Jewish Camp Funding Resources and Incentives

We recognize the financial burden associated with sending your son to overnight camp and are glad to work with each family to help offset this cost. Bauercrest, in conjunction with a number of outside funding sources continues to provide avenues for families to give their son the gift of Jewish overnight camp.

Bauercrest Scholarship Support

Camp Bauercrest strives each year to work with families to the best of its ability, to ensure that no one is turned away from the Bauercrest family for financial reasons. Camp Bauercrest, however, is a not for profit organization with a very modest budget for financial assistance.

The Scholarship Committee will review each application very carefully. Its purpose is to ensure that the Camp's limited resources are distributed as equitably as possible to those families who truly need financial assistance.

We urge you, prior to seeking financial assistance from the Camp, to explore all possible family and community resources, so that we can help those most in need.

Because our resources are so limited, and to ensure that financial assistance is fairly distributed to those truly in need, we must require you to complete the Financial Assistance Application and supply certain financial documentation.

You can click on this link to our 2011 Financial Assistance Request Form.

Your application, together with all supporting documentation, must be received no later than April 15th.

Other Jewish Camp Funding and Incentive Programs

Many of you are aware of - and have benefitted from - the greater attention and funding channeled toward Jewish camping. Below is a listing with brief descriptions and links to some wonderful programs now in place to provide incentive and need-based funding for Jewish camping:

Combined Jewish Philanthropies:

Need-based and incentive funding programs for qualifying families within the CJP geographical area. You can click this link to the CJP Homepage. You can also click this link to the CJP Economic Response Program.

The Harold Grinspoon Foundation:

Residents of Western Massachusetts can click this link to the HGF Campership Incentive Program.

The Foundation for Jewish Camp:

The Camper Grants & Scholarships Program provides a comprehensive listing of programs across the country. Perhaps the most well-known program managed by the Foundation for Jewish Camp is the One Happy Camper incentive program.

North Shore Teen Initiative Campership Program:

For Massachusetts North Shore youths who have never before attended overnight Jewish summer camp. Funding is available to campers attending for a minimum 4week Bauercrest session through the NSTI Campership Program.

Jewish Federation of the North Shore and the Jim Joseph Foundation

The Jewish Federation of the North Shore is honored to partner with the Jim Joseph Foundation to provide emergency Jewish education grants for families with demonstrated need. Tuition subsidies are now available for families who wish to send their children to Jewish overnight camps and preschools in the 2011 summer and 2011-2012 school year. You can Click Here to learn more and download the application.

As more information and resources become available, we will update our website and keep you posted.