Jewish Summer Camp Experience Incentive Grant

Jewish Summer Camp Experience Incentive Grant is sponsored by The Goldring Family Foundation (administered by the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana). Provides incentive grants for Jewish children attending a Jewish not-for-profit, summer sleep-away camp for the very first time. There are no need-based requirements.

Goldring Jewish Summer Camp Experience – Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana Youth & Camping : Goldring Jewish Summer Camp Experience Goldring Jewish Summer Camp Experience Summer 2026 applications are now open! REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER 2026 HAS CLOSED. PLEASE CONTACT ELLA WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT $1,500! Send your child to camp this summer through an exciting program underwritten by the Goldring Family Foundation and administered by the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana. Experts agree that one of the most effective ways to develop children’s commitment to living Jewish lives is to expose them to a Jewish sleepaway camp experience.

Your children will meet other Jewish boys and girls and savor the precious heritage of Jewish traditions while enjoying wholesome summer fun and sports activities. This wonderful program, established by JEF in 1999, has been funded by the Goldring Family Foundation since 2001. Since its inception, more than 1,800 children have benefited from this program.

The Goldring Family Foundation wants to make this lifetime experience available to every Jewish child. Each of your children is eligible for a one-time-only incentive grant of up to $1,500* to attend a nonprofit Jewish summer camp. To meet the criteria for JEF funding, children must be: First-time campers at a non-profit Jewish sleepaway camp like those named below.

If your child’s camp is not on the approved list, it must provide JEF with proof of its nonprofit status; Currently in grades 1 through 9; Residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, or the Florida Panhandle. Grants are not based on financial need. Both parents/guardians do not need to be Jewish.

Temple or synagogue affiliation is not required. *Programs costing less than $1,500 will be funded up to the amount of camp tuition. For more information, please contact Ella Levi ( ella@jefno.

org ). Officers, Board, Past Presidents Create Your Jewish Legacy Donor Advised Fund Incentive How Do I Create A Jewish Legacy? Goldring Jewish Summer Camp Experience RoseMary and Saul Brooks Fund for Jewish Youth Engagement Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana 504-524-4559 phone · 504-524-4259 fax Monday through Friday · 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Central Time