Minnesota · Nonprofit
CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA
CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA (Minnesota) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,357,486 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($1,195,800). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Camp Fire Minnesota does
Mission
With nature as our catalyst, we energize youth to discover their spark so their futures glow brighter.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Outdoor programsCamp Fire Minnesota's outdoor programs connect youth with the power of nature through summer camp, school-break camps, and k-12 environmental education. Our summer camp program includes day and overnight camps, a leadership development track, and adventure canoe trips. Youth from all backgrounds gather at camp fire to swim and kayak in lake minnewashta, push their limits on the challenge course, tend vegetables in the garden, and explore the restored wetlands and pollinator garden. We offer full and partial scholarships to families in need.(continue to schedule o)our k-12 environmental education and team-building program engages students in hands-on learning at our camp property, in their classrooms, and through virtual live lessons. Our environmental education curriculum aligns with state education standards and is delivered by a cohort of naturalists. We provide financial assistance to schools, utilizing a sliding scale fee model.we also offer families and educators access to our free online resource library, my nature connection, to help youth connect with nature in their backyard and neighborhoods.as a result of our outdoor programs, youth unplug in nature,…
$1,894,736 spentof which $157,960 as grants$1,694,080 earned by the program68% of program spendingAfterschool programsCamp Fire Minnesota's afterschool nature programs take place at schools across the twin cities metro. These programs are offered at no cost to schools serving low income students. Our afterschool programs connect youth with the outdoors while developing leadership and social-emotional skills. In addition to on-site learning, afterschool participants attend field trips at our camp property and have the opportunity to participate in summer camp at no cost. (continue to schedule o)as a result of our afterschool programs, youth develop leadership skills as they learn to care for their community and the environment.
$888,040 spent32% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,782,776.
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 $7.6M to $2.9M (−62%).
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 11% · 2021 19% · 2023 13% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Kori Redpenning
CEO & president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $391k → $507k.
10 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $509k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Minnesota Camp Fire Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA raised.
From the IRS filings of CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 funders by total. 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 MINNESOTA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
48% 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 MINNESOTA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 58% · 2019 28% · 2020 65% · 2021 22% · 2022 18% · 2023 23% — 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
52% of CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
74% of CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 MINNESOTA's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 22 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Minnesota Camp Fire Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA?
- CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA (Minnesota) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,357,486 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($1,195,800). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $4,357,486 in grants to CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA?
- THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,195,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAMP FIRE MINNESOTA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 43 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing