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FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA

FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,049 to it, the largest being SUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITIES PROMOTE EDUCATION INC ($46,150). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$1.3M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$110k
Net assets
$1.7M
4/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Friends Camp Association of Pennsyl Vania does

Mission

Our mission is creating a community of people who are confident, kind, and engaged. We do this by offering resident (overnight) summer camp programs, short-term overnight camp programs for school students, by operating as a retreat center, year-round, and by offering alumni and our extended community opportunities to connect in a meaningful way.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Camp Onas provides residential overnight summer camping experiences for children. Our programs focus on community participation, integrity, and recreation, helping children develop the skills they need to become active members of their communities in adulthood. During the year, 385 campers attended the summer camp program, including 68 who received tuition assistance that made the experience financially feasible for their families. Additionally, 36 children received stipends to participate in our Counselor-in-Training program, which prepares youth for future work experiences.

    $782,660 spent$968,576 earned by the program
    84% of program spending
  2. Camp Onas operates as an outdoor education center for schools and groups of 20-100 children during the fall and spring, offering full-service outdoor education and adventure programs. The organization also hosts retreats for groups of 5-150 participants, with or without program facilitation, for organizations working with children, youth, and families and for groups serving those populations.

    $98,096 spent$74,025 earned by the program
    11% of program spending
  3. The organization offers engaging programs for people of all ages. These programs connect individuals with shared interests for discussion and recreation while deepening participants' sense of community and connection. Some programs also include an educational component. Examples include no-cost campfires, sing-alongs, use of the camp's pool, hayrides, and online gatherings for discussion and connection around interests related to our programs.

    $49,048 spent$21,025 earned by the program
    5% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $929,804.

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 ($946k) Expenses 100 ($829k) Net assets 100 ($1.4M)2018 Revenue 101 ($959k) Expenses 100 ($827k) Net assets 112 ($1.6M)2019 Revenue 102 ($961k) Expenses 114 ($942k) Net assets 113 ($1.6M)2025 Revenue 137 ($1.3M) Expenses 148 ($1.2M) Net assets 121 ($1.7M)
2017201820192025
Revenue (137)Expenses (148)Net assets (121)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 2017 to 2018, from $1.5M to $1.7M (+9%).

$1.5M
$1.7M
$1.7M
$2.7M
2017201820192025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

16% of FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$117k
’17
$133k
’18
$19k
’19
$64k
’25
0.7
months of
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

Holly M Hecht

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2017201820192025
Listed23222315
Joined·+0+1·
No longer listed·10·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $11k.

3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA’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

FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

99% 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 FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA.

42%
largest funder
98%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 45% · 2023 95% — 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.

Where its funders are

57% of FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA'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 $47k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state.

NY

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

’18
’19
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin5% · above the median
Months of reserve0.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 21%Fundraising 3%

Governance

10
board members
90%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA?
FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,049 to it, the largest being SUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITIES PROMOTE EDUCATION INC ($46,150). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $110,049 in grants to FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA?
SUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITIES PROMOTE EDUCATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $46,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS CAMP ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYL VANIA 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 5 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