Vermonts Camp Ta-kum-ta
Overview
Mission
To provide a safe, loving place where children from Vermont and New York who have, or have had cancer can play, swim, share and heal. Camp t-k-t is where kids go to reclaim a childhood robbed by cancer.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030362578
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- South Hero, VT, USA
- Phone
- 8023725863
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cancer
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69.5%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 74.2%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.8%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.77; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 69.5% of revenue deployed · 74.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $980K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 annual filings from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- DENNIS DEPAUL (EXECUTIVE DI): $129,789 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.