Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO
FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $931,369 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($388,100). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $931k
- Net assets
- $25M
What Franconia Mennonite Camp Associatio does
Mission
The vision of the organization is to "point people toward christ in our outdoor setting" by providing opportunities for christian nurture, meditation, fellowship and recreation in an informal, natural setting for children, youth, adults and families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization hosts church and church related groups for spiritual retreats, inviting people to refocus on their relationships with god and others (38,945 guests served).
$7,278,444 spent$8,281,661 earned by the program74% of program spendingThe organization creates opportunities for families and individuals to refocus their relationship with jesus christ, our center of life. Through worship, teaching, fellowship and recreation, people can take a deep breath, look each other in the eye and come away restored in body, mind and spirit (2,612 guests served).
$746,045 spent$555,011 earned by the program8% of program spendingThe organization uses wilderness adventures to point young people towards christ (2,062 guests served).
$798,395 spentof which $50,661 as grants$495,909 earned by the program8% of program spendingThe organization provides "christ-centered discoveries in an outdoor setting" in the lives and experiences of homeschool families, christian school students, teachers and parents (837 guests served). Expenses - 255,555 (including grants of 0), revenue - 160,305 the organization serves the local community by providing a day camp experience for the children of local families in a nurturing, natural setting - teaching about our creator, promoting healthy relationships, entertaining with clean, wholesome fun (2,086 guests served). Expenses - 651,895 (including grants of 20,848), revenue - 381,704 the organization has a "gap year program" expenses - 73,049 (including grants of 0), revenue - 26,462
$980,499 spentof which $20,848 as grants$568,471 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,803,383.
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 2017 to 2018, from $19M to $23M (+24%).
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 19% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (11% for the typical peer).
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.
Chief executive
Stephanie Gehman
CEO
Board chair
Quincy Longacre
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $12k → $146k.
7 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO’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
FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 59% · 2019 100% · 2020 46% · 2021 45% · 2022 46% · 2023 93% — growing more concentrated.
“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
67% of FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
91% of FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $85k that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $846k 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
FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO's revenue grew 63% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 184 recreation & sports nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO?
- FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $931,369 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($388,100). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $931,369 in grants to FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $388,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRANCONIA MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATIO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 10 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