Camp Fire USA Orca Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910564955
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Tacoma, WA, USA
Phone
2535976234
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$149,770
Expenses
$245,697
Assets
$398,354
Liabilities
$50,196

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER ELFRANK (PRESIDENT)
  • BENJAMIN ZIELINSKI (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER ELFRANK (PRESIDENT)
  • BENJAMIN ZIELINSKI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SHERRY TALTON (BOARD MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Young people want to shape the world. Camp Fire USA, Orca Council provides the opportunity to find their spark, lift their voice, and discover who they are. In Camp Fire, it begins now. Light the fire within.

What it reported doing in 2019

In the club program and outdoor programs, school-age youth are led by adult volunteer teams who use national program materials to guide and mentor youth in small group settings. Camp fire clubs help youth build self-esteem, learn life skills and become responsible, concerned citizens who are active in their communities. Appreciation of nature and environmental stewardships has been core to camp fire's foundation since its founding in 1910. We believe in the power of nature to awaken the senses and the disire to learn. Day camps and resident camps introduce youth to vast outdoor settings offering daily adventures including outdoor cooking, exploration and group activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 69%; rating input score 69

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -64%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.62; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 69% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $170K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2018 to 2019
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.