$2
Million awarded for Jewish Campers
Innovative
Matching Grants Initiative Yields New Dollars for Camper
Incentives.
The Jewish Funders Network/Foundation for Jewish Camping
Matching Grants Initiative for New Camper Incentives closed on November
28. 28 donors
who pledged grants of $25,000-$50,000 totaling over a million dollars to 19
overnight summer camps and Jewish agencies were awarded $1:$1 matching funds for
a total of $2.013,000 that will go to provide new camper incentives for more
than 2000 new campers.
This initiative offers 1:1 matching funds for donors who
are making their first ever gift of $25,000-$50,000 for a camper incentive
program that will provide non-need based financial incentives (typically of
$1000 or more) to encourage Jewish kids to attend a non-profit overnight summer
camp for the first time or to return for a second year. Eligible programs must
be designed as outreach tools to attract Jewish children who are not currently
engaged in intensive daily Jewish education.
Only a handful of such programs currently exist. Many of
the donors making grants also helped create the funds at the camps, federations,
and local communal agencies they chose to support, resulting in active
involvement between donors and the programs that benefit from them.
This is the third successful year for Jewish Funders
Network’s matching grants initiatives, a unique project of
JFN. By combining a capital investment from a donor or group
of donors to match grants in a particular field of interest, this initiative has
inspired hundreds of JFN members (new and old) to support nonprofits in the U.S.
and Israel, infusing tens of millions of new dollars into the field.
The Jewish Camper Incentive Programs offers donors an
innovative and effective strategy to engage Jewish families in Jewish life.
Incentive grants have proven to be successful ways to increase enrollment in
Jewish camps. Communities with tuition inducements show marked improvement in
camp attendance, and children receiving grants will return to camp long after
they are ineligible for the grant. The Foundation for Jewish
Camping estimates that participation in this program and others like it will
mean that at least 10,000 new campers will attend Jewish summer camp for the
first time.
Below is a list of the Jewish Camper Incentive programs
awarded matching grants through this initiative:
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Birmingham Jewish
Foundation, Alabama
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Camp
Darom of the Baron Hirsch Congregation, Tennessee
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Camp
Poyntelle of the Samuel Field
YM&YWHA, New
York
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Tribe Three-Sixty, Georgia
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Camp
Young Judaea, Texas
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Minneapolis Jewish
Federation, Minnesota
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Chabad of Parkland, Florida
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Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation,
Florida
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Jewish Federation of Central
Massachusetts, Massachusetts
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New
Jersey Y Camps, New Jersey
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Jewish Community Center Association
of North America
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Camp
Gan Israel of Montreal,Canada
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Camp
Galil, Pennsylvania
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Greene Family Camp, Texas
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Camp Lman Achai, New
York
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Camp
Nageela of JEP Congregations of
Long Island, New York
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Camp
Simcha, New
York
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United Jewish Council of Toledo, Ohio
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Jewish Federation of Greater
Hartford, Connecticut
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About the Foundation for Jewish
Camping
The Foundation for Jewish
Camping, a public foundation, is the only national organization
dedicated to nonprofit Jewish resident camps, advancing program and leadership
excellence in camps and access to vibrant Jewish experiences for campers. The
Foundation helps raise awareness and support for Jewish summer camps,
highlighting their successful track record for building powerful Jewish
commitment in young Jews, ensuring future Jewish continuity. FJC works with more
than 150 camps, 65,000 campers, and 12,000 counselors across North America to further its
mission.
www.jewishcamping.org
