Minnesota · Nonprofit
GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY
GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,027 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($68,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $235k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $131k
- Net assets
- $282k
What Gopher Campfire Sanctuary does
Mission
To redevelop habitat for animals native to minnesota and develop a learning center for youth and members of the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
We raised enough funds to get a secondary fence installed to be legal with the mn dnr rules and added a corral area that is blacked out to herd the deer into for dnr and veterinarian inspections. We raised enough funds to have the educational building repaired as the current siding is rotten, this will be completed sometime in 2025. We also raised funds to fix and replace the leveling tile that is between the two ponds in the sanctuary as the current one is collapsed, this will be completed sometime in the next year or so. We maintained the grounds, and provide food all year round for the animals. We also maintain the deer herd by managing the number in the sanctuary as the area can only hold so many deer.
$19,027 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $19,027.
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
Leon Goldschmidt
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY’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
GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY.
“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
75% of GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY'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 $33k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $99k 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.
Against its field
GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY: 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 GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY?
- GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,027 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($68,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $131,027 in grants to GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY?
- SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $68,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOPHER CAMPFIRE SANCTUARY 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.
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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 2024–2024), and the filings of 6 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