New York · Public charity
Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc
Jewish summer camp is the enduring and irreplaceable connection and community that strengthens jewish identity, develops jewish leadership, and ensures a jewish future. (continued on schedule o)
- $13M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 143
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 99
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $12M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $32,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $609,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 99
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 26
- Total assets, FY2025
- $69M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $212k 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 | 107 | $12M | 20% |
| FY2024 | 99 | $4.9M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 91 | $2.9M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 80 | $5.3M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 76 | $11M | 26% |
| FY2020 | 55 | $11M | 38% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $4.3M | 40% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $2.3M | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union for Reform Judaism | $8,573,720 | 9 | n/a |
| Jewish Community Centers of Chicago | $2,635,560 | 8 | 2% |
| National Ramah Commission Inc | $2,031,010 | 9 | 4% |
| Eden Village Camp Inc | $1,780,617 | 9 | 13% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $1,638,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Camp Judaea Inc | $1,547,676 | 9 | 88% |
| Ramah Darom Inc | $1,501,673 | 6 | n/a |
| Jewish Reconstructionist Camping Corporation | $1,486,961 | 9 | 15% |
| Camp Ramah in California Inc | $1,263,725 | 9 | 4% |
| Sababa Surf Camp Inc | $1,222,088 | 7 | 85% |
Show all 146 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 118 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Harold Grinspoon Foundation · Ahba Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Ylry Inc · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Jewish Community Centers Association of North America · Hlmh Inc · Board of Jewish Education Inc · Fjc · Clrc Inc · Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc
How this is measured
About Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc
- How much does Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc give?
- Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc reported 143 itemized grants totaling $12,248,882, out of $13,045,549 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 99 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (40%), Human Services (12%), Religion (11%).
- Who are Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Union for Reform Judaism ($8.6M), Jewish Community Centers of Chicago ($2.6M), National Ramah Commission Inc ($2.0M).
- Does Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Harold Grinspoon Foundation, Ahba Inc, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
- Where is Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc based?
- Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc is based in NY.
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