California · Nonprofit
JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI
JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,939,892 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO ($2,612,148). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Jewish Community Camp and Retreat Center Inc- Camp Mt Chai does
Mission
Camp mountain chai expands and enriches jewish identity by establishing an atmosphere of knowledge and love for jewish culture, religion and traditions. Through sports, arts, outdoor adventure and aquatics, campers will build lifelong friendships, independence, & self worth. Our retreat center offers year round camping and programming for both youth and adults.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Camp mountain chai summer camp runs a eight week jewish summer camp for children ages 7 to 16. Campers come mostly from california, nevada, arizona and israel to participate in our camp. We offer many different programs including swimming, hiking, nature, camping, arts & crafts, drama, dance, music, ropes challenge course, archery and canoeing/kayaking at our lake. Campers participate in jewish educational programs as well as services during the week and on shabbat.
$2,553,752 spent$2,196,925 earned by the program100% of program spendingOur retreat center offers rental facilities to mostly non-profit organizations to hold weekend or week long retreats when our summer camp is not in session.
Camp mountain chai sponsors san diego community retreats throughout the year. The retreats offered include a men's retreat, women's retreat, a 4th, 5th & 6th grade retreat, a single parent and family retreat and a intergenerational retreat for grandparents and their grandchildren.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,553,752.
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 2018 to 2019, from $5.0M to $4.6M (−7%).
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: 2020 17% · 2021 15% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $334k → $276k.
7 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI’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
JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 62% · 2019 68% · 2020 65% · 2021 69% · 2022 70% · 2023 60% — 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
50% of JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
83% of JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI'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 $676k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI's revenue grew 39% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI?
- JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,939,892 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO ($2,612,148). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $3,939,892 in grants to JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI?
- JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO is the largest funder on record, with $2,612,148 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC- CAMP MT CHAI find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 15 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