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THE DESERT ISLAND CLUB

THE DESERT ISLAND CLUB (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,150 to it, the largest being MARIAN FOUNDATION ($43,100). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$59k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$43k
Net assets
$156k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What The Desert Island Club does

Mission

To provide a facility for personal contact, co-mingling and fellowship of sober, recovering alcoholics and recovering narcotic users. The organization also provides assistance and education to endividuals to prevent alcohol and drug use.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Expenses incurred to purchase products, food and beverages for the members use during program services.

    $14,569 spent
    58% of program spending
  2. Expense from depreciation of assets

    $10,768 spent
    42% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,337.

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 ($103k) Expenses 100 ($66k) Net assets 100 ($203k)2020 Revenue 65 ($67k) Expenses 83 ($55k) Net assets 106 ($215k)2021 Revenue 71 ($73k) Expenses 96 ($63k) Net assets 110 ($224k)2022 Revenue 47 ($48k) Expenses 140 ($93k) Net assets 91 ($185k)2023 Revenue 65 ($67k) Expenses 104 ($69k) Net assets 90 ($182k)2024 Revenue 57 ($59k) Expenses 113 ($75k) Net assets 82 ($167k)2025 Revenue 57 ($59k) Expenses 105 ($69k) Net assets 77 ($156k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (57)Expenses (105)Net assets (77)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $224k to $185k (−17%).

$203k
$215k
$224k
$185k
$182k
$167k
$156k
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assets

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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

74% of THE DESERT ISLAND CLUB’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,214 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$37k
’19
$12k
’20
$10k
’21
−$45k
’22
−$2k
’23
−$16k
’24
−$11k
’25

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Micheal Baldy

Chair/acting

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $5k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2

From the IRS filings of THE DESERT ISLAND CLUB’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

THE DESERT ISLAND CLUB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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

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

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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

100% of THE DESERT ISLAND CLUB's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Ohio 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

THE DESERT ISLAND CLUB's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−18% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−9% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,360 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE DESERT ISLAND CLUB?
THE DESERT ISLAND CLUB (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,150 to it, the largest being MARIAN FOUNDATION ($43,100). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE DESERT ISLAND CLUB have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $43,150 in grants to THE DESERT ISLAND CLUB, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE DESERT ISLAND CLUB?
MARIAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $43,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE DESERT ISLAND CLUB find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 2 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