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· Public charity

Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education Inc

To provide funding for overnight summer camp and college scholarships, creating pathways to potential through camp, classroom, college, and career for children and teens from under-resourced communities who commit to staying in school.

$996k
Granted FY2022
35
Grants FY2022
9
States reached
$119k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Recreation & Sports$2.4MYouth Development$359kHousing & Shelter$43k
02FY2022 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 35 grants below total $862,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $996,300 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $133,800 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k13 grants · $87k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $384k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $391k
$15,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRAIL BLAZERS$119,000
FIVER FOUNDATION$114,400
CAMP WILBER-HERRLICH$96,900
YMCA CAMP HI-ROCK$61,100
THE FRESH AIR FUND$39,000
COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS$37,400
KIDDIE KEEP WELL CAMP$32,500
HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS SUMMER CAMP$26,000
HAND IN 4 YOUTH HOME OF VACAMAS CAMPS$26,000
N SHORE HOLIDAY HOUSE$23,400
YMCA CAMP CHINGACHGOOK$19,500
RAMAPO FOR CHILDREN$19,500
YMCA OF THE PINES$19,500
SUMMER CAMPS AT COLLEGE SETTLEMENT$19,500
CAMP JORN$18,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $576k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YMCA CAMP HI-ROCK: $61k → 12%YMCA CAMP CHINGACHGOOK: $20k → 11%NEW YORK YMCA CAMP: $27k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER HOUSTON: $8k → 16%YMCA CAMP WINONA: $39k → 12%YMCA CAMP WEWA: $60k → 13%CAMP NEWAYGO: $5k → 13%HOUSE IN THE WOOD: $13k → 17%CAMP ECHO-YMCA: $14k → 14%YMCA OF THE PINES: $20k → 7%YMCA CAMP HI-ROCK: $31k → 12%NEW YORK YMCA CAMP: $26k → 14%YMCA CAMP WINONA: $33k → 12%YMCA CAMP WEWA: $26k → 13%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SETTL: $9k → 10%HOUSE IN THE WOOD: $9k → 17%CAMP ECHO-YMCA: $10k → 14%YMCA OF THE PINES: $15k → 7%YMCA CAMP HI ROCK: $16k → 12%YMCA CAMP CHINGACHGOOK: $12k → 11%FIVE POINTS MISSION - CAMP OLMSTED: $16k → 14%YMCA CAMP WINONA: $13k → 12%YMCA CAMP WEWA: $21k → 13%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SETTL: $7k → 10%CAMP ECHO-YMCA: $9k → 14%YMCA CAMP BERNIE: $8k → 7%YMCA CAMP HI ROCK: $12k → 12%FIVE POINTS MISSION - CAMP OLMSTED: $10k → 14%CAMP ECHO-YMCA: $9k → 14%YMCA CAMP BERNIE: $7k → 7%OLMSTED: $8k → 17%CAMP ECHO-YMCA: $9k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 32 repeat orgs$172k to everyone else

32 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2022, 6 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
8

Total granted

$2.6M
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+58%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FC
    FIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $337k · revenue +86%
  • TC
    TRAILBLAZER CAMPS INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $302k · revenue +27%
  • MT
    MT TREMPER OUTDOOR MINISTRIES INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $275k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $18k
  • YO
    YMCA OF THE PINES
    one grant, 2019 · $14k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The New Canaan Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc

The new canaan community ymca's mission is to enrich all people in spirit, mind and body. we are committed to providing programs and services that promote youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility among our members and…

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2
Young Mens Christian Association of Westport/Weston Ct Inc

The westport weston family ymca enriches the community by developing and nurturing youth, promoting healthy living for all and fostering social responsibility.

Human Services
3
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Oklahoma City

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
4
Channel Islands Young Men's Christian Association

The channel islands ymca is a charitable organization providing programs based upon christian principles to people of all ages, races, religious beliefs and economic status, to promote youth development, healthy living and social…

Human Services
5
Cape Cod Young Men's Christian Association Inc

To serve the cape cod community by providing programs rooted in our core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility to build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

—
6
Ymca of Montclair New Jersey

The YMCA of Montclair welcomes all. We are a nonprofit that strengthens individuals, families, and community by developing spirit, mind, and body. Membership is open to all, with financial assistance available to those who live in our…

Human Services
7
Two State Young Men's Christian Association Inc

Helping youth discover their potential through life-changing experiences and relationships.

—
8
The Young Men's Christian Associati of Kingston and Ulster County

The ymca is an open, inclusive, interfaith movement which advocates christian principles through programs which build character, respond to community needs and help build spirit, body and mind for all.

Human Services
9
The Young Men's Christian Association of Delaware County

The young men's christian association of delaware county d/b/a the community ymca of eastern delaware county ("the community ymca or "the organization") was organized on december 14, 1948 under the laws of pennsylvania as a nonprofit…

Human Services
10
Penn-York Camp Association Inc

The mission of Penn-York Camp is to develop dedicated followers of Jesus Christ by building spirit, mind, and body, in a natural setting.

