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TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN

TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,708 to it, the largest being THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$149k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$8k
Net assets
$62k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Taproots Camp Walden does

Mission

Provide outdoor learning experiences to children from underserved communities and financially challenged families through traditional summer-camp experiences in a safe, healthy outdoor environment located in northern michigan.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Provide outdoor learning experiences to children from underserved communities and financially challenged families.

    $156,962 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $156,962.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($74k) Expenses 100 ($2k) Net assets 100 ($72k)2022 Revenue 89 ($65k) Expenses 3275 ($64k) Net assets 103 ($73k)2023 Revenue 167 ($123k) Expenses 6209 ($121k) Net assets 106 ($76k)2024 Revenue 202 ($149k) Expenses 8361 ($162k) Net assets 87 ($62k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (202)Expenses (8361)Net assets (87)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 2023 to 2024, from $76k to $65k (−15%).

$72k
$78k
$76k
$65k
2021202220232024
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$72k
’21
$2k
’22
$2k
’23
−$14k
’24

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Jennifer Hartzog

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $50 → $100.

Funder
'21
'22
'24*
total
funders
1
1
2

From the IRS filings of TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN’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

TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

97%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 3 states in all.

MI
PA
CA

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

’21
’22
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)26% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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In Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN: 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 TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN?
TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,708 to it, the largest being THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $7,708 in grants to TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN?
THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TAPROOTS CAMP WALDEN find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 3 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