Victory Junction Gang Camp Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562215292
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Randleman, NC, USA
Phone
3364989055
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Camp Fire

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,048,474
Expenses
$8,748,582
Assets
$48,204,274
Liabilities
$672,066

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHAD COLTRANE (CEO & PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHAD COLTRANE (CEO & PRESIDENT): $291,421 total reported compensation
  • JONATHAN LEMMON (COO): $190,449 total reported compensation
  • FRANCES BEASLEY (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $178,638 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Victory junction enriches the lives of children living with complex medical and physical needs by providing life-changing, fun, and empowering camp experiences at no cost.

What it reported doing in 2025

Victory junction is a year-round camp for children living with complex medical and physical conditions. Founded by kyle petty and family in honor of his son adam, victory junction provides life-changing experiences that are exciting, fun and empowering in a medically safe environment always free of charge, thanks to the generosity of donors and corporate partners. Victory junction programming is designed to build confidence and foster independence, helping children, families, and caregivers find belonging and build skills that fuel their journeys far beyond camp. Victory junction's camp recharge offers through-the-week and weekend programming where campers stay at camp and enjoy a fun, medically safe experience while parents and caregivers have the opportunity to rest and recharge. In addition to onsite sessions, victory junction's outreach program delivers camp experiences to children in hospitals, clinics, and community partner sites throughout the carolinas and Virginia. Since opening in 2004, victory junction has provided more than 150,000 experiences to children from all 50 states, Washington, d.c., puerto rico, and four countries.victory junction is a member of the seriousfun children's network (sfcn), founded by paul newman. Sfcn is an alliance of 9 camps nationally and 30 camps worldwide that serve children living with serious medical conditions and chronic illnesses. Our camp is certified by seriousfun which provides strict guidelines on camper care, financial competency and program innovations. By networking with other similar camps in sfcn, victory junction remains at the forefront of best practices and cutting-edge research into the impact of camp on a child's life. Victory junction also meets the rigorous safety standards of the american camp association. Our aca certification gives families the confidence to know that they are entrusting their child to well trained, certified professionals. To learn more, please visit victoryjunction.org.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46.4%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 71%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: 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: 37.7%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.51; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.6%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46.4% of revenue deployed · 71% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $291K · 21 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $156K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.