Offers fun, safe camp experiences and community for children with heart disease and their families.
For fiscal year 2025 it reported $1.7M in revenue, $1.2M in expenses, and $1.9M in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$1.7M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$1.2M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.9M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $496K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
68%
13%
19%
Program services $0.68 Management & general $0.13 Fundraising $0.19
Program efficiency
68%
of spending reaches programs▼ -3% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
18.0mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▲ +10% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
+29%
revenue over expenses, this year▲ ×14 vs prior filing year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$1.7M
FY2025▲ +50%
$1.7M$842K$0
FY2020FY2025
Expenses
$1.2M
FY2025▲ +8%
$1.2M$593K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total assets
$2.0M
FY2025▲ +31%
$2.0M$1.0M$0
FY2020FY2025
Total liabilities
$83K
FY2025▼ -26%
$111K$56K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total revenue
$1.7M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$1.2M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$1.9M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$496K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$2.0M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B68%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 316
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 415
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $681K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01
Camp Odayin Residential Camp
Provides residential camping experiences for hundreds of children, grades 1-11, from all over the country. In an atmosphere designed to enhance self-concept, gain independence, and develop life skills, children with heart disease have the opportunity to come alive emotionally and physically.
$490Kprogram expense
02
Camp Odayin Family Camp
Provides a weekend camp experience offering support, education, and networking for children with heart disease and their families. Family camps take place each fall and are located in amery, wi, and camp lake, wi (near lake geneva, wi). During 2025, there were 360 attendees at family camp.
$113Kprogram expense
03
Parent Retreats
The parent retreat program seeks to improve the quality of life of caregivers by providing emotional support, resources, and an opportunity for self-care. Moms retreats are held in the spring each year with locations in lake geneva, wi, and white bear lake, MN. Dad's day is held in late summer each year in prior lake, MN.
Sara Meslow’s $131K as Executive Director
is at the 54th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1841 $1–10M recreation & sports 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII
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.
Individual Sara Meslow · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $131K · Total expenses $1.2M
11%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $577K · Total expenses $1.2M
49%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
68%
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Overhead ratio
13%
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Fundraising cost ratio
15%
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Revenue growth
50%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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