New York · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC
FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC (New York) receives grants from 149 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,735,332 to it, the largest being THE SHIMON BEN JOSEPH FOUNDATION DBA JIM JOSEPH FOUNDATION ($21,311,229). 89 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $37M
- Funders on record
- 149
- Grants received
- $95M
- Net assets
- $61M
What Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc does
Mission
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)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Foundation for jewish camp, inc. Launched the following new initiatives in 2025: 1) capital expansion 2) israel trip incubator
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Capital expansion - foundation for jewish camp (fjc) launched the gottesman capital expansion grants initiative through a transformative $15 million commitment from the gottesman fund. Over three years, the initiative will provide capital grants to nonprofit jewish day and overnight camps across the united states and canada to support projects that expand capacity, improve facilities, and enhance the camp experience for campers and staff. The initiative focuses on three key areas of capital need: staff housing and staff spaces, program spaces and infrastructure, and camper bunks/home bases. Eligible camps may receive grants ranging from $100,000 to $750,000, with fjc funding up to 50% of project costs. Priority is given to projects that increase a camp's ability to serve more campers and staff. (continued on schedule o)
$7,620,852 spentof which $6,435,000 as grants31% of program spendingIsrael response - foundation for jewish camp's israel response efforts continued in 2025 to help jewish camps navigate the evolving landscape of israel education, israel engagement, and the ongoing operational realities following october 7. Through the teaching israel at camp initiative and related support efforts, fjc provided camps with resources, training, and expertise to strengthen meaningful connections to israel for campers and staff while addressing emerging needs across the field. In 2025, fjc's teaching israel at camp initiative engaged 52 jewish overnight camps and 18 jewish day camps across north america, directly benefiting more than 34,300 campers and 6,000 staff. (continued on schedule o)
$4,674,300 spentof which $3,270,200 as grants19% of program spendingYoung adult engagement - foundation for jewish camp's young adult engagement initiatives develop the next generation of jewish camp and communal leaders by providing meaningful jewish learning, leadership development, mentorship, and professional growth opportunities for young adults serving camps across north america. Through programs including cornerstone fellowship - one of fjc's signature talent and leadership development programs - camp management fellowship, the fjc fellowship, and a rabbinic-focused fellowship track, fjc equips returning counselors, specialists, emerging supervisors, aspiring rabbis, and early-career professionals with the skills, experience, and jewish educational grounding needed to strengthen camps and the broader jewish community. (continued on schedule o)
$1,833,182 spent7% of program spendingOne happy camper & affordability
$1,716,371 spentof which $365,514 as grants7% of program spendingSmall communities incentive program
$1,490,230 spentof which $39,000 as grants6% of program spendingRsj engagement
$1,149,303 spentof which $733,826 as grants5% of program spendingScholarships & pass-throughs
$968,489 spentof which $718,225 as grants4% of program spendingYitro
$921,532 spent$36,000 earned by the program4% of program spendingRegional offices
$834,283 spentof which $123,500 as grants3% of program spendingYedid nefesh - mental, social and emotional health
$621,174 spentof which $456,543 as grants3% of program spendingYashar (inclusion and accessibility)
$431,676 spentof which $206,000 as grants2% of program spendingIsrael-american campers research
$379,033 spent2% of program spendingDay camp security
$321,224 spentof which $279,670 as grants1% of program spendingStudy of character development at jewish camps
$302,069 spentof which $70,000 as grants1% of program spendingTalent center consulting
$248,449 spentof which $160,000 as grants1% of program spendingIsrael trip incubator
$185,363 spentof which $23,250 as grants1% of program spendingCamper & staff satisfaction insight survey
$177,445 spent$155,150 earned by the program1% of program spendingFamily camp
$156,006 spentof which $66,321 as grants1% of program spendingTalent compass
$147,560 spent1% of program spendingChabad initiative
$132,970 spentof which $96,500 as grants1% of program spendingDiversity, equity & inclusion
$88,443 spentof which $2,000 as grants0% of program spendingOther programming
$85,894 spent0% of program spending
The 22 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,485,848.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $59M to $69M (+16%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 1% · 2020 4% · 2021 4% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 31 funders to 65 funders, grant income rose $6.1M → $12M.
32 of 149 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 149 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
26% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 49% · 2019 56% · 2020 32% · 2021 23% · 2022 32% · 2023 25% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
54% of FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 23 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 144 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 144 youth development nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 10 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC (New York) receives grants from 149 organizations whose IRS filings report $94,735,332 to it, the largest being THE SHIMON BEN JOSEPH FOUNDATION DBA JIM JOSEPH FOUNDATION ($21,311,229). 89 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC have?
- IRS filings report 149 organizations giving $94,735,332 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC, 89 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC?
- THE SHIMON BEN JOSEPH FOUNDATION DBA JIM JOSEPH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $21,311,229 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 149 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing