Montana · Nonprofit
CAMP BIGHORN INC
CAMP BIGHORN INC (Montana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,522 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($110,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $265k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Camp Bighorn Inc does
Mission
To embody the love of jesus and develop honoring leaders. Our vision is to be the regional leader in outdoor ministry for our neighbors, those in need, and the next generation so that all people would care for creation depply, serve others selflessly, and love god abundantly.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth and family summer camps:camp bighorn's summer camps serve youth and families through christ-centered outdoor adventure programming designed to develop character, leadership, and spiritual formation. Utilizing the outdoor environment as a classroom, participants engage in activities such as whitewater rafting, rock climbing, hiking, team-building initiatives, and skill development experiences that foster resilience, responsibility, and relational growth.biblical teaching is integrated throughout the program day. Campers participate in facilitated discussions, small groups, and chapel gatherings that connect daily experiences to biblical principles. Emphasis is placed on reflection and transference - helping participants apply lessons learned at camp to their lives at home, school, church, and community.family camps provide opportunities for intergenerational participation, strengthening relationships while engaging in shared adventure and spiritual encouragement. Across all summer programs, camp bighorn seeks to embody the love of jesus christ and encourage participants toward christ-honoring leadership in their everyday lives.
$465,156 spent$217,267 earned by the program45% of program spendingJourney gap year program: the journey program is an eight-month residential gap year experience focused on leadership development, spiritual formation, and adventure-based discipleship. The program integrates academic coursework, outdoor skill development, and community living to cultivate a deeper understanding of god, self, and community.journey intentionally places participants in a series of structured, growth-oriented environments that challenge comfort zones and develop resilience, humility, and leadership capacity. Students engage in experiences such as extended backpacking expeditions (including a five-day grand canyon trip), whitewater kayaking, rock climbing, wilderness leadership training, service projects, and cross-cultural ministry experiences. Participants also assist in leading camp programs, gaining practical leadership and mentoring experience.through academic study, spiritual disciplines, guided reflection, and immersive outdoor adventure, journey seeks to develop mature, christ-centered leaders equipped to serve effectively in their future vocations, churches, and communities.
$310,104 spent$102,074 earned by the program30% of program spendingRetreat groups:camp bighorn hosts retreat groups throughout the year, serving churches, schools, and community organizations. Retreat programming utilizes the outdoor setting, facilitated adventure activities, and group-based learning experiences to support spiritual growth, relational health, and team development.customized programming may include high adventure activities, challenge courses, facilitated discussions, worship gatherings, and leadership development exercises. Camp bighorn staff work alongside group leaders to provide experiences that integrate biblical discipleship principles with experiential learning. The goal of retreat ministry is to create space for reflection, renewal, and strengthened community within a christ-centered context.
$206,736 spent$94,139 earned by the program20% of program spendingVenture and community programs:the venture program at camp bighorn partners with local youth homes, therapeutic agencies, and community organizations to bring character development and christ-centered relational experiences into an outdoor adventure context. Through guided activities such as ropes courses, hiking, river excursions, and team-based challenges, participants are invited to engage with one another in ways that promote healthy communication, positive relationship-building, and critical thinking in real-world settings. The program's design intentionally moves beyond stereotypes and invites youth to see their identity, choices, and relationships through a lens of dignity, worth, and hope as revealed in the gospel of jesus christ. By situating learning in the natural world and combining adventure with intentional reflection, venture fosters personal growth, resilience, and spiritual formation in middle and high school participants.camp bighorn offers a variety of year-round community programs that extend the ministry's mission beyond traditional overnight camps and retreats, serving children, families, and the wider community through experiential learning and…
$51,683 spent$12,284 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,033,679.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.1M to $1.4M (+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: 2021 17% · 2024 6% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of CAMP BIGHORN INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Brian Meaden
Executive director
Board chair
Kate Morris
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $32k → $7k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 BIGHORN INC’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 BIGHORN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 100% · 2019 96% · 2020 88% · 2021 74% · 2022 88% · 2023 56% — 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
17% of CAMP BIGHORN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
CAMP BIGHORN INC draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $58k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CAMP BIGHORN INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CAMP BIGHORN INC
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 Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Baptist General Conference · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAMP BIGHORN INC?
- CAMP BIGHORN INC (Montana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,522 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($110,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CAMP BIGHORN INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $264,522 in grants to CAMP BIGHORN INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAMP BIGHORN INC?
- M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAMP BIGHORN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. 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 9 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