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2022 Offerings
GIFT Leadership Institute
Do you ever wish for a completely new and energized approach to how your camp thinks about, talks about and engages in fundraising? Many organizations aspire to have a culture of philanthropy. Few ever achieve it. This program is designed to get your camp there.
The GIFT Leadership Institute intends to prepare nonprofit Jewish Camps and their parent organizations for an organization-wide breakthrough to instill a powerful new culture of philanthropy: a completely new and energized approach to how the organization thinks about, talks about, and engages in fundraising.
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LEAP - Leadership Engagement and Advancement Program
JCamp 180’s LEAP (Leadership Engagement & Advancement Program) was developed to build nonprofit Jewish camp capacity by providing customized training and support to Board Chairs and/or Vice Chairs of affiliated camps to practice healthy, creative, and responsible governance. LEAP is customized, interactive, and free of charge. Created to offer support to camp lay leaders, the program has been developed in response to clients’ requests for “additional Board and Governance support."
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LIFE & LEGACY® for JCamp 180
LIFE & LEGACY® for JCamp 180 offers eligible camps the opportunity to participate in a supported, four-year training program to launch a sustainable legacy initiative. The program encourages and supports camps in providing their alumni, parents, donors, and other friends of camp the opportunity to share in the long-term vitality of camp. Successful camps will be eligible for up to $30,000 in incentive grant funding, with active participation, and the achievement of annual goals.
>> Learn more about LIFE & LEGACY® for JCamp 180
Camp GPS
JCamp 180 is excited to launch a new fast-paced option for strategic planning in 2022 - Camp GPS. Now your overnight or day camp can map out a strategic direction and goals for the coming years while saving you time and building team clarity. Camps will assemble GPS Teams to participate in a high energy, short duration, hybrid planning process to determine your camp’s strategic priorities and set the organization’s course for the next 3+ years.
>> Learn more about Camp GPS
JCamp 180 Enrollment Program
The JCamp 180 Enrollment Program is designed to measurably increase recruitment and retention in both the short- and long-term. The program is based on a comprehensive curriculum that has been developed with the help of outside experts, movement leaders, and camp people like you. Participants will learn how to gather data and evaluate recruitment and retention programs as well as how to implement programs that have been proven successful at other camps.
Note: We are revamping our popular Enrollment Program! We expect to offer an intensive in enrollment in 2022 with additional offerings later in 2022. Interested in the topic? Please fill out the short interest form here and stay tuned for more details.
>> Learn more about the JCamp 180 Enrollment Program
Programs that are NOT active in 2022
Financial Literacy
Financial management is more than just a function of an organization’s accounting team. For board members, it can provide a path to better decision-making, more effective planning, and enhanced oversight. For training in this area, please check out this
series of three pre-recorded webinars led by
FMA that focused on camp-specific financial management topics.