Free Camp experiences for children and families affected by cancer and blood-related diseases.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 253 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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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 deficit $223K a year · 45% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$102K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $2.9M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.7 months of spending in cash, plus $2.9M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $30K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$248K
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$518K
+0.6% vs prior year
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$3.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$518K
FY2025▲ +0.6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$365K
FY2021$513K
FY2022$680K
FY2023$403K
FY2024$515K
FY2025$518K
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2025▲ +17%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$463K
FY2021$508K
FY2022$676K
FY2023$794K
FY2024$869K
FY2025$1.0M
Net assets
$3.0M
FY2025▼ -10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.5M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$3.7M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$3.4M
FY2025$3.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending July 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1991.

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

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $799K Management & general 10% · $100K Fundraising 12% · $120K

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

21 people listed on the 990; $102K 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
$102,438Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director (thru 12/24)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director (thru 12/24)
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Heather Bachman’s $102K as Executive Director is at the 92nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1017 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Heather Bachman$102,438$93,851$85,594$80,293$77,965$75,556

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

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Provides free camp experiences for children and families facing cancer and blood diseases.

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3 programs · $748K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Family Camp

Family camp is a place for kids with cancer and their families to have fun and enjoy a camp experience. Like our other camps, family camp was created for families dealing with the pediatric diagnosis of a cancer or blood-related disease of their child ages infant - 18 years old.

$280Kprogram expense
02

Oncology Overnight Camp

Since 1988, we have hosted a magical camp experience for children dealing with a pediatric cancer or blood-related disease diagnosis. Campers can experience typical camp activities, have fun, and make friends.

$236Kprogram expense
03

Sibs Camp

Since 2018, we have hosted a magical camp experience for the super important brothers and sisters (sibs). Sibs campers can experience typical camp activities, have fun, and make friends. Because cancer affects the whole family, we created this special camp for children and teens, ages 6-16 years old, who have had or are currently dealing…

$231Kprogram 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$30K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$518K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$432K
Investment incomeLn 3$94K
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$799K
Managementcol C$100K
Fundraisingcol D$120K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$62K
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$248K
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$432K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$44K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$111K
Investment incomeLn 3$94K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$518K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2K
SavingsLn 2$60K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$62K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$24K
Other assetsLn 15$212K
Total assetsLn 16$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$248K
Net assetsLn 32$3.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 6253
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
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$123K$62K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.2M$2.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$30K$24K
Total assetsLn 16$3.7M$3.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$293K$248K
Net assetsLn 32$3.4M$3.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2K$2K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$113K$91K$14K$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$296K$184K$40K$72K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$9K$5K$1K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$17K$11K$2K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$30K$20K$4K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$19K$16K$2K
Investment management feesLn 11f$849$849
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$62K$53K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$51K$51K
Office expensesLn 13$19K$14K$3K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$116K$75K$19K$22K
TravelLn 17$19K$19K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$5K$1K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$23K$20K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$226K$224K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$799K$100K$120K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $518K$1.0M−$501K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $515K$869K−$354K$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $403K$794K−$391K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $680K$676K$3K$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $513K$508K$5K$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $365K$463K−$98K$3.5M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $517,672 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $465,341$431,966
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $87,771$94,175
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$38,357−$8,469
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $514,755$517,672
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,260$2,204
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $330,693$465,776
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $536,747$551,003
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $868,700$1,018,983
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$353,945−$501,311
Part VI · Governance 16 of 17 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $517,672 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $24,019 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$392
VIII-1c Fundraising events$111,398
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$320,176
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$44,358
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$431,966
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $94,175$94,175
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$32,488−$32,488
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $85,706$517,672
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,018,983 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,204$2,204
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $90,677 · Management $13,602 · Fundraising $9,067$113,346
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $184,302 · Management $39,525 · Fundraising $71,983$295,810
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $5,424 · Management $1,165 · Fundraising $2,129$8,718
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $11,233 · Management $2,296 · Fundraising $3,877$17,406
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $20,432 · Management $3,965 · Fundraising $6,099$30,496
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $16,446 · Management $2,192$18,638
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $849$849
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $52,589 · Management $9,390$61,979
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $51,397$51,397
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $13,688 · Management $2,658 · Fundraising $2,780$19,126
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $75,163 · Management $18,561 · Fundraising $22,437$116,161
IX-17 TravelPrograms $18,556$18,556
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $6,825$6,825
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,412 · Management $1,049 · Fundraising $1,615$8,076
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $20,345 · Management $3,039$23,384
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $224,008 · Management $2,004$226,012
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $798,701 · Management $100,295 · Fundraising $119,987$1,018,983
Part X · Balance sheet $3,267,738 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,890$2,016
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $121,043$60,363
X-4 Accounts receivable$11,487
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $22,112$14,428
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $29,840$24,016
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,201,326$2,943,882
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $274,629$211,546
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,650,840$3,267,738
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $24,475$29,241
X-19 Deferred revenue$1,399
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $268,785$217,118
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $293,260$247,758
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,357,580$2,483,676
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$536,304
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,357,580$3,019,980
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,650,840$3,267,738
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,019,980 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$517,672
XI-2 Total expenses$1,018,983
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$501,311
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,357,580
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$163,711
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,019,980

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