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NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC

NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $223,427 to it, the largest being WATKINS CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ($130,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$4.2M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$223k
Net assets
$17M
4/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What North Georgia Camp and Retreat Ministries Inc does

Mission

Provide camp and retreat ministries which shape and expand the christian commitment of persons of all ages empowering them to live the truth of the gospel.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Provide camp and retreat ministries which shape and expand the christian commitment of persons of all ages empowering them to live the truth of the gospel

    $3,619,270 spent$3,088,807 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,619,270.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($4.6M) Expenses 100 ($3.8M) Net assets 100 ($15M)2020 Revenue 43 ($2.0M) Expenses 70 ($2.7M) Net assets 96 ($15M)2021 Revenue 140 ($6.4M) Expenses 83 ($3.2M) Net assets 116 ($18M)2022 Revenue 83 ($3.8M) Expenses 101 ($3.9M) Net assets 111 ($17M)2023 Revenue 90 ($4.1M) Expenses 105 ($4.0M) Net assets 115 ($18M)2024 Revenue 92 ($4.2M) Expenses 119 ($4.6M) Net assets 115 ($17M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (92)Expenses (119)Net assets (115)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 2020 to 2021, from $15M to $18M (+21%).

$16M
$15M
$18M
$18M
$19M
$18M
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 10% · 2021 5% · 2023 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

20% of NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,735 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$741k
’19
−$710k
’20
$3.2M
’21
−$60k
’22
$65k
’23
−$380k
’24
6.1
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

C Russell Davis

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed172121211514
Joined·+12+0+5+4+4
No longer listed·805105
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $3k → $28k.

5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC’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

NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

58%
largest funder
84%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 60% · 2021 64% · 2022 56% · 2023 90% — 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 NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

100% of NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.

GA

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

’20
’21
’22
’23
Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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

NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve6.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC

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 Georgia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 12%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Glisson Camp & Retreat Center LLC · disregarded
  • Grow Day Camps LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC?
NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $223,427 to it, the largest being WATKINS CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ($130,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $223,427 in grants to NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC?
WATKINS CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $130,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORTH GEORGIA CAMP AND RETREAT MINISTRIES INC find more funders?
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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 2019–2024), and the filings of 8 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