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Camp Out for Kids

To enrich lives of children in underserved communities by giving them the experience of summer camp.

$286k
Granted FY2021
14
Grants FY2021
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Youth Development$213kRecreation & Sports$182kHuman Services$85kEducation$22kInternational$9kFood & Nutrition$8k
02FY2021 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $226,820, the rows itemized in this filing. The $286,313 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $59,493 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 · FY2021

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $161k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$12,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$537k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOUR STAR FELLOWSHIPBAM$50,000
NATURE'S FARM CAMP$23,070
OFF THE STREET CLUB$20,000
YMCA CAMP ECHO$20,000
URBAN INITIATIVES$20,000
UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$13,000
EXPERIENCE CAMPS$12,500
HOUSE IN THE WOODS$12,000
CAMP TRIDENT$10,000
YES$10,000
CAMP RILEY$10,000
GARY COMER YOUTH CENTER (COMER EDUCATION FOUNDATION)$10,000
ACADEMY FOR GLOBAL CITZENSHIP$9,500
CHICAGO YOUTH PROGRAMS$6,750
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 (FY17–21, $155k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YES: $10k → 14%YES: $10k → 14%YES: $10k → 14%Camp Kesem: $10k → 14%CAMP KESEM: $5k → 14%URBAN INITIATIVES: $20k → 14%URBAN INITIATIVES: $15k → 14%URBAN INITIATIVES: $10k → 14%YMCA CAMP ECHO: $20k → 14%YMCA CAMP ECHO: $15k → 14%YMCA CAMP ECHO: $10k → 14%YMCA CAMP ECHO: $10k → 14%YMCA CAMP ECHO: $10k → 14%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

ME
IL
WI
IN
CT
CA
CO
VA
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$378k · 13 repeat orgs$140k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2021, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
7

Total granted

$378k
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+39%

Still filing today

77%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationCrime & LegalInternationalHealthOther
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

  • YM
    Young Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +20%
  • UI
    URBAN INITIATIVES INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $45k · revenue +125%
  • OT
    OFF THE STREET CLUB
    6× · 2017–2024 · $40k · revenue +161%

Funded once

  • AA
    AVID4 ADVENTURE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • HA
    HEART AND HAND CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +65%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +39%
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
Students Run Chicago
Health
2
Chicago Run

To promote the health and wellness of Chicago children through innovative, engaging, and sustainable youth running programs.

Philanthropy
3
Chicago Chess Foundation

We provide all Chicago youth with equitable access to chess education empowering them with essential life skills for success on and off the board.

Recreation & Sports
4
Girls in the Game Nfp

At girls in the game nfp, every girl finds her voice, discovers her strength and leads with confidence through fun and active sports, health and leadership programs.

Unclassified
5
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
6
America Scores Chicago

To empower students in urban communities using soccer, writing, creative expression and service-learning while inspiring the youth to lead healthy lifestyles, be engaged students, and become agents of change in their communities.

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7
Chicago Youth Centers

To provide high-quality early learning and out-of-school time enrichment in under-resourced neighborhoods to holistically support children of all ages, their families, and their communities.

Youth Development
8
Cool Learning Experience

Cool Learning Experience offers out of school programs for school aged children in the Waukegan area, using STEAM-based age appropriate curriculum with an environmental focus.

Education
9
Girls Inc of Chicago

Girls inc of chicago provides programming for girls grades k-12 throughout the chicagoland area to inspire them to be strong, smart and bold. as developed by longstanding tax-exempt organization girls incorporated, our comprehensive…

Youth Development
10
Girls On the Run - Chicago Inc

The organization is a nonprofit after school program that uses the power of running to teach girls, 3rd-8th grade, critical social emotional learning skills.

Recreation & Sports
11
Female Strong

Female strong is a 501c3 non-profit organization and a community of committed individuals that offer hands-on programs, mentorship, and experiences that build confidence in middle and high school girls. we support the inclusion of all…

Community Improvement
12
Fantasy Camps for Kids
Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago; the most unlike its peers is Herban Foundation Nfp. 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

32 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.

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

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/32
Grantees still filing
19/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUR STAR FELLOWSHIP: $50,000 · OtherFOUR STAR FELLOWSHIPNatures Farm Camp LLC: $38,070 · OtherNatures Farm Camp LLCCamp Trident Inc: $33,000 · OtherCamp Trident IncHERBAN FOUNDATION NFP: $17,000 · OtherHERBAN FOUNDATION NFPCHICAGO YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $12,750 · OtherCHICAGO YOUTH PROGRAMS INCCAMP RILEY (RILEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION): $11,200 · OtherCAMP RILEY (RILEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION)AVID4 ADVENTURE INC: $10,000 · Other+3 more: $17,100 · Other+3 moreYoung Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc: $65,250 · Human ServicesYoung Mens Christian Assoc McGaw …URBAN INITIATIVES INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesURBAN INITIATIVES INCYoung Eisner Scholars: $30,000 · Human ServicesYoung Eisner ScholarsCamp Kesem National: $15,000 · Human ServicesCamp Kesem NationalOFF THE STREET CLUB: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentOFF THE STREET CLUBGARY COMER YOUTH CENTER INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentGARY COMER YOUTH CENTE…UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $19,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNION LEAGUE BOYS AND …EXPERIENCE CAMPS: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentEXPERIENCE CAMPSACADEMY FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL: $22,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationHouse in the Woods Inc: $12,000 · HealthHEART AND HAND CENTER: $10,000 · Crime & LegalJames Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $10,000 · PhilanthropyGREENHEART INTERNATIONAL: $8,500 · International
Other$189,120Human Services$155,250Youth Development$101,500Education$32,000Health$12,000Crime & Legal$10,000Philanthropy$10,000International$8,500

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 budgetYoung Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc: $65,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN INITIATIVES INC: $45,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetOFF THE STREET CLUB: $40,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNatures Farm Camp LLC: $38,070 over 6y, 44% of budgetCamp Trident Inc: $33,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetGARY COMER YOUTH CENTER INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Eisner Scholars: $30,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetACADEMY FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL: $22,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHERBAN FOUNDATION NFP: $17,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $12,750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHouse in the Woods Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEART AND HAND CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJames Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREENHEART INTERNATIONAL: $8,500 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.

The Chicago Community…Greater Chicago Food …John D and Catherine …The Service Club of C…Fulk Family Foundatio…Northwestern Universi…Imc Chicago Charitabl…Polk Bros Foundation …Arie and Ida Crown Me…United Way of Metropo…Jewish Federation of …American Endowment Fo…
The Chicago Community TrustIL23.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Greater Chicago Food Depository · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Service Club of Chicago · Fulk Family Foundation Inc · Northwestern University · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · American Endowment Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Camp Out for Kids?

    Find your warmest path to Camp Out for Kids through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 24 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $797k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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