Camp Helaman

Legal name: Camp Helaman Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814933084
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Evans, GA, US
Phone
(706) 831-6696
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,428
Expenses
$4,665
Assets
$1,126,497
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID SQUIRES (PRESIDENT)
  • DOUG CRAMER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DAVID SQUIRES (PRESIDENT)
  • DOUG CRAMER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ED URBANAWIZ (TREASURER)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Camp Helaman is a non-profit organization that provides outdoor recreational facilities for community groups that promote youth personal development and achievement through service and team-building activities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided a local venue for community youth of all backgrounds to engage in wholesome recreational activities that fostered mutual respect for others and a commitment to serve. Examples of activities are as follows: work & service: service projects (after campouts, saturday mornings, and eagle scout projects), cutting grass, trimming grass and plants, fertilizing, spreading insecticide, cleaning. Maintaining equipment, trails, campsites, fruit trees, wild life habitats, and other amenities. Recreational activities: camping, gaga ball, field games (soccer, ultimate frisbee, capture the flag, lacrosse, flag football, man hunt), orienteering, geocaching, hiking, mountain biking, scouting events, young women events, local church events, easter parties, bbqs, prom dinners.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.8%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 78.9%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.1%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 241.48; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -17.3% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -57.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 67.8% of revenue deployed · 78.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.