New York · Nonprofit
LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED
LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,284,737 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,041,500). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.3M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $6.3M
- Net assets
- $275k
What Life Camps Incorporated does
Mission
Provide youth and families, impacted by violence, tools to launch sustainable careers, avert incarceration, & optimize talent so that historically marginalized communities can make a social impact that improves life for our fellow global citizens.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The cure violence (cv) team actively engaged with over 20,000 community members within the catchment area we serve and its surrounding regions. This outreach included initiatives such as hood to the woods, peace week, and gun violence awareness month, all aimed at promoting peace and raising awareness about the impact of gun violence.
$3,033,893 spent62% of program spendingThroughout the period from july 1, 2024, to june 30, 2025, life camp consistently provided support to nyc youth and young adults, schools and the community in southeast queens. This significantly enhanced the safety of students, staff and the community as a whole. Our enrichment programs have been successful in addressing high rates of violence in our community. Programs include, but are not limited to: a. Giant thinkings mind up class: provided participants with a program thatutilized physical exercise to alleviate stress and enhance mental clarity. Participants benefited from the opportunity to engage in activities aimed at reducing stress levels and improving cognitive function. B. Financial literacy: participants acquired invaluable insights into the principles of saving and wealth management, transcending mere material possessions. This knowledge equips them with essential skills to navigate personal finances, make informed decisions, and cultivate long-term financial stability, empowering them to achieve their goals and secure their financial futures. C. Urban yogis: participants deeply engaged in meditation and yoga sessions, cultivating a profound sense of inner peace and…
$211,507 spent4% of program spendingThe therapeutic wellness department (tws) provided direct services and wellness activations to 10,000 community members, in schools, churches, cbos and communities across the nation. Those impacted included high-risk youth affected by trauma, parents coping with the loss of children to gun violence, and frontline staff facing stress. These services encompassed a range of events such as advocacy, education, and public outreach. Additionally, 1,000 referrals were made to essential services like mental health support and emergency housing, addressing critical needs within the community.
$1,687,510 spent34% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,932,910.
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 2024 to 2025, from $2.5M to $4.8M (+93%).
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: 2017 84% · 2018 79% · 2019 83% · 2020 61% · 2021 56% · 2022 98% · 2023 74% · 2024 68% · 2025 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Eddie Stern
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $35k → $563k.
14 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 funders by total. 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
LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
58% 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 LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 37% · 2019 53% · 2020 17% · 2021 31% · 2022 70% · 2023 36% — 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
28% of LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
77% of LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED has grown faster than half of the 852 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 852 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.8M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.8M
- Department of Justice$2.0M
- Department of Education$2.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Kush & Kemet LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED: 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 LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED?
- LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,284,737 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,041,500). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $6,284,737 in grants to LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,041,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIFE CAMPS INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 49 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