Tonto Creek Camp

Analysis

Tonto Creek Camp is a registered charity in United States, based in Scottsdale, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2011, 15 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Tonto Creek Camp reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $1.5m (+10.0%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 516%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Tonto Creek Camp sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boys & Girls Clubs of Kershaw County ($1.5m), Parkesburg Point ($1.5m) and Woodycrest Center for Human Development Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 16% and program service revenue 84% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $207k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $218k. At year end it held assets of $729k against liabilities of $667k, net assets of $62k. It reported 36 employees.