Happy Hollow Vacation Bible Camp

Analysis

Happy Hollow Vacation Bible Camp is a registered charity in United States, based in Strafford, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1971, 55 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 December 2023, Happy Hollow Vacation Bible Camp reported income of $331k and spending of $118k, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $98k to $331k (+239%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 819%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Happy Hollow Vacation Bible Camp sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Tin Whistles Scholarship Foundation ($331k), Humane Society of Johnson County ($331k) and Eventide Living Center ($331k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 15% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.