Friends of Treasure Island
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Promote and operate Treasure Island Camp (TIC) as a historic legacy Boy Scouts of America, BSA camping venue, providing resources, manpower, and staff expertise; To ensure that the magic of historic TIC will be able to be experienced for untold thousands of campers in the future.
- Income
- $87,036
- Spending
- $77,218
- Reserves
- 8.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 79%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $69,137 spent. TIC: Provide rustic camping access and scouting program to local and regional Boy and Girl Scout units on historic Treasure island. TIC was once one of the oldest Boy Scout Camps in the country, now owned by a private entity who allows Friends of Treasure Island (FTI) to provide camping to scouting units free of charge 8-9 weekends a year. FTI feels the high adventure aspect of camping on an island without power creates an outdoor learning laboratory for young scouts and supports the leadership of these units by offering scouting adventure and skills including campfires, canoeing, colors, etc.. The program has been so well received by the scout units that many return and FTI was fully booked for the 2025 camping season. FTI is run totally by volunteers, many of whom were camp staff on TIC as youth and young adults. The place is magic and can change how youth see the world.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2009.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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