Camp Perkins Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Incorporated

Analysis

Camp Perkins Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Ketchum, ID. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, Camp Perkins Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Incorporated reported income of $1.2m and spending of $919k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $860k to $1.2m (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Camp Perkins Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Incorporated sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 84th percentile within ID. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Highline Soccer Association ($1.2m), United States of America Futsal Federation ($1.2m) and Eastern New Mexico State Fair Board Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 36% and program service revenue 56% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $90k (9.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $339k. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 35 employees.