Income: $450,001
Expense: $184,136
Camp Mount Luther thrives when our community extends beyond our sacred space. We are always looking for ways to connect, build relationships, and raise support.
Fundraising Highlights:
- Foundations for the Future Capital Campaign – our biggest opportunity to strengthen camp for years to come
- Other fundraisers: Evening at Shade Mountain, Bishop’s Open Golf Classic, Dandelion Run, Raise the Region
- Giving Tuesday 2025: Raised funds for new mattresses in cabins and camperships
Building Community in 2025:
- Camp Mount Luther Sunday – a synod-wide celebration connecting new friends to camp
- Marketing efforts: Focused work by Isabel Vitale replaced targeted Google ads, boosting engagement significantly
- Community rentals: We open camp to groups like Shikellamy and Midd-West school districts for outdoor education, helping offset costs
Looking Ahead to 2026:
- Explore new markets to share the camp story
- Continue building camp friends and supporters through events, outreach, and meaningful experiences
Budget Highlights:
- Annual Fund: Increased giving in board, congregational, and individual giving as people shift giving back to general operations from active campaign. Board goal is $10,000.
- Golf Tournament: Increased giving though new sponsorships and more golfers.
- Foundations Support: $21,000 was budgeted from campaign to cover staff costs. This was committed when the campaign started.
- Marketing: Keep Isabel Vitale on staff in a part-time role but reduce hours from current agreement.
Quick Facts
Visitors to camp: 3111
Evening at Shade Mountain participants: 40
Golf Tournament participants: 98
Spring cleaning volunteers: 32
Number of volunteers: 98
Estimated number of volunteer hours: 2000
Total number of wedding rentals: 3
Total number of other rentals: 54