Indiana · Public charity
American Camping Association Inc
The american camping association's (aca) purpose is to further children, youth, and adult welfare and education through the camp experience and to ensure the quality of camp and youth development programs by providing leading practices and standards.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 66%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $960k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $93,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 35
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 18
- Total assets, FY2025
- $64M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 66% of the organizations American Camping Association Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 32 | $960k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $434k | 66% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $191k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $353k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $255k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco | $175,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project | $97,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Camp Fire Alaska | $77,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Easterseals Central Illinois | $77,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fiver Children's Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Guided Discoveries Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trailblazer Camps Inc | $69,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Mt Tremper Outdoor Ministries Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Episcopal Church in Hawaii | $57,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts of Greater NY Inc | $57,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Camping Association Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education Inc · National Council of YMCAs of the USA · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Edward Jones Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About American Camping Association Inc
- How much does American Camping Association Inc give?
- American Camping Association Inc reported 32 itemized grants totaling $960,000, out of $2,695,280 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 35 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does American Camping Association Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (44%), Recreation & Sports (12%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are American Camping Association Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco ($175k), Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project ($97k), Camp Fire Alaska ($77k).
- Does American Camping Association Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 66% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Camping Association Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education Inc, National Council of YMCAs of the USA, The Hyde and Watson Foundation.
- Where is American Camping Association Inc based?
- American Camping Association Inc is based in IN.
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