Washington · Nonprofit
CAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND
CAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND (Washington) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,054,534 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($158,600). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.7M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $5.6M
What Camp Fire Central Puget Sound does
Mission
Camp fire inspires and enables youth and families of all backgrounds and abilities to discover their spark, value the natural world, and become tomorrow's leaders, today.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Camping - 3,685 youth and 1,444 adults participated in camping experiences at camp sealth. The 6-13 day resident summer camp, week-long day camps, outdoor education, family camp weekends, and retreat sessions hosted at camp sealth engage participants in diverse outdoor activities. Youth and families find a sense of belonging at camp and have the opportunity to try new things, build skills, and stretch their imaginations about what is possible.
$3,361,274 spentof which $95,536 as grants$2,990,339 earned by the program83% of program spendingDay camp - 1,265 youth and 66 adults participated in camping activities designed to help youth build skills and self esteem at 3 outdoor park sites throughout king county. Campers learn about nature through hands-on activities including beach walks, nature hikes, fire building, outdoor cooking, and safety classes. Small group activities provide the opportunity for team-building, developing friendships, and growing together as they try new activities and learn new skills.
$398,693 spentof which $7,000 as grants$425,578 earned by the program10% of program spendingGroup programs and community programs - 178 youth and 102 adults participated in camp fire's community outreach programs including our signature group program, teen leadership, and after-school programming. Camp fire engages groups of youth, families, or individuals; and participants are able to develop friendships, have fun, learn new outdoor and leadership skills, and provide community service. Activities build social skills and encourage a sense of belonging and self-empowerment.
$284,855 spentof which $1,217 as grants$14,280 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,044,822.
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 2024 to 2025, from $3.8M to $7.1M (+87%).
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 10% · 2022 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of CAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Rick Taylor
Executive director
Board chair
Joanna Cerar
Board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $114k → $114k.
9 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND’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 FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
72% 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 CAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 29% · 2019 38% · 2020 36% · 2021 28% · 2022 53% · 2023 31% — 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
26% of CAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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 FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $453k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND
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 Washington
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
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND?
- CAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND (Washington) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,054,534 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($158,600). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $1,054,534 in grants to CAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $158,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAMP FIRE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 28 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