Camp Hope Inc C/o Louie Nelson

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271841692
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Loma, CO, USA
Phone
9708580453
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Camps
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$59,458
Expenses
$63,907
Assets
$151,927
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Louis Nelson (President)

People named in this filing

  • Louis Nelson (President)
  • Dorothy Tatum (Secretary)
  • Tom Kaper (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization exists to provide a low cost camp experience to youth, provide opportunites for children and adults to learn life skills, and introduce individuals and groups to the outdoor environment. The organization provides opportunities for individuals to experience improved self-esteem and confidence, leadership skills, and personal interaction skills. The organization also helps indviduals develop a personal relationship with Christ.

What it reported doing in 2024

Valley to Mountaintop Camps - Provide a 6-day outdoor wilderness experience for mostly at-risk youth aged 8-13, teaching them life skills and helping them realize that they are loved, valued, and created for purpose. We normally run two camps in the summer for 50-60 kids total. All the kids are scholarshiped to come to camp. We provide transportation, food, and materials for every camper.

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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.5%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 59.9%; rating input score 60

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.5%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.38; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.5% of revenue deployed · 59.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2013 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.