El Porvenir Christian Camp and Retreat Center

Legal name: El Porvenir Christian Camp & Retreat Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812302571
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2023
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Montezuma, NM, United States
Phone
505-425-6022
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$374,274
Expenses
$496,528
Assets
$1,756,684
Liabilities
$47,865

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • NATHAN STAFFORD (EXECUTIVE DI): $89,775 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Experience Christ-centered renewal in the northern mountains of New Mexico. Our dining hall is one of our newest facilities, and we're proud of the food we serve! We work hard to provide healthy, fresh, and need sensitive menu choices. Timely and satisfying, every guest eats well. Adventure Let's face it, our routines have become predictable and digital screens are fake. We need real adventure to awaken our souls and challenge our faith. We lead you safely through it, and you leave transformed by it. Food Service Our dining hall is one of our newest facilities, and we're proud of the food we serve! Adventure.

What it reported doing in 2023

Guest groups: el porvenir camp partners with local churches, christian non-profits, individual families, and other organizations to provide a camp experience to youth, children, families, and adults. These events provide a context for god to work according to the principles of our original mission, which is to amplify the word of god, build faith in jesus, cultivate godly relationships, and be a tool in the hands of the church. We recognize success through the countless stories of changed lives as a result of these events. This is evidenced as each person learns to depend more fully on jesus christ, to exchange their old life for a life lived with christ and returns home giving glory and thanks to god as a result of the experience at our camp. Guest groups are generally promoted by and under the name of the partner organization we serve. We serve these groups to the glory of god. During the year 2024, our camp operated on a limited basis following the loss of structures and reliable road access as a result of the 2022 hermits peak and calf canyon wildfire. We served 772 campers at 23 events.

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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 77.5%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.4 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -32.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.54; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 77.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $385K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2023
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.