Lake View Camp and Conference Center

Analysis

Lake View Camp and Conference Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Pella, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 December 2023, Lake View Camp and Conference Center reported income of $811k and spending of $549k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.3m to $811k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Lake View Camp and Conference Center sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Franklin Community Cable Access Inc ($811k), Berkeley Film Foundation ($811k) and Kids at Their Best Inc ($810k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 33% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $193k. At year end it held assets of $7.0m against liabilities of $58k, net assets of $6.9m. It reported 15 employees.