in Net Assets Adjustments to Reconcile Change in Net Assets to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities: Depreciation Investment Return Reinvested Unrealized Gain on Investments Unrealized Gain on Split Interest Agreements Unrealized Gain on Perpetual Trusts Change In: Contributions Receivable Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets Inventory Accounts Payable Guest and Group Deposits Accrued Liabilities
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities: $2,217,288 Cash Flows from Investing Activities Purchase of Property and Equipment Proceeds on Sale of Investments Purchase of Investments Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
(353,609) 180,664 (123,703) (296,648)
Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents
1,920,640
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Beginning of Year
91,220
Cash and Cash Equivalents, End of Year
$ 2,011,860
Supplemental Disclosure Transfer of Net Assets from PCUSA
$ 1,113,672
NOTES TO 2017 FINANCIALS Note 1 – Nature of the Organization Incorporated in 1972, the National Ghost Ranch Foundation, Inc. (NGRF) (a 501(c) 3 organization) is today “organized exclusively for the purpose of operating and providing financial aid and assistance to the religious and educational program known as, the Ghost Ranch Education and Retreat Center (Ghost Ranch) facilities in New Mexico. The Board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a New York non-profit corporation, and the Board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, which are constituent corporations of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation (collectively referred to as “BCE”), are the legal owner of Ghost Ranch. As of January 1, 2017, NGRF is the operator of Ghost Ranch, meaning they are the sole employer of the staff of Ghost Ranch, and will engage volunteers to serve Ghost Ranch. Therefore, NGRF have responsibilities as operator and employer to manage and run the facilities at Ghost Ranch. (Notes continued on next page)
Note 1 – Nature of the Organization (continued) Prior to January 1, 2017, Ghost Ranch was operated by the Presbyterian Church (USA), A Corporation (PCUSA). Pursuant to an Operations Transfer Agreement between PCUSA and NGRF, effective at the close of business on December 31, 2016, the administrative and operational responsibilities of Ghost Ranch Education and Retreat Center (“Ghost Ranch”) were transferred from PCUSA to NGRF. In connection therewith, certain assets, liabilities and monies related to Ghost Ranch operations were transferred to the Presbyterian Foundation (USA) and then to NGRF, as summarized below. In addition, the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board of Directors approved two grants to NGRF/Ghost Ranch in the amounts of $125,000 and $150,000, which were paid in January and July 2017, respectively. In addition, NGRF entered into a lease agreement with BCE where BCE leases to NGRF Ghost Ranch, including the land, improvements and any operational items not otherwise transferred to NGRF. The term of the lease is from January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2019 (See Note 2). Without Donor Restrictions
With Donor Restrictions
Total
$ 1,088,384
$-
$ 1,088,384
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409,893
409,893
84,000
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84,000
146,488
-
146,488
1 ,318,872
409,893
1 ,728,765
Accounts Payable
253,432
253,432
Deferred Revenue
272,137
Accrued Liabilities
89,524 615,093
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$ 703,779
$ 409,893
$ 1,113,672
Assets Transferred: Unrestricted Cash Donor Restricted Cash Inventory Property and Equipment
Liabilities Assumed:
Total Net Assets Transferred
272,137 89,524 615,093
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WAYS TO SUPPORT: GHOSTRANCH.ORG/SUPPORT Thank you to our faithful donors and supporters. We invite you to be part of the exciting legacy of Ghost Ranch through your annual fund donations. Please consider an increase in your annual contribution or begin a recurring gift program where the amount you designate will be charged to your credit card monthly. •
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