Supporting Summer Camps

UJA-Federation of New York supports Jewish camps that enable kids to learn and grow while being immersed in a place devoted to Jewish values, traditions, and culture. Our goal: to build a strong and inspired Jewish community for future generations.

The Challenge of Providing a Jewish Experience

• In the greater New York area, less than 10 percent of the Jewish community’s children attend a Jewish summer camp.
• Each summer, about 18 percent of the beds at local Jewish sleepaway camps remain unfilled.

UJA-Federation’s Response

We provide essential support to Jewish camps through our beneficiary agencies and grantees.

Last year, our collective impact helped provide:

• 6,500 New York children with day and residential summer camp experiences through critical scholarships.
• 3,230 children from the former Soviet Union with their only opportunity to attend a Jewish summer camp, helping them learn about their Jewish values and traditions.

• The first ever Jewish environmental overnight camp experience at Eden Village Camp for 227 campers.
• Incentive grants through the Campership initiative that have allowed 2,122 children during the summers of 2008 through 2011 to enjoy their first summer residential summer camp experiences.

Learn more about our network’s Jewish camps, browse a list of Jewish summer camps, or find help.

Your gift does so much for so many.