Camphill Foundation (the "Foundation") was formed to grow, strengthen, and safeguard the Camphill movement in north america through strategic grants and programmatic initiatives that ensure long-term sustainability and flourishing of Camphill communities. Camphill is a worldwide movement of vibrant life sharing communities where people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities strive together to reach full potentials. A majority of the foundation's programmatic revenue is derived from contributions.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
56¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$106K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $251K a year · 18% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
56%
of spending
Worth a look: 56% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$106K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
76 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 75.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $11K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$544K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
-22% vs prior year
Spent
$1.2M
To programs
56%
Net assets
$15.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2025▼ -22%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$840K
FY2021$984K
FY2022$722K
FY2023$3.2M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.2M
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2025▼ -7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$948K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$953K
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.2M
Net assets
$15.6M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$10.4M
FY2021$12.4M
FY2022$11.1M
FY2023$12.8M
FY2024$14.9M
FY2025$15.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending May 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1966.

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Where the money goes

56 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 56% · $682K Management & general 20% · $246K Fundraising 24% · $291K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

17 people listed on the 990; $106K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$106,473Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Karen Murphy’s $106K as Executive Director is at the 41st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Karen Murphy$106,473$103,818$100,196$96,863$94,500$90,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Supports communities where people with and without disabilities live and grow together.

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2 programs · $682K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Camphill foundation fulfills its mission primarily through cash grants to camphill communities. Grants are used for capital projects, infrastructure and strategic development, volunteer recruitment and retention, and general support.

$674Kprogram expense
02

Camphill foundation provides support for travel and conference attendance to camphill workers in north america.

$8Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$11K
Grants paid · 59 grants · $2.2M · 2019–2024
Camphill AcademyPA · FY2024$85,000
Camphill Ghent INCNY · FY2024$20,000
Raphael VillageLA · FY2024$15,000
Camphill Hudson INCNY · FY2024$12,000
Camphill SoltanePA · FY2024$8,399
Unitemized GrantFY2023$89,000
Camphill AcademyPA · FY2023$75,000
Camphill Hudson INCNY · FY2023$20,000
Camphill Village U S A INCNY · FY2023$18,052
Camphill Ghent INCNY · FY2023$10,000
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$639K
Investment incomeLn 3$588K
Money outPt IX
$1.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$682K
Managementcol C$246K
Fundraisingcol D$291K
Owns and owesPt X
$15.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.7M
Total assetsLn 16$16.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$544K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$639K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$28K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$221K
Investment incomeLn 3$588K
Gains on assetsLn 7$138K
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4.4M
SavingsLn 2$3.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$7.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$409K
Total assetsLn 16$16.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$544K
Net assetsLn 32$15.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderMay
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M$7.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$12.2M$7.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$15.7M$16.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$802K$544K
Net assetsLn 32$14.9M$15.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$212K$212K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$193K$193K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$126K$38K$25K$63K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$213K$64K$43K$106K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$3K$950$632$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$21K$6K$4K$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$24K$7K$5K$12K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$51K$51K
Investment management feesLn 11f$70K$70K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$22K$2K$16K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$90K$18K$1K$71K
Office expensesLn 13$6K$1K$2K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$22K$7K$4K$11K
TravelLn 17$20K$8K$6K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$11K$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$97K$92K$2K$3K
All other expensesLn 24e$34K$32K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.2M$682K$246K$291K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.2M$1.2M−$28K$15.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.5M$1.3M$207K$14.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.2M$1.4M$1.8M$12.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $722K$953K−$231K$11.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $984K$1.1M−$136K$12.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $840K$948K−$108K$10.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,190,668 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,088,848$639,486
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $456,718$588,212
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$24,881−$37,030
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,520,685$1,190,668
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $598,048$405,027
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $358,202$387,001
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $357,576$426,948
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,313,826$1,218,976
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $206,859−$28,308
Part VI · Governance 15 of 16 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,190,668 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $11 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$220,704
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$418,782
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$28,019
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$639,486
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $450,444$450,444
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $137,768$137,768
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$37,041−$37,041
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $551,182$1,190,668
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,218,976 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $211,692$211,692
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $193,335$193,335
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $37,887 · Management $25,253 · Fundraising $63,125$126,265
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $63,754 · Management $42,502 · Fundraising $106,257$212,513
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $950 · Management $632 · Fundraising $1,579$3,161
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,426 · Management $4,277 · Fundraising $10,683$21,386
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,114 · Management $4,735 · Fundraising $11,827$23,676
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $3,123$3,123
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $50,679$50,679
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $70,441$70,441
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,365 · Management $15,816 · Fundraising $3,942$22,123
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $18,411 · Management $1,123 · Fundraising $70,852$90,386
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,436 · Management $1,755 · Fundraising $2,960$6,151
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $6,599 · Management $4,399 · Fundraising $10,998$21,996
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,157 · Management $5,906 · Fundraising $5,874$19,937
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $11,490$11,490
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $92,442 · Management $1,520 · Fundraising $2,668$96,630
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $31,695 · Management $2,297$33,992
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $682,263 · Management $245,948 · Fundraising $290,765$1,218,976
Part X · Balance sheet $16,131,044 assets, 15 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $926,290; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $366,729$4,359,476
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,679,909$3,316,025
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $80,119$56,187
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $12,169,090$7,064,084
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $429,040$408,982
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $15,728,262$16,131,044
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $88,952$41,354
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $560,970$374,146
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $152,152$128,053
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $802,074$543,553
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $11,193,641$11,618,448
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,732,547$3,969,043
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $14,926,188$15,587,491
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $15,728,262$16,131,044
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $15,587,491 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,190,668
XI-2 Total expenses$1,218,976
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$28,308
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$14,926,188
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$689,611
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$15,587,491

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