Camp Extreme D/b/a Project Extreme

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364428246
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Lawrence, NY, USA
Phone
5166123922
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development – Religious Leadership

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,921,365
Expenses
$2,235,911
Assets
$486,163
Liabilities
$659,414

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ARON Y WEINBERG (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ARON Y WEINBERG (PRESIDENT): $259,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Project extreme provides innovative programming and solutions for teens in -need, their families and communities. Project extreme uses a combination of experiential and intellectual learning opportunities to provide the social, educational and emotional support our teens in need require and benefit from. Project extreme's layered array of year-round programs are designed as life-changing interventions to assist teens break the cycle of their anti social, sometimes dangerous, self-destructive behavior. Project extreme hosts a broad array of short and longer duration programs designed to assist teens in need and their families in addressing and overcoming the various challenges they are facing by providing them with: social support,, life-skills training, positive /healthy environment, self esteem and self worth development, fun and safe activities. Each of the programs in the project extreme portfolio has been designed by a multidisciplinary team of professionals to ensure maximum thera

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide a residential facility known as the Minnesota girls academy (mga) the Minnesota girls academy is a residential treatment facility licensed by the stae of minnesotadepartment of human sercies. Mga assists girls ages 13 to 17 in overcoming the emotional or behavioral struggles that can keep them from living fulfilling lives and having healthy social and familial relationships. Mga is founded upon the belief that every girl is unique. Because each child possesses a distinct compilation of experiences, talents, relationships, and struggles, mga offers a treatment program that is customized to meet her special needs and help her become more confident, secure, and healthy. By combining the best features of a boarding school, a treatment facility, and a transition program, we are able to provide a safe and nurturing environment for our students, giving them the support and tools necessary to thrive. Mga exists in the heart of the quaint community of bricelyn, Minnesota. Our location provides the perfect balance of safe and comfortable surroundings with active, involved community living. Mga is a warm and inviting program where girls are made to feel welcome, included, and appreciated. We strive to provide a program that allows girls to experience freedom, togetherness, safety, and independence. A nurturing community is critical to helping teen girls feel immediately safe and cared for, so that she can adjust quickly to treatment and get on with the work of healing. Mga cultivates a nurturing community by providing appropriate structure and lots of activity, encouraging connection with staff and other students, and balancing therapy, school, and fun. Mga's activities are recorded an a separate form 990 filed by them.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.9%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 80.7%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -16.4%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.36; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.6%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.9% of revenue deployed · 80.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $259K · 3 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D land buildings reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.