High Sierra Discipleship Camp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933807993
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Tehachapi, CA, USA
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$123,455
Expenses
$102,645
Assets
$40,902

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • David Ellms (President - Member of the Board)

People named in this filing

  • Larry Neulinger (Member of the Board)
  • Wade Chlopek (Member of the Board)
  • Catherine Waite (Member of the Board)

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

High Sierra Discipleship Camp operates a Christian youth summer camp providing discipleship leadership development and faith-based programs to help youth and young adults grow spiritually develop life skills and build community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Camp High Sierra successfully operated its annual Christian youth summer camp program providing immersive outdoor experiences designed to foster discipleship leadership development and personal growth. During the year the camp served 148 youth campers offering biblical teaching worship fellowship and outdoor activities in a wilderness setting that encouraged spiritual formation strengthened faith and built community among participants.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.1%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 16.9%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.7% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 68.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $103K 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: 2 filing years from 2024 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.