Campers must be between the ages of 5 and 19 years old by June 1^st of the current camp season. Campers must live in one of Jewish Federation’s five counties: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia. Campers must identify as Jewish. Overnight campers need to attend camp for at least 19 consecutive days and day campers need to attend for at least 15 days (which may be nonconsecutive).

If your camper is attending overnight camps for the first time, please click here to apply for our One Happy Camper grant.

If your camper is applying for day camp or is a returning overnight camper, please read the FAQs to determine whether you are eligible to apply for a Jewish Federation camp scholarship. Applications for summer 2019 will be available in December  2018.   When you apply, you will be required to verify income by submitting tax documents from each adult who contributes to the financial support of the camper(s).

• Jewish Federation only offers scholarships to overnight camps that are approved by the Foundation for Jewish Camp.
• Jewish Federation only offers scholarships to day camps that are on the Jewish Federation approved list of day camps.
• Jewish Federation only funds domestic camp programs with our Need-Based Scholarship program. If your child is planning to go to Israel, they may be eligible for one of the Jewish Federation’s Israel grants.

Yes. Overnight campers need to attend for at least 19 consecutive days and day campers need to attend for at least 15 days (which may be nonconsecutive).

Scholarship money is not sent to families. Rather it is remitted directly to the camps who apply the scholarship amount against the camper’s bill.

Our goal is to make meaningful scholarships based on the funds we have available each year. Eligible campers may receive between 10 and 30% of the cost of camp, dependent upon the financial information provided by the family.

We require a family’s tax return to help us determine need for scholarship. The parents or legal guardians of the camper must submit their most recent tax return making sure that lines 1 through 79 are included. We need a 1040 from each adult that contributes to the financial support of the camper(s) regardless of whether they reside in the same household with the camper or each other. The campers must be listed as dependents on the 1040 document. Depending on your circumstance, we reserve the right require additional documentation.

No. A single camper may only receive either a need-based scholarship or a One Happy Camper grant. If you are the parent of a first-time overnight camper, please click here to visit our One Happy Camper page to see if you are eligible for that funding first.

No. Each camper may receive only one scholarship to one camp (day or overnight, not both) per summer. Please note that this is a change in policy from previous summers.

No. All applicants must be fully registered for camp by the scholarship application deadline. We cannot process the scholarship application of any camper who has not registered and paid a deposit to their camp.

If we are notified by June 1 of a change in camps, we will do our best to transfer your award to the new camp, but we cannot guarantee that we will be able to provide a scholarship to your new camp.

Once awards have been determined, we cannot increase the award, even if the cost of camp increases. If the cost of camp decreases, the award to the camp will decrease.

Unfortunately, we cannot process late applications because our award calculations are contingent on the total number of applications that we receive by our deadline.

We expect to notify parents and camps of our decisions by March 6, 2020 for overnight camps and April 24, 2020 for day camps. Thank you for your patience.

Unfortunately, we only fund domestic camp programs from our list of approved camps. That said, your child may be eligible for one of Jewish Federation’s Israel grants which you can apply to here.