Forest Home

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Company overview

Forest Home’s MissionEncounter Jesus. Experience Transformation. Engage the World.75 Years of HIS-StoryForest Home has a rich and moving history. It is sometimes said that our history is HIS-Story, and we believe that to be true. Forest Home has become a movement of God that has seen the winds of revival blow throughout Southern California and into the farthest reaches of the world.Since 1938, we have watched Him move in the lives of countless millions as each guest has been faced with life-changing decisions. Our chapel is filled with books–literally thousands of pages of personal history where guests write out their decisions, prayers, and cries to God.

Founded in 1938

Forest Falls, California, USA

210 employees (24 in marketing)

www.foresthome.org

People

Founders

Gary Wingerd

President & CEO

Marketing leadership

Layla Haberfield

Senior Director of Sales & Marketing

Hiring contacts

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Funding

Audience

Monthly website visitors

14.9K

Month over month+12.2%

Quarter over quarter+151.4%

Top sourceDirect (46.1%)

Ad budget per month$300.9

Average search rank37.9

Traffic source mix

Direct

46.1%

38.6%

News

Forest Home Chapel: Nightsong Contemplative Choral Service

Nov 13, 2025 • The Ithaca Voice

Forest Home: A mid-century bungalow that was designed with R&R in mind

May 22, 2025 • Monocle

Forest Home business, alderman upset about lack of roadwork communication by DOT

Mar 29, 2025 • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Links

www.foresthome.org

Crunchbase

X (Twitter)

Forest Home insights

Company and marketing-team signals from saved company data and employee profiles. Use this before you apply, interview, or negotiate.

Founded

1938

Headquarters

Forest Falls, California

Employees

201-500

Flat last 12mo

Marketing team

11% of company

1 saved employee profiles are linked to this company.

Overall company growth

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Flat 0.9%

LinkedIn headcount is mostly flat at 0.9% change over the last 12 months.

Company stability and risk

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Main result

Low risk

Seed-stage · Flat headcount last 12 months · More mature

Trend

2023-01-30 -> 2026-01-26

Headcount (12 months)

-0.9%

Last funding round

—

Negative news (120 days)

Risk score1/7

Website traffic

Shows traffic size, change, and traffic sources.

Monthly website visitors

14.9K

Month over month+12.2%

Quarter over quarter+151.4%

Top sourceDirect (46.1%)

Traffic source mix

Direct

46.1%

38.6%

Competitors and search

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Main result

0 competitor sites

Search traffic: 1.9K organic clicks / 93 paid clicks

Organic competitors

Paid competitors

Keyword change

+40

Ad budget per month

$300.9

Average search rank

37.9

Organic competitors5

Paid competitors5

LinkedIn followers

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LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

992

12-mo growth

+12.7%

Monthly growth

+2.8%

Marketing team growth

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Unknown

We need LinkedIn role growth data for marketing-related functions.

Marketing leader strength

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Low

Marketing leadership appears more mid-level today. Typical leader time at company: 19.6 years.

Founder or CEO

Saved founder and CEO profiles.

Gary Wingerd

President & CEO

Marketing team size

Shows saved marketing team size.

11% of the company • 1 saved marketing people

Hiring manager

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Troy Avery, MBA, SHRM-CP, MDIV

Senior Director of Human Resources and Director of the Ojai Valley Guest Conference Center

First hire or larger team

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Looks like larger team

Based on saved marketing team size: 24.