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American Camping Association Inc

The american camping association's (aca) purpose is to further children, youth, and adult welfare and education through the camp experience and to ensure the quality of camp and youth development programs by providing leading practices and standards.

$2.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
32
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$93k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Youth Development$965kRecreation & Sports$271kHuman Services$270kHealth$192kEnvironment$190kEducation$126kPublic Benefit$115kScience & Tech$38kOther$0
02FY2025 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 32 grants below total $960,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,695,280 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,735,280 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $677k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $271k
$25,500
Median grant
18
States reached
$64M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco$93,000
Fiver Children's Foundation$62,500
Guided Discoveries$62,500
Mt Tremper Outdoor Ministries$52,500
Butler University$40,500
Piers Park Sailing Center$40,500
Acta Non Verba$40,500
Princeton Blairstown Center$40,000
Maven Youth$35,500
Girl Scouts - Greater Atlanta$25,500
Live Oak Wilderness Camp$25,500
No Limits Foundation$25,500
Camp Hazen YMCA$25,500
Fresh Air Fund$25,500
B'nai B'rith Camp$25,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $270k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%The HEART Center: $26k → 11%East Side Neighborhood ServiceCamp Bovey: $16k → 11%Frost Valley YMCA: $13k → 16%Tampa Metro YMCA: $19k → 13%Camp Hazen YMCA: $26k → 7%YMCA of Greater Seattle: $25k → 9%YWCA Vermont Camp Hochelaga: $26k → 10%The HEART Center: $8k → 11%East Side Neighborhood ServiceCamp Bovey: $16k → 11%Frost Valley YMCA: $13k → 16%Tampa Metro YMCA: $17k → 13%Camp Hazen YMCA: $8k → 7%YMCA of Greater Seattle: $25k → 9%YWCA Vermont Camp Hochelaga: $8k → 10%East Side Neighborhood ServiceCamp Bovey: $12k → 11%Tampa Metro YMCA: $8k → 13%YMCA of Greater Seattle: $8k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
NC
HI
LA
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 44 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

44 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
1

Total granted

$2.1M
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

86%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEnvironmentEducationHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO
    4× · 2021–2025 · $175k · revenue +29%
  • AN
    ACTA NON VERBA YOUTH URBAN FARM PROJECT
    5× · 2021–2025 · $97k · revenue +47%
  • CF
    CAMP FIRE ALASKA
    5× · 2021–2025 · $77k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • JC
    Jewish Community Center Of Cincinnati
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Channel Islands Young Men's Christian Association

The channel islands ymca is a charitable organization providing programs based upon christian principles to people of all ages, races, religious beliefs and economic status, to promote youth development, healthy living and social…

Human Services
2
Birch Rock Camp

Birch rock camp is dedicated to giving boys an adventurous summer experience that builds self-confidence, broadens accomplishments and strengthens character. our back-to-basics program emphasizes enjoyment and stewardship of nature, and…

Recreation & Sports
3
Star Lake Camp

Star Lake Wilderness Camp provides an outdoor education, recreation and living experience where youth can unplug and grow in their physical, social and mental health. We intentionally welcome youth who are traditionally underserved, have…

Recreation & Sports
4
Kimball Camp Outdoor Center

Kimball Camp offers a safe and enriching environment for all ages by fostering a connection with faith, community, self and nature.

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5
Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. the girl scout leadership experience provides girls in kindergarten through twelfth grade with a variety of skill-building and leadership…

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6
Meeting Waters Ymca

The organization's mission is "building strong communities by inspiring all to develop healthy spirit, mind and body." we envision communities where people of all ages: embody the values of caring, honesty, reepect and responsibility;…

Human Services
7
Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta Inc

To foster and ensure a vibrant greater Atlanta Jewish community by providing programs and services of distinction that attract, involve, and inspire meaningful connections and promote Jewish values.

Human Services
8
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Inc

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
9
The New Canaan Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc

The new canaan community ymca's mission is to enrich all people in spirit, mind and body. we are committed to providing programs and services that promote youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility among our members and…

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10
Camp Fire Central Texas

Camp Fire Central Texas builds caring, confident youth and future leaders through hands-on science, outdoor experiences, and service to the community.

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11
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Oklahoma City

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
12
Jewish Community Center of the Delaware Valley

To serve as an inclusive, dynamic and nurturing home for the local jewish community and welcome the community at large. dedicated to enhancing jewish identity, continuity and enriching jewish life with the connections to israel and jewry.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco; the most unlike its peers is Mt Tremper Outdoor Ministries Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

