Association of Camps Farthest Out Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
410788319
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
5133948030
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,002,521
Expenses
$248,683
Assets
$1,371,250
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tina L Bracken (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Tina L Bracken (Executive Director): $47,648 total reported compensation
  • Ayden Carpenter (Digital Content Technician): $27,300 total reported compensation
  • Karen Graziano (Administrative Assistant): $25,654 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Leading people in the adventurous pursuit of a transformed life in Jesus

What it reported doing in 2025

Discount scholarship vouchers for attendees and new events

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, 34% for grants, and 4% for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 12.1%; rating input score 12
  • Program expense ratio: 44.6%; rating input score 45
  • Fundraising efficiency: $340.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 75.2%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.51; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 41.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 12.1% of revenue deployed · 44.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $111K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $48K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 41 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.