Camp Olson YMCA
Legal name: Young Men's Christian Association - Camp Olson
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 410967781
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2022
- Location
- Longville, MN, USA
- Phone
- 218-363-2207
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,332,336
- Expenses
- $2,180,345
- Assets
- $9,222,613
- Liabilities
- $743,568
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GREG SCHIEBER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JOHN LYON (EXECUTIVE DI): $119,534 total reported compensation
- RUSSELL LINK (FORMER EXEC): $87,270 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our Mission is to share the Spirit of the Northwoods while preserving a paradise of beauty with youth, families, and their leaders through YMCA programs that build healthy mind, body, and spirit for all. Who We Are. The Ojibwe bands moved into the region during the mid-to-late 1700's. The Ojibwe people long lived within the rich ecology of the region. They moved according to a seasonal subsistence economy---fishing in the summer, harvesting _manoomin_ (wild rice) in the fall, hunting, trapping, and ice fishing in the winter, and tapping maple syrup and spearfishing in the spring. Their main building material, _wiigwaas_(birch bark), could be transported anywhere to make a _wiigiwam_ (lodge shelter). Read More 18th & 19th Century.
What it reported doing in 2024
Camping programs: camp olson typically provides approximately 1,300 camper weeks to 900 unique children. Approximately twenty-one percent of campers receive some form of financial support. Camping program activities include sailing, horseback riding, archery, fishing, swimming, mountain biking, crafts and nature studies. In addition, the camp offers leadership programs, counselor-in-training programs and family camping experiences.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 75% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
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: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.5%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 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: 6.5%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.23; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.5%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 80.5% of revenue deployed · 83.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 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 25/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.