Missouri · Public charity
Camp Fire
Growing up is hard. That's why CAMP FIRE connects young people to themselves, others, and the outdoors. We envision a world where all young people thrive and have equitable opportunities for: self discovery--all young people find their spark, lift their voice, and discover who they are; community connection--all young people find, build,…
- $167k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $135k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Camp Fire funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $135k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $564k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $292k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $57k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $595k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $975k | 39% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $163k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $121k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Fire Green Country Inc | $233,437 | 7 | 9% |
| Camp Fire Heart of Iowa | $210,235 | 5 | 16% |
| Camp Fire Heartland | $210,124 | 3 | 24% |
| Camp Fire First Texas | $196,052 | 5 | 2% |
| Camp Fire Alaska | $171,461 | 6 | 1% |
| Camp Fire Minnesota | $145,876 | 6 | 3% |
| Camp Fire Columbia | $132,462 | 4 | 1% |
| Camp Fire Central Puget Sound | $119,456 | 5 | 9% |
| Camp Fire Heart of Oklahoma Inc Camp Fire Heart of Oklahoma Inc | $118,811 | 6 | 6% |
| Camp Fire Inland Northwest | $102,925 | 5 | 5% |
Show all 43 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Camp Fire supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Bnsf Railway Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Camp Fire
- How much does Camp Fire give?
- Camp Fire reported 11 itemized grants totaling $134,650, out of $167,190 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Camp Fire fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (85%), Recreation & Sports (10%), Education (3%).
- Who are Camp Fire's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Camp Fire Green Country Inc ($233k), Camp Fire Heart of Iowa ($210k), Camp Fire Heartland ($210k).
- Does Camp Fire fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Camp Fire?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bnsf Railway Foundation, The Oregon Community Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Camp Fire based?
- Camp Fire is based in MO.
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