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Camp Fire

Growing up is hard.

$167k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$21k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Youth Development$2.5MRecreation & Sports$285kEducation$82kPublic Safety & Disaster$33kHuman Services$26k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $134,650, the rows itemized in this filing. The $167,190 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $32,540 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 $10k4 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $109k
$13,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS$20,500
CAMP FIRE SAMISH$16,500
CAMP FIRE ALASKA$16,000
CAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND$16,000
CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA$14,000
CAMP FIRE INLAND NORTHWEST$13,000
CAMP FIRE HEART OF IOWA$13,000
CAMP FIRE COLUMBIA$8,150
CAMP FIRE GREEN COUNTRY$6,500
CAMP FIRE GOLDEN EMPIRE$5,500
CAMP FIRE CENTRAL OREGON$5,500
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 (FY20–21, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CAMP FIRE WEST MICHIGAN: $13k → 11%CAMP FIRE WEST MICHIGAN: $12k → 11%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
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
NJ
CA
MO
MD
NM
OK
AL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 37 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against -69% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
6

Total granted

$2.9M
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
-69%

Still filing today

92%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CF
    CAMP FIRE GREEN COUNTRY INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $233k · revenue +17%
  • CF
    CAMP FIRE HEART OF IOWA
    5× · 2020–2025 · $210k · revenue +227%
  • CF
    CAMP FIRE HEARTLAND
    3× · 2021–2024 · $210k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • CF
    CAMP FIRE ILLINOIS PRAIRIE
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue -89%
  • CF
    CAMP FIRE WILANI
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -71%
  • PC
    PONDEROSA COUNCIL OF CAMP FIRE dba CAMP FIRE WESTERN MONTANAgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +46%
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
Camp Fire Southeast Michigan

Building caring and confident youth and future leaders

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2
The Campfire Foundation
Youth Development
3
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…

Youth Development
4
Fantasy Camps for Kids
Recreation & Sports
5
Camp Fireside Inc

The mission of Camp Fireside offer programs that will develop Christian character and promote a balanced Christian lifestyle. To further this end Camp Fireside carries out social educational recreational environmental and community…

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6
The Minnesota Camp Fire Foundation

Ensure camp fire minnesota's strong future. with nature as the catalyst, camp fire minnesota energizes youth to discover their spark so their futures glow brighter.

Youth Development
7
Camp Kv for Kids
Unclassified
8
Camp Fire El Dorado Inc

To build caring, confident youth and future leaders.

Youth Development
9
Fire
Human Services
10
The Camp At Sunshine Farm
Philanthropy
11
Flaming Pine Youth Camp

Provide a christian camping experience for young people; campers participate in bible classes each day in addition to camping, hiking, crafting, and recreational sports

—
12
Central Camping Association Inc

Private Christian camping for kids

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Camp Fire Inland Southern California; the most unlike its peers is Embright Education. 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

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 43 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/41
Grantees still filing
26/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS: $196,052 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXASCAMP FIRE ALASKA: $171,461 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE ALASKACAMP FIRE MINNESOTA: $145,876 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE MINNESOTACAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND: $119,456 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUNDCAMP FIRE SAMISH: $98,030 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE SAMISHCAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $97,731 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTYCAMP FIRE RIVER BEND INC: $97,176 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE RIVER BEND INCCamp Fire Golden Empire formerly Camp Fire Council of the Golden Empire: $91,155 · Youth DevelopmentCamp Fire Golden Empire formerly Camp Fire Council of t…Camp Fire Central Oregon: $90,333 · Youth DevelopmentCamp Fire Central OregonCAMPFIRE USA NCW COUNCIL: $79,599 · Youth DevelopmentCAMPFIRE USA NCW COUNCILCAMP FIRE NORTH SHORE INC: $61,106 · Youth Development+8 more: $170,283 · Youth Development+8 moreCAMP FIRE GREEN COUNTRY INC: $233,437 · OtherCAMP FIRE GREEN COUNTRY INCCAMP FIRE HEART OF IOWA: $210,235 · OtherCAMP FIRE HEART OF IOWACAMP FIRE HEARTLAND: $210,124 · OtherCAMP FIRE HEARTLANDCAMP FIRE COLUMBIA: $132,462 · OtherCAMP FIRE COLUMBIACAMP FIRE HEART OF OKLAHOMA INC CAMP FIRE HEART OF OKLAHOMA INC: $118,811 · OtherCAMP FIRE HEART OF OKLAHOMA INC CAMP FIRE HEART OF OKL…CAMP FIRE INLAND NORTHWEST: $102,925 · OtherCAMP FIRE INLAND NORTHWESTCAMP FIRE HEART OF CALIFORNIA: $54,338 · OtherCAMP FIRE: $52,738 · Other+14 more: $289,365 · Other+14 moreEmbright Education: $53,118 · EducationVIBRANT FUTURES: $25,925 · Human Services
Youth Development$1,418,258Other$1,404,435Education$53,118Human Services$25,925

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAMP FIRE GREEN COUNTRY INC: $233,437 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetCAMP FIRE HEART OF IOWA: $210,235 over 5y, 16% of budgetCAMP FIRE HEARTLAND: $210,124 over 3y, 24% of budgetCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS: $196,052 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCAMP FIRE ALASKA: $171,461 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCAMP FIRE MINNESOTA: $145,876 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetCAMP FIRE COLUMBIA: $132,462 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND: $119,456 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetCAMP FIRE HEART OF OKLAHOMA INC CAMP FIRE HEART OF OKLAHOMA INC: $118,811 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetCAMP FIRE INLAND NORTHWEST: $102,925 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetCAMP FIRE SAMISH: $98,030 over 5y, 23% of budgetCAMP FIRE SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $97,731 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetCAMP FIRE RIVER BEND INC: $97,176 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetCamp Fire Golden Empire formerly Camp Fire Council of the Golden Empire: $91,155 over 5y, 27% of budgetCamp Fire Central Oregon: $90,333 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetCAMPFIRE USA NCW COUNCIL: $79,599 over 3y, 21% of budgetCAMP FIRE NORTH SHORE INC: $61,106 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetCAMP FIRE HEART OF CALIFORNIA: $54,338 over 3y, 24% of budgetEmbright Education: $53,118 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetCAMP FIRE: $52,738 over 2y, 30% of budgetCamp Fire Central Texas: $44,831 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetCAMP FIRE ANGELES: $43,611 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCamp Fire Sandusky County: $40,287 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetCAMP FIRE USA NORTHWEST OH COUNCIL INC: $33,368 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetCAMP FIRE WEST TEXAS: $29,384 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCAMP FIRE USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL INC: $27,326 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetBridgeways Inc: $23,236 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCAMP FIRE WALLA WALLA: $23,188 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetCAMP FIRE NORTH TEXAS: $18,520 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCAMP FIRE GULF WIND INC: $17,058 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCamp Fire USA New Mexico Council: $16,206 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetCAMP FIRE USA SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES COUNCIL: $15,239 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetCAMP FIRE INLAND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $14,902 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCAMP FIRE GEORGIA: $14,764 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCAMP FIRE HEART OF TEXAS: $14,257 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetCAMP FIRE ILLINOIS PRAIRIE: $12,711 over 1y, 24% of budgetCAMP FIRE WILANI: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPONDEROSA COUNCIL OF CAMP FIRE dba CAMP FIRE WESTERN MONTANA: $8,316 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCamp Fire USA Midland County Council: $6,509 over 1y, 3.1% 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.

Bnsf Railway Foundati…The Oregon Community …Mightycause Charitabl…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
Bnsf Railway FoundationTX13.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Camp Fire funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Camp Fire. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 43 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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