Florida · Nonprofit
CAMP FIRE USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL INC
CAMP FIRE USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL INC (Florida) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,917,512 to it, the largest being United Way of Central Florida Inc ($1,302,154). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $830k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $885k
What Camp Fire USA Sunshine Council Inc does
Mission
In lieu of a mission statement, camp fire has a promise: young people want to change the world. Camp fire provides the opportunity to find their spark, lift their voice, and discover who they are. In camp fire, it begins now. Light the fire within.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
As america's first nonsectarian, multicultural organization for girls, camp fire girls was founded in 1910 as a program to guide young people on their journey to self-discovery, providing experiences which taught them how to care for themselves, the environment, and the people around them. In 1975, the organization became co-ed, changing its name to camp fire boys and girls. The centennial anniversary in 2010 was marked by another name change, now simply camp fire and a commitment to empowering youth, igniting change in their lives and lives of their families, and responding to the needs of the communities it served. Locally camp fire can trace activity in the greater lakeland area back to 1918. The sunshine council was established and became incorporated in 1951. The council was renamed during the centenial to camp fire sunshine central florida and currently serves the central florida corridor with the majority of activity taking place in the greater polk county area. Camp fire believes the best learning takes place in small group settings using nationally or locally developed curriculum to meet or exceed programmatic goals. Through time spent with trained adult staff and…
$718,346 spent$446,179 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $718,346.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $371k to $639k (+72%).
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.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $175k → $321k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL 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 FIRE USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 92% · 2019 69% · 2020 69% · 2021 89% · 2022 100% · 2023 42% — 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
43% of CAMP FIRE USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
97% of CAMP FIRE USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117k 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.
Organizations like CAMP FIRE USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL INC?
- CAMP FIRE USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL INC (Florida) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,917,512 to it, the largest being United Way of Central Florida Inc ($1,302,154). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CAMP FIRE USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,917,512 in grants to CAMP FIRE USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAMP FIRE USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL INC?
- United Way of Central Florida Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,302,154 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAMP FIRE USA SUNSHINE COUNCIL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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