Maine · Nonprofit
BIRCH ROCK CAMP
BIRCH ROCK CAMP (Maine) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $734,742 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($333,970). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $735k
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Birch Rock Camp does
Mission
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 mastery of traditional camping skills. We model lives of simplicity, creativity and enduring friendship. We foster a welcoming and accepting atmosphere where campers from all backgrounds feel valued and included. With our motto, help the other fellow, we encourage boys to grow in generosity, integrity and mutual support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Set apart by our small size and focus on non-competitive achievement, Birch Rock Camp has provided a summer home for boys ages 7 16 since 1926. The camps mission is to challenge campers to take responsibility for their own lives, and to help them appreciate the needs of others in emphasizing our motto: help the other fellow. Birch rocks program promotes the well- rounded development of its campers by building character and encouraging cooperation, confidence, and a willingness to try new things. A proud and accredited member of the american camp association and active partner with maine summer camps, birch rocker is an old-fashioned boys residential camp where tradition and hallowed ritual surround every aspect of the day from the wakeup bell to the lights-out call. Our daily program offers the right balance of structure and free choice - as well as the perfect blend of energetic fun, quiet concentration on tasks and relaxing downtime including in our unique library. While there are many activities (camping trips, swimming, watercraft, field sports, arts, nature and primitive skillsetc.) to choose from daily, each camper is required to set goals for himself and set a plan for…
$792,531 spent$851,095 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $792,531.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.3M to $2.9M (+27%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
28% of BIRCH ROCK CAMP’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Seth Brewster
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $43k → $90k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BIRCH ROCK CAMP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BIRCH ROCK CAMP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
52% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BIRCH ROCK CAMP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 51% · 2019 50% · 2020 59% · 2021 32% · 2022 46% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
63% of BIRCH ROCK CAMP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
51% of BIRCH ROCK CAMP's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $357k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Maine, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $378k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BIRCH ROCK CAMP's revenue grew 28% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BIRCH ROCK CAMP
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIRCH ROCK CAMP?
- BIRCH ROCK CAMP (Maine) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $734,742 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($333,970). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BIRCH ROCK CAMP have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $734,742 in grants to BIRCH ROCK CAMP, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIRCH ROCK CAMP?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $333,970 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIRCH ROCK CAMP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing