Cws Camps

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
834604968
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Boca Raton, FL, USA
Phone
5612718191
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$112,281
Expenses
$132,158
Assets
$91,121
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Matthew Corwin (President)

People named in this filing

  • Matthew Corwin (President)
  • Chris Severns (Secretary)
  • Andy Kasanicky (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

CWS Camps provides water sport camps for youth in south Florida. The Water Sports program includes lessons in water safety, waterskiing, surfing, fishing and marine biology. The program encouraged youth to experience the outdoors limit screen time and connect socially while learning new outdoor activities. Scholarship opportunities are provided for foster families and single parent households. CWS Camps produces a podcast to highlight careers paths. Local professionals share insights about choosing a career and experiences the career as afforded them. The podcast is published on streaming platforms to share insights with young adults and highlight healthy practices.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025 278 students attended Water Sports camp. Students learned new sports and grew in their understanding of water safety and marine biology. The program was offered throughout the summer and during the school year on school breaks. Activities at Water Sports Camp included fishing, surfing, tubing, waterskiing, snorkeling, wakeboarding, trips to Sandoway House Marine Biology Center and trips to Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. Campers engaged in team games to connect socially. 18 scholarships were provided to families in need and single parent households. At camp participants were proved a safe setting for play and learning. High school students were able to get service hours by helping as counselors at camp. The camp published a podcast that shared career insights from experienced entrepreneurs to share about their career path. By using digital streaming platforms the show opens up the reach of those that can learn from these conversations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.1%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 50.2%; rating input score 50

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 43.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.1% of revenue deployed · 50.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.