North Carolina · Public charity
The Summer Camp Fund
To increase the opportunities for low-income children to experience the outdoors through summer camp.
- $395k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $366k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,600
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $44,520
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Summer Camp Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $366k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $370k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $197k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte | $383,643 | 4 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $106,275 | 4 | n/a |
| YMCA Camp Thunderbird | $98,195 | 4 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts Hornets Nest Council | $95,330 | 4 | 1% |
| Camp Grier | $69,770 | 4 | 3% |
| Camp Celo Inc | $58,525 | 4 | n/a |
| Trusted Parents | $47,367 | 4 | n/a |
| Learning Help Centers of Charlotte | $44,050 | 2 | 9% |
| Autism Society of North Carolina Inc | $41,850 | 4 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America Mecklenburg County Council | $38,920 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte | $383,643 | 4 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $106,275 | 4 | n/a |
| YMCA Camp Thunderbird | $98,195 | 4 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts Hornets Nest Council | $95,330 | 4 | 1% |
| Camp Grier | $69,770 | 4 | 3% |
| Camp Celo Inc | $58,525 | 4 | n/a |
| Trusted Parents | $47,367 | 4 | n/a |
| Learning Help Centers of Charlotte | $44,050 | 2 | 9% |
| Autism Society of North Carolina Inc | $41,850 | 4 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America Mecklenburg County Council | $38,920 | 2 | 0% |
| Upper Palmetto YMCA Inc | $32,285 | 4 | 0% |
| The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc | $18,864 | 2 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont Inc | $18,350 | 2 | 0% |
| Mecklenburg County | $16,320 | 2 | n/a |
| Novusway Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Green River Preserve | $7,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Rockmont | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christmount Christian Assembly | $5,325 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Summer Camp Fund 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: Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · The Allstate Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Summer Camp Fund
- How much does The Summer Camp Fund give?
- The Summer Camp Fund reported 21 itemized grants totaling $366,416, out of $395,252 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Summer Camp Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (61%), Youth Development (33%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are The Summer Camp Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte ($384k), The Salvation Army ($106k), YMCA Camp Thunderbird ($98k).
- Does The Summer Camp Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Summer Camp Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, Duke Energy Foundation, The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc.
- Where is The Summer Camp Fund based?
- The Summer Camp Fund is based in NC.
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