Summer wilderness adventure camps for boys and girls that offer canoeing, kayaking, backpacking, and mountaineering experiences in addition to a rich in-camp program of native american dancing, arts and crafts, woodsmanship, archery, etc. Additionally, the organization has established a remote tripping outpost in southern ontario and an urban wilderness program in cincinnati, oho.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 40 volunteers and 147 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $203K a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $8.5M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.7 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $6K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$374K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 9 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.7M
+40% vs prior year
Spent
$5.3M
To programs
63%
Net assets
$15.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$5.7M
FY2024▲ +40%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.3M
FY2021$4.6M
FY2022$4.1M
FY2023$4.1M
FY2024$5.7M
Expenses
$5.3M
FY2024▲ +27%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.3M
FY2021$3.7M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$4.1M
FY2024$5.3M
Net assets
$15.5M
FY2024▲ +5%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$13.4M
FY2021$15.1M
FY2022$13.8M
FY2023$14.8M
FY2024$15.5M

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 1963.

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Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $3.3M Management & general 33% · $1.7M Fundraising 5% · $239K

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.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
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Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Trustee
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Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Hugh R Haller$232,074—$219,965$265,107
Hugh Haller—$234,109——
John R Verkamp$163,792$151,660$149,302$130,686
Kathryn H Dix———$114,520
Donna R Brown—$88,750$110,891$104,304
Steve Luebkeman$37,969$58,347——
Steven G Luebkeman——$32,835—

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Offers wilderness adventure camps with outdoor skills and cultural activities for youth.

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3 programs · $3.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

In addition to the leadership that camping & education, LLC provides to boyh of its summer camps, C&E has expanded its educational opportunities. We partner with the university of cincinnati, the cincinnati parks district and cincinnati public schools to create experiential outdoor programming for urban youth in the cincinnati area.

$1.2Mprogram expense
02

Summer Camp for Boys (camp Koochiching)

Operated outside international falls, MN., the purpose is to teach young men to live in harmony with nature, develop their outdoor skills and abilities and sense of service to others. The heart of our summer camp program are our wilderness trips which explore the canadian canoeing waterways from southern ontario to the northern region of…

$1.2Mprogram expense
03

Summer camp for girls (camp ogichi daa kwe) operated outside internaional fall, MN. The purpose is to teach young women to live in harmony with nature, develop their skills and abilities and sense of service to others.

$838Kprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$6K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$240K
Money outPt IX
$5.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.3M
Managementcol C$1.7M
Fundraisingcol D$239K
Owns and owesPt X
$15.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$15.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$374K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$240K
Other incomeLn 4–11$63K
Gains on assetsLn 7$7K
Total revenueLn 12$5.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.2M
SavingsLn 2$31K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$8.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.9M
Total assetsLn 16$15.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$374K
Net assetsLn 32$15.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5147
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$763K$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$8.1M$8.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.1M$5.9M
Total assetsLn 16$15.4M$15.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$579K$374K
Net assetsLn 32$14.8M$15.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.1M$419K$682K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$576K$27K$549K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$143K$143K
Payroll taxesLn 10$128K$128K
Legal feesLn 11b$38K$38K
Accounting feesLn 11c$83K$83K
Investment management feesLn 11f$44K$44K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$20K$20K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$221K$221K
Office expensesLn 13$35K$35K
Information technologyLn 14$55K$49K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$236K$236K
TravelLn 17$272K$219K$44K$8K
InsuranceLn 23$222K$222K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.1M$2.1M
All other expensesLn 24e$20K$7K$10K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.3M$3.3M$1.7M$239K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $5.7M$5.3M$484K$15.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.1M$4.1M−$27K$14.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.1M$4.4M−$311K$13.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.6M$3.7M$849K$15.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.3M$2.3M$22K$13.4M 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $5,737,586 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,725,388$2,960,773
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,070,361$2,473,465
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $249,259$240,297
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $52,017$63,051
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,097,025$5,737,586
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,753,710$1,947,808
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,370,710$3,305,537
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,124,420$5,253,345
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$27,395$484,241
Part VI · Governance 7 of 9 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,737,586 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,960,773
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,960,773
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,473,465$2,473,465
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $232,991$232,991
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $26,400$26,400
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $7,306$7,306
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $36,651$36,651
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,536,516 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $240,297$5,737,586
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,253,345 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $418,955 · Management $682,131$1,101,086
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $27,028 · Management $548,839$575,867
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $143,277$143,277
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $127,578$127,578
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $37,698$37,698
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $83,390$83,390
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $44,379$44,379
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $19,564$19,564
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $220,956$220,956
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $34,677$34,677
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $48,868 · Fundraising $6,487$55,355
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $236,404$236,404
IX-17 TravelPrograms $219,329 · Management $44,179 · Fundraising $8,321$271,829
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $221,657$221,657
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,059,488$2,059,488
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,204 · Management $9,754 · Fundraising $3,182$20,140
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,293,174 · Management $1,721,225 · Fundraising $238,946$5,253,345
Part X · Balance sheet $15,900,682 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $58,044$1,164,496
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $705,224$30,732
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $322,421$337,882
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $22,754−$135,619
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $50,062$50,063
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $78,664$20,477
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,117,647$5,925,956
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $7,465,402$7,909,427
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $464,109$470,490
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $126,778$126,778
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $15,411,105$15,900,682
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $156,869$122,636
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $345,760$221,678
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $76,616$29,369
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $579,245$373,683
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $7,902,099$9,070,753
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $6,929,761$6,456,246
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $14,831,860$15,526,999
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $15,411,105$15,900,682
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $15,526,999 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,737,586
XI-2 Total expenses$5,253,345
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$484,241
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$14,831,860
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$514,406
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$303,508
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$15,526,999

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