Bear Lake Camp INC

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Albion, IN501(c)(3)ReligionEIN 35-2169242Revenue $466K in FY2024

On file with the IRSbearlakecamp.com1805 S 16th St, 46701-9430 · Albion, INTax-exempt since Sep 2022Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Bear Lake Camp is an organization that operates as a children and youth church camp. In the fall and winter, Bear Lake Camp offers facility rentals to groups.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 70 volunteers and 5 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $22K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
Worth a look: 65% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$139K
to officers and key staff · 34% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 54% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 34% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$24K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$466K
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$412K
To programs
65%
Net assets
$804K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$466K
FY2024▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$244K
FY2021$402K
FY2022$438K
FY2023$433K
FY2024$466K
Expenses
$412K
FY2024▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$290K
FY2021$374K
FY2022$368K
FY2023$429K
FY2024$412K
Net assets
$804K
FY2024▲ +11%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$617K
FY2021$634K
FY2022$699K
FY2023$722K
FY2024$804K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2021-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 2022.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 65% · $266K Management & general 35% · $146K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $139K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$45,456Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$44,319Pt VII · Sec A
Camp Manager
$28,697Pt VII · Sec A
Food Service Manager
$14,167Pt VII · Sec A
Business Manager
$6,854Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lamont Harlan’s $45K as Executive Director is at the 46th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2132 $100K–1M religion 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Timothy Tomcik$28,697$58,364$58,364$58,764$54,716
Lamont Harlan$45,456$37,882$34,965$24,949$7,389
Benjamin Harlan$44,319$38,310$36,000$32,233$29,063
Connor Miller$6,854$5,853$5,500$5,400$22,500
Jennifer Sherbahn—$22,500$17,000$16,233$14,063
Karli Harlan$14,167————

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Operates a children's church camp and rents facilities to groups in fall and winter.

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2 programs · $266K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Student Camping Program

$213Kprogram expense
02

Camp Facility Rentals

$54Kprogram expense

Funders

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 1 funder$8K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$466K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$283K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$184K
Investment incomeLn 3$29
Money outPt IX
$412K
Ln 25
Programscol B$266K
Managementcol C$146K
Owns and owesPt X
$804K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$330K
Total assetsLn 16$828K
LiabilitiesLn 26$24K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$184K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$283K
Investment incomeLn 3$29
Total revenueLn 12$466K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$180K
SavingsLn 2$150K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$330K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$498K
Total assetsLn 16$828K
LiabilitiesLn 26$24K
Net assetsLn 32$804K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 670
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$276K$330K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$470K$498K
Total assetsLn 16$746K$828K
LiabilitiesLn 26$24K$24K
Net assetsLn 32$722K$804K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$153K$61K$92K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$51K$51K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$0$5K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$12K$9K$3K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$6K$4K$2K$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$88K$53K$35K$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$21K$12K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$75K$75K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$412K$266K$146K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $466K$412K$54K$804K 990 PDF
FY2023 $433K$429K$4K$722K 990 PDF
FY2022 $438K$368K$71K$699K 990 PDF
FY2021 $402K$374K$28K$634K 990 PDF
FY2020 $244K$290K−$46K$617K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $466,188 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $173,884$183,516
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $258,767$282,643
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $20$29
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $432,671$466,188
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 $212,206$220,770
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $216,437$191,478
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $428,643$412,248
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $4,028$53,940
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $466,188 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$183,516
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$183,516
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $282,643 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$282,643
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $29 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$29
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $282,672 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$466,188
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $412,248 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $61,058 · Management $91,587 · Fundraising $0$152,645
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $50,733 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$50,733
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $5,478 · Fundraising $0$5,478
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,936 · Management $2,978 · Fundraising $0$11,914
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,724 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,724
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,632 · Management $2,422 · Fundraising $0$6,054
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $52,805 · Management $35,204 · Fundraising $0$88,009
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $12,413 · Management $8,276$20,689
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $75,002 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$75,002
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $266,303 · Management $145,945 · Fundraising $0$412,248
Part X · Balance sheet $828,074 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $175,704$180,276
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $100,098$150,127
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $470,302$497,671
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $746,104$828,074
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $20,724$21,440
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,080$3,024
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $23,804$24,464
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $722,300$803,610
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $722,300$803,610
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $746,104$828,074
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $803,610 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$466,188
XI-2 Total expenses$412,248
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$53,940
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$722,300
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$27,370
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$803,610

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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