Camp Winnataska

Analysis

Camp Winnataska is a registered charity in United States, based in Birmingham, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Camp Winnataska reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.4m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.5m (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 888%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Camp Winnataska sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 87th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Fellowship Ministry Inc ($1.5m), Effective Ministries Inc ($1.5m) and Presbyterian Camps at Gilmont Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $270k. At year end it held assets of $940k against liabilities of $610k, net assets of $330k. It reported 62 employees.