YMCA Camp Jorn
Legal name: Camp Jorn Young Men's Christian Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 542184387
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Manitowish Waters, WI, United States
- Phone
- 715-543-8808
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Parks and Playgrounds
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,966,625
- Expenses
- $2,173,602
- Assets
- $15,154,113
- Liabilities
- $268,370
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATHLEEN BOST (CEO)
- DENNIS LIPP (CEO (THRU 10/24))
Highest reported compensation
- DENNIS LIPP (CEO (THRU 10/24)): $135,411 total reported compensation
- KATHLEEN BOST (CEO): $71,790 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Building character, confidence, and community through enriching outdoor experiences. As part of the YMCA movement, Camp Jorn is dedicated to creating experiences that help youth, families, and communities grow stronger — in spirit, mind, and body. Behind every memorable summer at Camp Jorn YMCA is a dedicated team of staff and volunteers who bring our mission to life. From planning programs to maintaining facilities, every person plays a role in creating the safe, welcoming, and life-changing environment that generations of campers have come to love. Together, they embody Camp Jorn’s values — **Caring, Honesty, Respect,** and**Responsibility** — and ensure that the camp continues to thrive for years to come. Our Year-Round Leadership Team.
What it reported doing in 2024
Resident camp: camp jorn ymca has made a commitment to ensure a positive and safe camping experience for each child who attends our summer program. Our focus on character development helps youth to grow in the areas of our 4 core values caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. Campers choose 3 instructional classes for the week ensuring growth, progression, and competence. Days are rounded out with cabin activities such as sailing, canoeing or kayaking, cabin challenges, sports and much more. Evenings are a time for everyone to come together for all-camp activities such as campfires, skits, group games, etc. Each cabin group will also participate in a cook out or overnight on or near camp jorn. We offer 1 or 2 week camp sessions and 3 week specialty sessions.
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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - 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: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 69.4%; rating input score 69
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd 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: 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: -10.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.97; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.5%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 30th 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: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 69.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $135K · 16 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $271K reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.