43 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 43 of the 50 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
18/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $175,200 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCOACTA NON VERBA YOUTH URBAN FARM PROJECT: $97,000 · Youth DevelopmentACTA NON VERBA YOUTH URBAN FARM PROJECTCAMP FIRE ALASKA: $77,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE ALASKAFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INCTRAILBLAZER CAMPS INC: $69,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRAILBLAZER CAMPS INCGirl Scouts of Greater NY Inc: $57,500 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts of Greater NY IncMaven Youth: $43,000 · Youth DevelopmentSHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INC: $37,500 · Youth DevelopmentCamp Common Ground: $35,124 · Youth DevelopmentTHE TVRC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $33,000 · Youth DevelopmentBARBARA C HARRIS CENTER: $33,000 · Youth DevelopmentB'NAI BRITH MEN'S CAMP ASSOCIATION: $33,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc: $33,000 · Youth DevelopmentCamp for All Kids: $33,000 · Youth DevelopmentMT TREMPER OUTDOOR MINISTRIES INC: $65,000 · OtherMT TREMPER OUTDOOR MIN…EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN HAWAII: $57,500 · OtherEPISCOPAL CHURCH IN HA…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOULDER VALLEY: $44,000 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN …CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $44,000 · OtherCARY MEMORIAL LIBRARYMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $37,500 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM I…MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARYLAND: $37,500 · OtherMONTGOMERY COUNTY MARY…THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA: $33,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONT…COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ASSOCIATION IN THE STATE OF N Y: $31,930 · OtherCOOPERATIVE EXTENSION …CAMP FIRE ANGELES: $25,000 · OtherCAMP FIRE ANGELESNEVER A LOSS OF VISION: $15,000 · OtherPISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $37,500 · OtherPISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RE…+1 more: $5,000 · OtherTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $57,500 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN…TAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $44,000 · Human ServicesTAMPA METROPO…EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC: $44,000 · Human ServicesEAST SIDE NEI…YWCA OF VERMONT INC: $33,000 · Human ServicesYWCA OF VERMO…The HEART Center: $33,000 · Human ServicesThe HEART Cen…CAMP HAZEN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $33,000 · Human ServicesCAMP HAZEN YO…FROST VALLEY YMCA: $25,000 · Human ServicesFROST VALLEY …GUIDED DISCOVERIES INC: $75,000 · EnvironmentGUIDED DI…NATUREBRIDGE: $44,000 · EnvironmentNATUREBRI…Big Sur Land Trust: $37,500 · EnvironmentBig Sur L…WA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE: $33,000 · EnvironmentWA-YA OUT…Piers Park Sailing Center Inc: $53,000 · Recreation & SportsPiers Par…CAMP BLODGETT: $44,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP BLOD…FRESH AIR FUND: $33,000 · Recreation & SportsFRESH AIR…HANDS IN 4 YOUTH INC (NY): $25,000 · Recreation & SportsHANDS IN …HAPPINESS IS CAMPING: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsHAPPINESS…+1 more: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsEASTERSEALS CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $77,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS COLORADO: $44,000 · HealthNO LIMITS FOUNDATION D/B/A CAMP NO LIMITS: $33,000 · HealthButler University: $53,000 · EducationPrinceton-Blairstown Center Inc: $40,000 · EducationLIVE OAK WILDERNESS CAMP: $33,000 · EducationCOLLEGIATE EDU-NATION: $20,000 · Education
Youth Development$831,324Other$432,930Human Services$269,500Environment$189,500Recreation & Sports$175,000Health$154,000Education$146,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $175,200 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetACTA NON VERBA YOUTH URBAN FARM PROJECT: $97,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCAMP FIRE ALASKA: $77,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetEASTERSEALS CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $77,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetGUIDED DISCOVERIES INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRAILBLAZER CAMPS INC: $69,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMT TREMPER OUTDOOR MINISTRIES INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater NY Inc: $57,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $57,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetButler University: $53,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPiers Park Sailing Center Inc: $53,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOULDER VALLEY: $44,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP BLODGETT: $44,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $44,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS COLORADO: $44,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNATUREBRIDGE: $44,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC: $44,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMaven Youth: $43,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetPrinceton-Blairstown Center Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBig Sur Land Trust: $37,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $37,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetSHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INC: $37,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCamp Common Ground: $35,124 over 3y, 18% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $33,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWA-YA OUTDOOR INSTITUTE: $33,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE TVRC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $33,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBARBARA C HARRIS CENTER: $33,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetB'NAI BRITH MEN'S CAMP ASSOCIATION: $33,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA OF VERMONT INC: $33,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc: $33,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe HEART Center: $33,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCAMP HAZEN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $33,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLIVE OAK WILDERNESS CAMP: $33,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNO LIMITS FOUNDATION D/B/A CAMP NO LIMITS: $33,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCamp for All Kids: $33,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFROST VALLEY YMCA: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHANDS IN 4 YOUTH INC (NY): $25,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetCOLLEGIATE EDU-NATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHAPPINESS IS CAMPING: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Center Of Cincinnati: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Summer Camp Opportuni…National Council of Y…The Hyde and Watson F…Mightycause Charitabl…Raymond James Charita…Baird Foundation IncThe Blackbaud Giving …Edward Jones Foundati…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…Renaissance Charitabl…
Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education IncNY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education Inc · National Council of YMCAs of the USA · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Edward Jones Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization American Camping Association Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Camping Association Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Piers Park Sailing Center Inc: 8% of income from government
  • B'nai Brith Men's Camp Association: 7% of income from government
  • Tampa Metropolitan Area Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Ywca of Vermont Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 50 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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