FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC

ISRAEL RESPONSE - FJC integrated Israel education into nearly all programming in 2024, raising over $2M in direct funding and leveraging an additional $2.5M from partners. Key initiatives included: * solidarity mission trips to Israel for camp leaders; * security grants nearly $1M to enhance infrastructure; * education grants to 72 camps to integrate new Israel education programming; * a webinar series tailored for camp professionals, reaching nearly 600 attendees; * a Mental Health Summit to prepare over 100 camp mental health professionals for the summer and enabling displaced Israeli teens to have a respite during summer 2024 at Jewish camps. Looking Ahead to Summer 2025, FJC is committed to ensuring Israel remains central to the Jewish camp experience. As we prepare for summer 2025, we will continue to: * Expand Israel education initiatives at 70 Jewish camps through the Teaching Israel at Camp Initiative. * Support camps in hiring Israeli staff and in hosting more Israeli teen campers. * Raise funds for Israel-related needs, including security, mental health, and community-building efforts. Through continued investment, Jewish camps will remain a space of connection, education, and resilience, strengthening Jewish identity and the North American-Israel relationship for generations to come.

CORNERSTONE - Foundation for Jewish Camp's Cornerstone Fellowship was initiated in 2003 to help camps retain experienced bunk counselors and to capitalize on their influence to refresh and enhance the Jewish experience at camp. In fall of 2022, a consortium of four funders (The Marcus Foundation, Crown Family Philanthropies, Morningstar Foundation and an anonymous national funder) agreed to new multi-year funding for the Cornerstone fellowship through 2025. Since inception, Cornerstone has provided over 6,750 participants with a meaningful professional development program worthy of putting on their resumes and an experience for which staff vie to participate. For those camps involved for multiple years, Cornerstone participation has become a highly desired Fellowship for camp staff. Each year, participating camps nominate exemplary returning counselors and specialists as fellows and send them to a 5-day seminar in the spring. The 2024 Cornerstone Fellowship was held in May 2024 and included nearly 500 participants, representing 75 camps across the geographic and Jewish denominational spectrums. Accompanying the fellows is one member of the camp leadership team, the Cornerstone supervisor, who mentors the fellows and continues their training at camp. Most of these supervisors are in their 20's and 30's. Recognizing the opportunity to provide a rich Jewish and professional learning experience for supervisors, the seminar aims to help supervisors gain an immeasurable sense of themselves as Jewish leaders and community participants. All participants have come to regard Cornerstone as a premier professional development and Jewish educational opportunity that has a profound and lasting impact.