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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BARNABAS FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,095,488
Total expenses
$5,600,226
Contributions and grants received
$3,240,767
Grants paid
$5,000
Program service revenue
$3,489,870
Investment income
$239,164
Other revenue
$125,687
Total assets, end of year
$23,131,135
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,195,868
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,935,267
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,506,698
Management and general expenses
$672,740
Fundraising expenses
$420,788
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,506,698

Program services were 80.5% 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

    $689,219

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,551,548

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $94,975

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $3,489,870 · related or exempt $3,489,870

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $244,851 · excluded $244,851

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,138 · other assets $3,065

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

    other assets $9,890

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,138 · other assets -$6,825

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$5,687 · related or exempt -$6,825 · excluded $1,138

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $73,884

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

    $689,219

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $72,728

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,156 · excluded $1,156

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $245,018

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $120,487

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $124,531 · related or exempt $124,531

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $406,777 · program services $116,356 · management and general $151,772 · fundraising $138,649

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,807,147 · program services $1,401,526 · management and general $223,318 · fundraising $182,303

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $20,152 · program services $17,291 · management and general $1,629 · fundraising $1,232

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $147,408 · program services $145,387 · management and general $2,021

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $172,920 · program services $122,026 · management and general $27,500 · fundraising $23,394

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,273 · management and general $8,273

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,052 · management and general $27,052

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,065 · management and general $5,065

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $48,442 · program services $44,703 · management and general $3,739

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $48,195 · program services $39,213 · management and general $2,875 · fundraising $6,107

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $255,509 · program services $171,893 · management and general $49,826 · fundraising $33,790

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $213,560 · program services $196,017 · management and general $13,401 · fundraising $4,142

  • 17 · Travel

    total $122,071 · program services $111,892 · management and general $6,315 · fundraising $3,864

  • 20 · Interest

    total $44,785 · program services $44,785

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $785,007 · program services $706,506 · management and general $78,501

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $235,797 · program services $212,217 · management and general $23,580

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD AND KITCHEN SUPPLIES

    total $501,077 · program services $498,084 · management and general $1,291 · fundraising $1,702

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $295,041 · program services $290,471 · management and general $3,173 · fundraising $1,397

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER SUPPLIES

    total $257,714 · program services $250,929 · management and general $6,785

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $99,497 · program services $70,278 · management and general $6,624 · fundraising $22,595

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $93,737 · program services $62,124 · management and general $30,000 · fundraising $1,613

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,458,415 · end of year $3,891,111

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $343,666 · end of year $428,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $858,945 · end of year $131,204

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $201,999 · end of year $28,876

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $908 · end of year $16,823

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

    $24,243,752

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

    $6,150,494

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,482,180 · end of year $18,093,258

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,341,461 · end of year $541,863

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,442,977 · end of year $254,132

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,248,859 · end of year $480,631

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,514,051 · end of year $1,437,791

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $41,682 · end of year $23,314

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,363,953 · end of year $20,085,580

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,076,052 · end of year $849,687

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CAMP BARNABAS IS A MINISTRY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI DEDICATED TO PROVIDING A UNIQUE CHRISTIAN SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, THEIR SIBLINGS, AND YOUTH FROM ACROSS THE US. IT'S A SUMMER FULL OF FISHING, CANOEING, ARCHERY, ZIPLINING, SWIMMING, MINI-GOLF, AND SO MUCH MORE. WE WANT OUR CAMPERS TO HAVE A SUMMER JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE BECAUSE, FOR MOST OF THE YEAR, OUR CAMPERS ARE ON THE OUTSIDE. THEY SPEND THEIR YEAR ADAPTING AND MAKING MODIFICATIONS TO THEIR LIVES AND ROUTINGS IN ORDER TO FUNCTION IN THE WORLD AROUND THEM. AT CAMP BARNABAS, WE WANT OUR CAMPERS TO FEEL LIMITLESS. WE WANT TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN FEEL THE FREEDOM TO BE WHO THEY WERE DESIGNED TO BE. SINCE 1994, CAMP BARNABAS HAS WELCOMED MORE THAN 90,000 CAMPERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND MISSIONARIES TO CAMP. OUR GOAL AT CAMP BARNABAS IS TO SHOW OTHERS THE LOVE OF CHRIST IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR MINISTRY. WE ARE PASSIONATE NOT ONLY ABOUT CHANGING THE LIVES OF THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND CHRONIC I

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES WITH UNIQUE CHRISTIAN CAMPING EXPERIENCES

  • CAMP BARNABAS IS LOCATED IN PURDY, MO, WHERE WE MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR SIBLINGS SO THEY CAN HAVE AN INCREDIBLE CAMP EXPERIENCE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT CHRIST. TO MAKE CAMP POSSIBLE, WE TEAM UP WITH GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS ALL ACROSS THE NATION TO MATCH UP EACH PERSON ONE-ON-ONE WITH OUR CAMPERS. CAMP IS MORE THAN AN EXPERIENCE. LIVES ARE CHANGED FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. DURING THE 2023 CAMP SEASON, 1,458 CAMPERS AND 2,029 MISSIONARIES PARTICIPATED IN CAMP.

    Expenses $3,457,039 · Grants $5,000 · Revenue $2,805,337

  • HOSTED BARNABAS PREP, A FAITH-BASED COLLEGIATE PROGRAM BASED IN BRANSON, MO, DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. IT IS AN INDEPENDENT LIVING-LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAT HELPS YOUNG ADULTS RECOGNIZE THEIR STRENGTHS AND POTENTIAL, AND CHALLENGES THEM TO GROW INTO THEIR BEST SELVES. STUDENTS COME IN NOT REALIZING WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND LEAVE WITH NEW SKILLS, CONFIDENCE, AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. PREP ALSO HOSTED A SIX-WEEK SUMMER CAMP.

    Expenses $1,049,659 · Revenue $802,239

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bernadette Losh

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $127,815
    From this org
    $103,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,779
    Hours/week
    40

  • John Tillack Resigned April 2024

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $203,566
    From this org
    $144,313
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,253
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,313
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,192
    Nontaxable benefits
    $55,061
    Filer's total
    $203,566

  • Debbie Weathermon

    CHIEF BUS OF

    Total calculated
    $106,077
    From this org
    $79,011
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,066
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jacob Spain

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Gibson

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Libby Schaller

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robin Walker

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Herschend

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jake Hornberger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541969349301894

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