About
About Ollie's Kids
Ollie's Kids is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization creating camps, programs, and practical support for children and families experiencing homelessness.
Our mission
Programs designed around what children actually need
A family in unstable housing is asked to make decisions most families never face. Where to sleep. Which bills to pay. What to leave behind. Children carry the weight of those decisions even when adults work hard to shield them from it.
Our mission is to make sure childhood keeps happening in the middle of that. We build programs where a child can put down the responsibility they have been carrying, try something new, be encouraged by an adult who knows their name, and leave with something practical in hand.
That means two things running side by side. Meaningful experiences, delivered with the structure and safety of a professionally run camp. And essential resources, from shoes and school supplies to bedding and toiletries, provided in a way that respects the dignity and choices of the family receiving them.
We measure our work by whether a child felt known, capable, and glad to be there, and whether a family left with a little more than they arrived with.
Our relationship with Kidventure
How we are connected to Kidventure
Ollie's Kids is the nonprofit connected to Kidventure. We apply more than 32 years of camp and after-school experience to children and families experiencing homelessness.
Kidventure is a separate for-profit company. It is not the same legal entity as Ollie's Kids, and a donation to Ollie's Kids is not a payment to Kidventure. What Kidventure contributes is practical: trained staff, program design, camp operations experience, and a standard of care built over three decades.
Our standards
The standards behind every program
Trusting an organization with your child, or with your donation, should not require taking anyone's word for it. Here is what we hold ourselves to, and the proof behind it.
Program staff are screened before they work with children
All program staff pass mandatory criminal background checks.
Program staff are trained to respond in an emergency
All program staff hold First Aid, CPR, and AED certification.
Program staff complete abuse prevention training
All program staff complete state-approved Sexual Abuse Prevention training.
Camp operations are regulated by the state
Kidventure operates under Texas state youth camp licensing.
The camp experience behind our programs is long standing
More than 32 years of camp operation since 1994.
Our board
Board of Directors
Mike McDonell
President
Peggy McDonell
Director
Patrick Biron
Director
Ryan Isbrecht
Director
Financials and transparency
Where to find our paperwork
Ollie's Kids is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our federal employer identification number is 99-1474364.
IRS determination letter
Not yet posted. Available on request from the office.
Most recent Form 990
Not yet posted. Available on request from the office.
Questions about our organization or our filings can go to office@ollieskids.org.