Recreation & Sports
11
The Young Mens Christian Association of the Chippewa Valley

Our mission is to build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities. The YMCA of the Chippewa Valley is a community centered association dedicated to building a healthy spirit, mind and body for all people, while maintaining an…

Human Services
12
Meriden-New Britain-Berlin Young Men's Christian Association Inc

The meriden-new britain-berlin ymca seeks to become a 'master link' in our communities to enhance the quality of life for all people who live and work in meriden, new britain and berlin. the meriden-new britain-berlin ymca provides all…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ymca Camp Ockanickon Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jean S Lancaster '71 Tr-the Fresh Air Fd. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
27/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRESH AIR FUND: $95,300 · Recreation & SportsFRESH AIR FUNDCAMP JORN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $85,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP JORN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN…MIDDLESEX COUNTY RECREATIONAL COUNCIL KIDDIE KEEP WELL CAMP: $78,000 · Recreation & SportsMIDDLESEX COUNTY RECREATIONAL C…LAKE GENEVA FRESH AIR ASSOCIATION INC: $73,500 · Recreation & SportsLAKE GENEVA FRESH AIR ASSOCIATI…RAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC: $70,200 · Recreation & SportsRAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INCHANDS IN FOR YOUTH INC: $61,100 · Recreation & SportsHANDS IN FOR YOUTH INCEDEN VILLAGE CAMP INC: $59,800 · Recreation & SportsEDEN VILLAGE CAMP INCNORTH SHORE HOLIDAY HOUSE INC: $54,600 · Recreation & SportsNORTH SHORE HOLIDAY HOUSE INCTHE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT OF PHILADELPHIA: $48,100 · Recreation & SportsTHE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT OF PHILA…BRONX HOUSE EMANUEL CAMPS INC: $46,800 · Recreation & SportsBRONX HOUSE EMANUEL CAMPS INCFriends Camp Association of Pennsylvania Inc: $46,150 · Recreation & SportsFriends Camp Association of Pen…HANDS IN 4 YOUTH INC (NY): $28,600 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $15,400 · Recreation & SportsMT TREMPER OUTDOOR MINISTRIES INC: $275,325 · OtherMT TREMPER OUTDOOR MINISTRIES…COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $165,600 · OtherCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS IN…SURPRISE LAKE CAMP: $59,800 · OtherSURPRISE LAKE CAMPCAMP BEECHPOINT INC: $54,000 · OtherCAMP BEECHPOINT INCHOMES FOR THE HOMELESS SUMMER CAMPS: $44,200 · OtherHOMES FOR THE HOMELESS SUMMER…+11 more: $115,100 · Other+11 moreFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $337,300 · Youth DevelopmentFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIO…TRAILBLAZER CAMPS INC: $301,750 · Youth DevelopmentTRAILBLAZER CAMPS INC+2 more: $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentCENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $119,600 · Human ServicesCENTRAL CONNECTICUT COA…CENTRAL FLORIDA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $106,800 · Human ServicesCENTRAL FLORIDA YOUNG M…THE VOLUSIA FLAGLER FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $83,750 · Human ServicesTHE VOLUSIA FLAGLER FAM…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $53,300 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN A…Young Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesYoung Mens Christian As…NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $36,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY…YMCA OF GREATER MONMOUTH COUNTY INC: $34,450 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREATER MONMOUT…The United Methodist City Society: $33,800 · Human ServicesThe United Methodist Ci…THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT (4416): $31,200 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTI…+3 more: $26,800 · Human ServicesJEAN S LANCASTER '71 TR-THE FRESH AIR FD: $39,000 · PhilanthropyPrinceton-Blairstown Center Inc: $13,000 · EducationEASTERSEALS CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $6,500 · Health
Recreation & Sports$762,550Other$714,025Youth Development$652,050Human Services$575,700Philanthropy$39,000Education$13,000Health$6,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $337,300 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetTRAILBLAZER CAMPS INC: $301,750 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetMT TREMPER OUTDOOR MINISTRIES INC: $275,325 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $165,600 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $119,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL FLORIDA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $106,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $95,300 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP JORN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $85,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTHE VOLUSIA FLAGLER FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $83,750 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMIDDLESEX COUNTY RECREATIONAL COUNCIL KIDDIE KEEP WELL CAMP: $78,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetLAKE GENEVA FRESH AIR ASSOCIATION INC: $73,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetRAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC: $70,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHANDS IN FOR YOUTH INC: $61,100 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetEDEN VILLAGE CAMP INC: $59,800 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSURPRISE LAKE CAMP: $59,800 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH SHORE HOLIDAY HOUSE INC: $54,600 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetCAMP BEECHPOINT INC: $54,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $53,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COLLEGE SETTLEMENT OF PHILADELPHIA: $48,100 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBRONX HOUSE EMANUEL CAMPS INC: $46,800 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFriends Camp Association of Pennsylvania Inc: $46,150 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHOMES FOR THE HOMELESS SUMMER CAMPS: $44,200 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetJEAN S LANCASTER '71 TR-THE FRESH AIR FD: $39,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $36,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe United Methodist City Society: $33,800 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT (4416): $31,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHANDS IN 4 YOUTH INC (NY): $28,600 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN CAMPS AND CONFERENCES INC: $18,200 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF RIDGEWOOD NEW JERSEY: $14,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPrinceton-Blairstown Center Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAGASSIZ VILLAGE FOUNDED BY MR & MRS HARRY E BURROUGHS: $11,700 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetYMCA CAMP OCKANICKON INC: $10,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetC5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHANGE SUMMER INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEASTERSEALS CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTCHESTER PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAPPY HOLLOW CAMP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

National Council of Y…American Camping Asso…The Hyde and Watson F…New York Section Amer…The Provident Bank Fo…Investors Foundation …Good Sports IncTd Charitable Foundat…Charities Aid Foundat…Community Foundation …Renaissance Charitabl…Jewish Communal Fund
National Council of YMCAs of the USAIL22.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Council of YMCAs of the USA · American Camping Association Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · New York Section American Camping Association Inc · The Provident Bank Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · Good Sports Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 14% of income from government
  • The Volusia Flagler Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Hands in for Youth Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 49 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.9M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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