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LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER

LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,423,923 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($795,981). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.2M
Funders on record
23
Grants received
$3.4M
Net assets
$10M
12/23 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 42%
01What it does

What Ligonier Camp & Conference Center does

Mission

To provide people with reflective and recreational opportunities that build faith in christ, self-esteem, and supportive relationships.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Conference center activity: provided opportunities for individuals and groups to meet and develop relationships and their faith in christ.

    $929,149 spent$758,731 earned by the program
    41% of program spending
  2. Summer camp programs: provided individuals with opportunities to participate in activities and camping to build their self-esteem, faith in christ, and develop supportive relationships with others and staff.

    $1,337,273 spent$982,688 earned by the program
    59% of program spending
  3. Scholarships and other income: provided additional revenues to develop supportive relationships through camping experiences.

    $39,532 earned by the program

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,266,422.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($2.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.9M) Net assets 100 ($7.5M)2019 Revenue 160 ($3.6M) Expenses 103 ($2.0M) Net assets 127 ($9.5M)2020 Revenue 93 ($2.1M) Expenses 82 ($1.6M) Net assets 135 ($10M)2021 Revenue 104 ($2.3M) Expenses 93 ($1.8M) Net assets 144 ($11M)2022 Revenue 103 ($2.3M) Expenses 115 ($2.2M) Net assets 141 ($11M)2023 Revenue 98 ($2.2M) Expenses 135 ($2.6M) Net assets 139 ($10M)2024 Revenue 96 ($2.2M) Expenses 137 ($2.6M) Net assets 135 ($10M)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (96)Expenses (137)Net assets (135)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 2018 to 2019, from $7.6M to $9.7M (+28%).

$7.6M
$9.7M
$10M
$11M
$12M
$11M
$10M
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 8% · 2021 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

16% of LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER’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. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$346k
’18
$1.6M
’19
$549k
’20
$565k
’21
$119k
’22
−$358k
’23
−$444k
’24
1.1
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

Patrick Myers

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed15141215141413
Joined·+6+0+4+1+5+1
No longer listed·721252
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $42k → $111k.

8 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER’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

LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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

39% 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 LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER.

23%
largest funder
64%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 84% · 2019 57% · 2020 74% · 2021 33% · 2022 71% · 2023 45% — 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

40% of LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

89% of LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

NY
PA
DE
NC
FL

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $968k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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

LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−20% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 21%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

95%

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

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • First Presbyterian Church · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER?
LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,423,923 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($795,981). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER have?
IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $3,423,923 in grants to LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $795,981 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LIGONIER CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 23 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