Camp Carl
Legal name: Camp Carl Ltd
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 923590264
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Ravenna, OH, USA
- Phone
- (330)315-5665
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,320,251
- Expenses
- $3,548,053
- Assets
- $4,690,291
- Liabilities
- $466,916
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TOM SULLIVAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- TOM SULLIVAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $118,191 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Inspiring People to Follow Jesus Since 1964, with transformation through dedicated time in God's word and daily worship. Volunteer Join us and become part of the Camp Carl Family! We couldn’t do ministry without you. There are many different service opportunities. More Info Donate Partners have the opportunity to ensure more and more kids experience Camp Carl. Your gift will inspire campers to walk intimately with Jesus. Additionally, your support will equip college staff to change the world. More Info Pray Camp Carl has been working since 1964 to reach kids for Jesus Christ. The success of this ministry is dependent on the community of believers who have supported us with their fervent prayers. Join others as we pray for the kids, staff, families, and leaders. More Info.
What it reported doing in 2024
Retreats - camp carl hosts yearround retreats and guest groups, providing churches, schools, ministries, and community organizations with a christ-centered environment for connection, teaching, and spiritual growth. Since 1964, the camp has served as a premier retreat center in northeast Ohio, offering modern facilities, flexible lodging, and a wide range of recreational activities designed to support group bonding and purposeful time away. Groups may choose a customized retreat, where they design their own schedule while camp carl provides lodging, meals, and activities such as boating, climbing, teambuilding initiatives, and use of the 7 acre lake. A camp carl host supports each group throughout their stay. (continued on schedule o)alternatively, camp carl offers programmed retreats, where the camp provides speakers, worship, activities, and meals, allowing leaders to focus fully on their people. Day retreats are also available for schools and organizations seeking a shorter gathering with access to meeting spaces, activities, and the camp's natural setting. Across all retreat offerings, camp carl prioritizes hospitality, spiritual encouragement, and creating space for groups to grow together.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 52.2%; rating input score 52
- Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th 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; 72nd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 33.3%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.32; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 37.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 36.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 52.2% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $118K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.