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 "slug": "pathfinder-ranch",
 "display_name": "Pathfinder Ranch",
 "legal_name": "PATHFINDER RANCH INC",
 "ein": "95-2755884",
 "organization_type": "501(c)(3) nonprofit",
 "year_established": 1972,
 "year_established_source": "propublica",
 "headquarters_city": "Mountain Center",
 "headquarters_state": "CA",
 "primary_cause": "Sports & Recreation",
 "primary_cause_source": "NTEE N200 via ProPublica (approximate)",
 "registration_status": "participant_2026",
 "mightycause_urn": "pathfinderranch",
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  2025,
  2026
 ],
 "record_status": "Verified \u2014 identity and participation",
 "generated": true,
 "financials": {
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  "year": 2023
 },
 "official_website": "https://pathfinderranch.com",
 "official_website_source": "derived from the organization's contact email domain in DCF's own records, then HTTP-verified. Never constructed.",
 "official_website_verified": "2026-08-13",
 "short_description": "Our mission is to enrich lives by providing quality programs and facilities that connect people with nature and each other. Pathfinder Ranch was created in 1964 to provide the children of Palm Springs with an opportunity to recreate and learn while escaping the summer heat.",
 "about": "Our mission is to enrich lives by providing quality programs and facilities that connect people with nature and each other. Pathfinder Ranch was created in 1964 to provide the children of Palm Springs with an opportunity to recreate and learn while escaping the summer heat. In the years since, the camp has grown to offer year-round programming to all children of the Coachella Valley, including summer camp and outdoor education programs.\n\nChildren ages 7-17 can participate in activities such as: Archaeology, Arts & Crafts, Archery, Astronomy, Canoeing, Challenge Course, Climbing, Ecology, Geology, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Primitive Skills, Team Building, Sports, Wildlife Study, and more. Through participation, campers develop new friendships, social skills, independence, self-confidence, knowledge of environmental sciences, and an appreciation for the natural world.\n\nEach donation received through CV Giving Day will directly impact the youth of the Coachella Valley.\nTestimonials\nI climbed a mountain to the peak and saw the most beautiful scene there ever was. - Camper\n\nThank you for letting me come to this wonderful place. This is the most fun place I have ever went to. It has a lot of caring and fun people. - Camper\n\nCamp Pathfinder was amazing. I learned so much like teamwork and making new friends. I hope I come again next year. - Camper\n\nAs a 6th grade teacher, I supervised my class with 2 other teachers and there classes camping for a week! Incredible bonding experience. - Teacher\n\nI made so many new friends. I did, learned, and saw things of nature that I didn't even know existed. I forgot all about my 8yo troubles back at home and felt alive. I never forgot my time at Pathfinder Ranch; my friends, camp counselors, adventures, or the things I learned. - Parent and former camper",
 "description_source": "description as provided by the organization for CV Giving Day (via its Mightycause profile)",
 "description_retrieved": "2026-08-13",
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 "primary_cause_reviewed_source": "CV Giving Day review against the organization's own description",
 "primary_cause_reviewed_date": "2026-08-17",
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  2026
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  "2025": "CV Giving Day 2025 approved-participant list, matched on EIN"
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  "name": "Pathfinder Ranch",
  "legalName": "PATHFINDER RANCH INC",
  "taxID": "95-2755884",
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  "url": "https://pathfinderranch.com",
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   "addressLocality": "Mountain Center",
   "addressRegion": "CA",
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  "description": "Our mission is to enrich lives by providing quality programs and facilities that connect people with nature and each other. Pathfinder Ranch was created in 1964 to provide the children of Palm Springs with an opportunity to recreate and learn while escaping the summer heat.",
  "foundingDate": "1972",
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 "last_verified": "2026-08-19",
 "date_modified": "2026-08-19",
 "verified_statement": "Identity confirmed against IRS records. Participation confirmed against CV Giving Day registration. Public information compiled from the organization's own sources. Organizations that have indicated a preference against search indexing on their CV Giving Day registration are excluded from search indexing and from this site's sitemap. A cause may come from the organization's own category selection, from its IRS classification, or from CV Giving Day review; the source is always stated on the page and in this record."
}