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LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC

LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,613,226 to it, the largest being Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation ($1,210,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.6M
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$1.6M
Net assets
$5.9M
8/12 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Lutheran Island Camp Inc does

Mission

Lutheran island camp exists to nourish the whole person for joyful, christ-centered life and service.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Summer camp programs - lutheran island camp provides summer camp opportunities for youth and families. Programs connect people with god's word, his creation, and each other. During 2024, lutheran island camp served 1,368 campers.

    $572,589 spent$374,876 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $572,589.

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 ($1.0M) Expenses 100 ($994k) Net assets 100 ($706k)2018 Revenue 83 ($836k) Expenses 102 ($1.0M) Net assets 75 ($527k)2019 Revenue 80 ($806k) Expenses 93 ($923k) Net assets 58 ($410k)2020 Revenue 55 ($558k) Expenses 62 ($618k) Net assets 54 ($380k)2021 Revenue 91 ($917k) Expenses 56 ($556k) Net assets 105 ($742k)2022 Revenue 65 ($657k) Expenses 65 ($649k) Net assets 579 ($4.1M)2023 Revenue 96 ($968k) Expenses 71 ($701k) Net assets 715 ($5.0M)2024 Revenue 162 ($1.6M) Expenses 76 ($756k) Net assets 831 ($5.9M)
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Revenue (162)Expenses (76)Net assets (831)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 2021 to 2022, from $842k to $4.1M (+390%).

$1.1M
$891k
$796k
$751k
$842k
$4.1M
$5.1M
$6.1M
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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.

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

67% of LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,898 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$18k
’17
−$179k
’18
−$117k
’19
−$60k
’20
$361k
’21
$8k
’22
$267k
’23
$887k
’24
13
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

Stacy Lung

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1615161613121212
Joined·+4+1+5+4+0+3+6
No longer listed·5057136
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $58k → $53k.

4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 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

LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

75%
largest funder
89%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 55% · 2019 33% · 2020 55% · 2021 97% · 2022 46% · 2023 47% — 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

60% of LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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

97% of LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN
IA
FL

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

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Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $197k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,732 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin54% · top quartile
Months of reserve12.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,732 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC

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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 19%Fundraising 5%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

92%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Friends of Creation Science LLC · partnership

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Questions and answers

Who funds LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC?
LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,613,226 to it, the largest being Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation ($1,210,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,613,226 in grants to LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC?
Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,210,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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