Tel Hai Mennonite Camp

Analysis

Tel Hai Mennonite Camp is a registered charity in United States, based in Honey Brook, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1972, 54 years ago. 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 September 2023, Tel Hai Mennonite Camp reported income of $626k and spending of $629k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $747k to $626k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Tel Hai Mennonite Camp sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ahepa 37 Inc ($626k), Interfaith Ministries Inc of Calhoun County Alabama ($626k) and Change the Outcome ($626k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 23% and program service revenue 77% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $79k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $152k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $234k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 22 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.