# Pathfinder Ranch

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.

## Organization facts

- **Organization:** Pathfinder Ranch
- **Legal name:** PATHFINDER RANCH INC
- **Organization type:** 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- **EIN:** 95-2755884
- **IRS 501(c)(3) ruling:** 1972
- **Headquarters:** Mountain Center, California
- **Primary cause:** Sports & Recreation
- **IRS classification:** NTEE N200 — Sports & Recreation
- **Cause confirmed by:** CV Giving Day review against the organization's own description
- **CV Giving Day status:** 2026 participant
- **Official website:** https://pathfinderranch.com
- **Giving page:** https://www.mightycause.com/organization/pathfinderranch

## About Pathfinder Ranch

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.

Children 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.

Each donation received through CV Giving Day will directly impact the youth of the Coachella Valley.
Testimonials
I climbed a mountain to the peak and saw the most beautiful scene there ever was. - Camper

Thank 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

Camp Pathfinder was amazing. I learned so much like teamwork and making new friends. I hope I come again next year. - Camper

As a 6th grade teacher, I supervised my class with 2 other teachers and there classes camping for a week! Incredible bonding experience. - Teacher

I 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

## Record

- **Verified:** 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.
- **Participation years on record:** 2025, 2026
- **Years covered by our records:** 2025, 2026 (absence of a year does not mean the organization did not participate)
- **Last reviewed:** August 19, 2026
- **Canonical page:** https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/pathfinder-ranch/
- **Provided by:** Desert Community Foundation (501(c)(3), EIN 95-4725924)