Jewish Summer Camp & Youth

A half-billion-dollar industry just turned away 5,200 children. Olam's first map of the global Jewish summer camp economy — $510M in NA overnight reve…

The first ranking of 100 most economically significant Jewish camp institutions is here. Chabad CGI, FJC, JCCA, and Marcus Foundation lead the list.

The complete post-October 7 Israel-camp pipeline: 3,140 Israeli shlichim staffed North American camps in 2024, up 11%, while outbound teen travel like…

100,000+ children. Several hundred camps. The largest Jewish camping network on Earth — built on a distributed-operator model that scales where centra…

Jewish camp operates with a 7% margin on $6,280 per camper for four weeks. High labor costs and a kosher food premium contribute to an $11M financial…

First single-source map of global Jewish summer camp infrastructure — country by country, movement by movement, with the Chabad network that operates…

Every nonprofit Jewish camp files an annual IRS Form 990. The entire financial structure of the Jewish camp world is in the public record. Olam's meth…

The umbrella organization that built the Jewish camp field — and the strategic challenges that test it now. Donor concentration, capacity constraints,…

Jewish camp's capital structure includes $1.5-2.5B in real estate and endowments. The Marcus Foundation gave $140M+ to RootOne, sustaining the field.