Children's Hope Fund

Pledging is Easy
• There are three categories in the Children’s Hope Fund; Our Children, Our Home and Our Animals
• Simply choose a category and pick an area in which you are interested in giving. For example, under the category Our Children you can choose “food” and donate a portion of the costs or donate the entire cost. Funding for every category is of equal importance and is greatly needed for providing quality care for our children.
• Remember, you can also send an unrestricted donation we can apply to the costs of running El Ranchito. This includes "operations" that allows El Ranchito to keep its doors open.
• Check the website at the beginning of each month to see what gains are being made, and how you have made a difference.
• To see what companies and individual donors have given to each category, click on Our Children, Our Home, Our Animals
Important: El Ranchito does not get state or federal funding. That is why your donation is so important to us.

OUR CHILDREN

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Facts—our children get 24/7 care, for a total of 8,064 hours per year; over 9,855 nutritious meals are home-cooked per year; each child goes to a school appropriate to their needs

Kid’s House Parents & Support $210,000
Tuition/School Transportation $38,000
Food $15,000
Clothing/School Uniforms $6,000
Computers/School Supplies $2,500
El Ranchito Family Activities $4,000
Children’s Medical/Dental $2,000
Legal/Children's Advocacy $5,300
Toiletries/Misc. $3,200


Total $286,000

OUR HOME

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El Ranchito is more than just a roof over our children's heads. The house is the heart of our organization. 7,000 square feet of living space provides room for our kids to be kids, live in a family setting, and grow as individuals. Providing shelter includes heating, cooling and electricity. Fact—we do up to 40 loads of wash a week!

Utilities $20,000
Repairs/ Household Supplies $10,000
Household Insurance $4,800
Vehicles/Maintenance/Insurance $8,500


Total $43,300

OUR ANIMALS

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Living on a farm teaches the children how to care for animals, how to respect the environment, and creates a well-rounded, more compassionate individual. Fact--El Ranchito has a dog, two cats, two horses, a donkey, rabbits, guinea pigs, two goats and ten chickens.

Feed/Supplies $6,000
Veterinary/Farrier $2,000


Total
$ 8,000

Your Donation Makes All the Difference in the Life of a Child
The service El Ranchito provides for our children in the community is desperately needed, but we cannot do it alone. El Ranchito gives hope to children thanks to the caring generosity of our supporters like you. With your help, our children have a chance and an opportunity for a better future.

Help El Ranchito Reach Its Goal
To meet the licensing requirements of New Mexico, and to cover the basic needs of a child at El Ranchito de los Ninos, it costs over $37,478 a year per child. This includes everything from food and clothing to education, and maintaining our home. Other items that are neccessary to run a nonprofit organization such as operations and fundraising add additional costs to our total budget. These costs are not included in The Children's Hope Fund.

El Ranchito's goal is to meet expenses and raise $337,300 by the end of the year.
We can reach our goal with your assistance. Won't you help us?

El Ranchito De Los Ninos

is a safe, loving home where children grow in a supportive, family farm setting. Education, personal responsibility and charity to and from others guide us as we strive to provide an alternative to foster care. Our goals are to give siblings a stable home in which they may grow to adulthood together. All ages of children, 0 to 18, are considered for admission to our home. Our preference is for an entire sibling group to be placed in El Ranchito de los Niños.

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