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CAMP BEECH CLIFF

CAMP BEECH CLIFF (Maine) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,403,781 to it, the largest being EDWARD C JOHNSON FUND ($7,450,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.5M
Funders on record
19
Grants received
$15M
Net assets
$46M
14/19 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Camp Beech Cliff does

Mission

Through summer camps and year-round outdoor education, leadership and recreation programs, Camp Beech Cliff mdi seeks to enrich the lives of people of all ages. Our mission is to inspire personal growth, interpersonal connection, and a deep appreciation of the natural world.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Our flagship program is a traditional maine outdoor day camp offering nine structured program areas: arts & crafts, archery, boating (canoeing, sailing, kayaking), challenge course (low & high ropes), nature, outdoor living skills, performing arts, sports & games, and swimming (instructional & recreational). We promote a balance between the active and the creative, with a strong emphasis on being outdoors. We want every child to enjoy being active outdoors, discover new talents, learn skills that will serve them for a lifetime, make lasting friendships, and appreciate our beautiful natural setting on mount desert island. Our campers come from all kinds of backgrounds. 60% are residents of mdi and other hancock county towns; 40% are visitors from other states and abroad.

    $2,065,379 spentof which $73,912 as grants$802,320 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,065,379.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.9M) Net assets 100 ($18M)2018 Revenue 384 ($5.9M) Expenses 99 ($1.9M) Net assets 122 ($22M)2019 Revenue 382 ($5.9M) Expenses 107 ($2.1M) Net assets 167 ($31M)2020 Revenue 71 ($1.1M) Expenses 65 ($1.2M) Net assets 175 ($32M)2021 Revenue 384 ($5.9M) Expenses 91 ($1.8M) Net assets 206 ($38M)2022 Revenue 422 ($6.5M) Expenses 107 ($2.1M) Net assets 218 ($40M)2023 Revenue 117 ($1.8M) Expenses 127 ($2.4M) Net assets 227 ($42M)2024 Revenue 191 ($2.9M) Expenses 141 ($2.7M) Net assets 236 ($43M)2025 Revenue 227 ($3.5M) Expenses 142 ($2.7M) Net assets 249 ($46M)
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Revenue (227)Expenses (142)Net assets (249)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $22M to $31M (+38%).

$18M
$22M
$31M
$32M
$38M
$40M
$42M
$43M
$46M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 16% · 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

17% of CAMP BEECH CLIFF’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$388k
’17
$4.0M
’18
$3.8M
’19
−$159k
’20
$4.1M
’21
$4.4M
’22
−$657k
’23
$214k
’24
$753k
’25
3.9
months of
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

Peter Rogers

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed121215151412131415
Joined·+5+4+0+0+2+8+3+2
No longer listed·51014721
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $51k → $384k.

4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 CAMP BEECH CLIFF’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

CAMP BEECH CLIFF leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

48%
largest funder
95%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 37% · 2019 99% · 2020 48% · 2021 71% · 2022 77% · 2023 65% — growing more concentrated.

“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

64% of CAMP BEECH CLIFF's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 74% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

CAMP BEECH CLIFF draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 8 states in all.

ME
NH
NY
MA
PA
DE
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Maine out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CAMP BEECH CLIFF runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin22% · top quartile
Months of reserve3.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)11% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like CAMP BEECH CLIFF

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 19%Fundraising 5%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

32%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Camp Beech Cliff Mdi LLC · disregarded
  • Cbc Holdings Corporation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds CAMP BEECH CLIFF?
CAMP BEECH CLIFF (Maine) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,403,781 to it, the largest being EDWARD C JOHNSON FUND ($7,450,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CAMP BEECH CLIFF have?
IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $15,403,781 in grants to CAMP BEECH CLIFF, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CAMP BEECH CLIFF?
EDWARD C JOHNSON FUND is the largest funder on record, with $7,450,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CAMP BEECH CLIFF 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 19 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