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Camp Rising Sun Inc

Camp Rising Sun Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,097,600 to it, the largest being YVETTE & ARTHUR EDER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST ($916,600). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$427k
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$365k
9/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 62%
01What it does

What Camp Rising Sun Inc does

Mission

Camp Rising Sun, Inc. operates "Camp Rising Sun" for children ages 5 to 17 who have been diagnosed with cancer, are in treatment for cancer, or are in remission from cancer.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. In-Kind volunteer hours for mini-camp and annual summer camp - 125 volunteers in total (estimated value of donated time)

    $260,725 spent
    106% of program spending
  2. Camp Rising Sun is a camp for children ages 5 to 17 who have been diagnosed with cancer, are currently undergoing treatment, are in remission, or are siblings of children affected by cancer. The camp operates two sessions annually: a minicamp weekend in March and a week long summer session in August.In 2024, 120 campers attended the week long summer session, and 75 campers participated in the minicamp weekend.The Camps program is supported by substantial donated services, which are not reflected in the expenses reported in Part IX of Form 990. Volunteers staff the camp, including camp counselors, medical personnel, and other camper support staff. The value of these services is not reported as contribution revenue.Camp Jewell, the host site, provides some activity staff, the cost of which is included in the rental agreement and reported as occupancy in Part IX. The Camp also benefits from an on-site medical facility, which is funded through the rental agreement with Camp Jewell.

    $247,127 spent
    100% of program spending
  3. Less In-Kind value of volunteer hours

    $-260,725 spent
    -106% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $247,127.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($121k) Expenses 100 ($342k) Net assets 100 ($79k)2018 Revenue 312 ($379k) Expenses 86 ($293k) Net assets 208 ($165k)2019 Revenue 328 ($398k) Expenses 99 ($339k) Net assets 283 ($224k)2020 Revenue 252 ($306k) Expenses 58 ($197k) Net assets 421 ($333k)2021 Revenue 186 ($226k) Expenses 55 ($187k) Net assets 471 ($373k)2022 Revenue 225 ($273k) Expenses 100 ($343k) Net assets 383 ($303k)2023 Revenue 253 ($307k) Expenses 101 ($345k) Net assets 336 ($266k)2024 Revenue 352 ($427k) Expenses 96 ($328k) Net assets 461 ($365k)
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Revenue (352)Expenses (96)Net assets (461)Peer revenue range

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 $224k to $333k (+49%).

$79k
$165k
$224k
$333k
$373k
$303k
$266k
$365k
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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.

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2018
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2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of Camp Rising Sun Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$220k
’17
$86k
’18
$59k
’19
$109k
’20
$40k
’21
−$70k
’22
−$37k
’23
$99k
’24
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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.

Board chair

Shaun Heffernan

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $20k → $26k.

1 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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: $1.2M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Camp Rising Sun Charitable Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Camp Rising Sun Inc raised.

From the IRS filings of Camp Rising Sun 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 Rising Sun Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

84%
largest funder
94%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 94% · 2019 88% · 2020 95% · 2021 78% · 2022 80% · 2023 38% — 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

20% of Camp Rising Sun Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

92% of Camp Rising Sun Inc's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Camp Rising Sun Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin23% · top quartile
Months of reserve12.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Camp Rising Sun 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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

75% of spending goes to programs.

Program 75%Management 22%Fundraising 3%

Governance

6
board members
83%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

75%

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

  • Camp Rising Sun Charitable Foundation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Camp Rising Sun Inc?
Camp Rising Sun Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,097,600 to it, the largest being YVETTE & ARTHUR EDER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST ($916,600). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Camp Rising Sun Inc have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,097,600 in grants to Camp Rising Sun Inc, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Camp Rising Sun Inc?
YVETTE & ARTHUR EDER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $916,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Camp Rising Sun Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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