Experience Camps

Analysis

Experience Camps is a registered charity in United States, based in Westport, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Experience Camps reported income of $4.1m and spending of $4.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to September 2023, income grew from $2.7m to $4.1m (+54%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 202%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Experience Camps sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boy Scouts of America ($4.1m), Fort Worth Cradle to Career ($4.1m) and Tulsa Dream Center Inc ($4.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $179k (4.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $5.8m against liabilities of $332k, net assets of $5.5m. It reported 170 employees.