Minnesota · Nonprofit
CAMP ODAYIN
CAMP ODAYIN (Minnesota) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,193,470 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($245,762). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Camp Odayin does
Mission
Camp Odayin provides fun, safe, and supportive camp experiences and community building opportunities for young people with heart disease and their families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Camp Odayin residential camp - provides residential camping experiences for hundreds of children, grades 1-11, from all over the country. In an atmosphere designed to enhance self-concept, gain independence, and develop life skills, children with heart disease have the opportunity to come alive emotionally and physically. Powered by an all-volunteer staff of cabin counselors, cardiologists, and nurses, we offer parents a worry-free camp experience for their child. There are two locations for residential camp: crosslake, mn, and elkhorn, wi. Residential camp had 261 attendees during 2025.
$490,082 spent$11,550 earned by the program61% of program spendingCamp Odayin family camp - provides a weekend camp experience offering support, education, and networking for children with heart disease and their families. Family camps take place each fall and are located in amery, wi, and camp lake, wi (near lake geneva, wi). During 2025, there were 360 attendees at family camp.
$112,607 spent$9,000 earned by the program14% of program spendingParent retreats - the parent retreat program seeks to improve the quality of life of caregivers by providing emotional support, resources, and an opportunity for self-care. Moms retreats are held in the spring each year with locations in lake geneva, wi, and white bear lake, mn. Dad's day is held in late summer each year in prior lake, mn. Parent retreats had 119 attendees in 2025.
$78,468 spent$5,545 earned by the program10% of program spendingWinter camp - Camp Odayin launched winter camp in 2011 to connect our heart family throughout the year. Winter camp takes place each february and is a weekend full of snowy fun, including broomball, snow tubing, and bonfires. This program is located in amery, wi and had 77 attendees during 2025.education and training programs - Camp Odayin has developed training materials and conducts staff training sessions before camp. Volunteers are educated regarding pediatric cardiac issues and appropriate responses to various situations. Camp Odayin also provides educational activities and support opportunities for campers and their families. Activities include special events for children, support groups, and networking. During 2025, there were 168 attendees at the various education and training programs.scholarship program - Camp Odayin provides travel scholarships to assist campers and families with financial need who travel a significant distance to attend a program. Volunteers who travel a significant distance to take part in one of our programs are also eligible to request a travel scholarship. In 2023, thanks to the generosity of a donor, Camp Odayin began offering educational…
$123,681 spentof which $11,261 as grants$5,806 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $804,838.
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 $1.5M to $2.0M (+31%).
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 9% · 2023 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of CAMP ODAYIN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% 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
Sara Meslow
Executive director
Board chair
Phil Ebeling
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $76k → $258k.
15 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 ODAYIN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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 ODAYIN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
59% 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 ODAYIN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 26% · 2019 21% · 2020 28% · 2021 23% · 2022 15% · 2023 19% — 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
50% of CAMP ODAYIN'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
69% of CAMP ODAYIN's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $900k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 ODAYIN runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CAMP ODAYIN
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CAMP ODAYIN: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAMP ODAYIN?
- CAMP ODAYIN (Minnesota) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,193,470 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($245,762). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CAMP ODAYIN have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $2,193,470 in grants to CAMP ODAYIN, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAMP ODAYIN?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $245,762 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAMP ODAYIN 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 52 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