2024-05-15T07:03:26-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 275055525 FRIENDS OF CAMP CELO INC FRIE 2408934955 PO Box 2392 Asheville NC 28802 Evan Raskin Treasurer 8282845692 2024-05-15 Evan Raskin 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X www.friendsofcampcelo.org X X 57252 X 57246 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57252 72930 0 0 303 0 978 0 74211 -16959 118363 0 101404 118363 101404 0 0 0 0 118363 101404 0 0 118363 101404 Friends of Camp Celo, Inc. is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, and educational purposes, including: 1. To ensure the long-term preservation of Camp Celo as an educational and spiritual center where children can experience farming, hiking, arts and crafts, music, folk dance and fellowship in the natural environment; 2. To work in conjunction with the Celo Friends Meeting to promote the Religious Society of Friends' values of nonviolence, simplicity, and environmental awareness within the farm/home camp experience; 3. To provide scholarships and other financial support to keep the Camp Celo experience affordable to families of all income levels and backgrounds; 4. To build a supportive organization of alumni, staff, friends, and families of those who have participated for more than five decades in the Camp Celo experience and to capture and record that history; and 5. To carry out all other activities allowed by law in furtherance of these goals and purposes. Scholarships: We provided need-based scholarship assistance for 24 children, totaling $28,099. 28099 28099 Friends of Camp Celo made a one-time grant to Camp Celo of $44,830.58 raised in a special fundraising campaign. The campaign aimed to support Camp Celo's survival by mitigating the extraordinary budget deficit caused by the combination of seasonal closure plus significant operational changes and infrastructure expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic. 44831 44831 72930 Clark Rinard President 3 0 Anthony Mace Vice President 1 0 Evan Raskin Treasurer 2 0 Ruby-Beth Buitekant Director 0 0 Elizabeth Ellis-Furlong Director 0.5 0 Eliza Gordon Director 0.5 0 Christina Hubbard Director 0.5 0 Maria Ikenberry Director 0.5 0 Mary Lane Director 0.5 0 Adelyn Luke Director 0.5 0 Daniel Seltz Director 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Evan Raskin PO Box 2392 Asheville NC 28802 8282845692 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 31836 75465 40233 64444 57252 269230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31836 75465 40233 64444 57252 269230 74250 194980 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 269230 0.72421 0.79464 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Friends of Camp Celo provided need-based scholarship assistance for 24 children, totaling $28,099. We also made a one-time grant to Camp Celo of $44,830.58 raised in a special fundraising campaign. The campaign aimed to support Camp Celo's survival by mitigating the extraordinary budget deficit caused by the combination of seasonal closure plus significant operational changes and infrastructure expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.