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← CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,565,323
Total expenses
$7,714,560
Contributions and grants received
$7,004,143
Grants paid
$2,127,489
Program service revenue
$1,377,767
Investment income
-$85,018
Other revenue
$268,431
Total assets, end of year
$21,878,759
Total liabilities, end of year
$887,140
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,991,619
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,982,966
Management and general expenses
$606,370
Fundraising expenses
$125,224
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,982,966

Program services were 90.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $13,272

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,979,134

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,011,737

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $814,826

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CAMPER FEES

    total $1,377,767 · related or exempt $1,377,767

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $30,355 · excluded $30,355

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $10,400

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $125,773

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$115,373

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$115,373 · related or exempt -$115,373

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $262,858

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $13,272

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $58,414

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $204,444 · excluded $204,444

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC. INCOME

    total $60,672 · related or exempt $60,672

  • 11b · Other revenue: ZIPLINE ATTRACTION

    total $3,315 · unrelated business $3,315

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $63,987

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,057,258 · program services $2,057,258

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $70,231 · program services $70,231

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $386,122 · program services $195,265 · management and general $93,224 · fundraising $97,633

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,959,804 · program services $1,733,360 · management and general $226,444

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $216,770 · program services $181,130 · management and general $35,640

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $404,913 · program services $337,451 · management and general $67,462

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $158,683 · program services $132,492 · management and general $20,904 · fundraising $5,287

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $29,528 · program services $14,764 · management and general $14,764

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $69,636 · program services $34,818 · management and general $34,818

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $17,463 · program services $17,463

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $192,879 · program services $173,591 · fundraising $19,288

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $310,725 · program services $291,137 · management and general $19,588

  • 17 · Travel

    total $61,147 · program services $50,550 · management and general $10,597

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $936,592 · program services $931,008 · management and general $5,584

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $124,051 · program services $117,857 · management and general $6,194

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM - TRAVEL PROGRAM

    total $332,177 · program services $332,177

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $283,040 · program services $262,738 · management and general $20,302

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $38,659 · program services $36,289 · management and general $2,370

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP - ADM

    total $27,140 · management and general $27,140

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $37,742 · program services $13,387 · management and general $21,339 · fundraising $3,016

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $390,592 · end of year $361,986

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,403,600 · end of year $1,153,153

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $772,582 · end of year $850,606

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $58,574 · end of year $64,020

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $88,684 · end of year $88,115

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $30,543,400

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $11,364,044

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $18,211,593 · end of year $19,179,356

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $146,371 · end of year $181,523

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $466,726 · end of year $491,560

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $402,689 · end of year $298,704

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $101,285 · end of year $96,876

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,570,059 · end of year $20,524,626

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $531,237 · end of year $466,993

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

CAMP COURAGEOUS PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL YEAR-ROUND RECREATIONAL, RESPITE, AND TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE CAMP IS RUN PRIMARILY ON DONATIONS, GIVING ALL INDIVIDUALS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THROUGH GIFTS OF TIME, MATERIALS, FINANCIAL, AND OTHER MEANS THAT SUPPORT THE CAMP.

  • CARE FOR HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $6,982,966 · Grants $2,127,489 · Revenue $1,377,767

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charles Becker

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $695,862
    From this org
    $300,657
    From related orgs
    $262,092
    Other
    $133,113
    Hours/week
    100 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,657 + $262,092 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $50,250 + $47,648 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,215
    Filer's total
    $386,122 + $309,740 related
  • Mary Van-Houten

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Randy Faulkner

    CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Mary Johnson

    SECRETARY/DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Diane Pitlik

    TREASURER/DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Margo Ahrendsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jim Foels

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Greg Greco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Glen Hasken

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jill McDermott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Amy Rouse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Trish Recker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Bruce Scheff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Amanda Schlemme

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Janice Short

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Peg Slusher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mag Welter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Chris Wiese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jim Zimmerman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 4
CHARLES BECKER 0 4,409 0
SCHEDULE J, PART III
CAMP COURAGEOUS HAS A NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHARLES W. BECKER. THE VALUE OF THE PLAN AT DECEMBER 31, 2025 WAS 96,876.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
10 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202622649349301602

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