• Provide networking opportunities that facilitate communication among members of ACA from nonprofit organizations of all types (including, agency, faith-based, and independent nonprofits).
  • Serve as a vehicle for discussion of nonprofit camp issues and trends.
  • Provide a platform to investigate and launch new initiatives to meet the key challenges of ACA nonprofit camps.
  • Provide support for the work and mission of ACA, in particular the nonprofit sector, through the development of tools and resources. 

Join your nonprofit camp colleagues by registering for these upcoming conversations. 

  • October 7, 2025 — Conversations with ACA's Not-for-Profit Council
  • October 31, 2025 — Development Roundtable with ACA's Chief Development Officer
  • January 13, 2026 — Conversations with ACA's Not-for-Profit Council
  • March 6, 2026 — Development Roundtable with ACA's Chief Development Officer
  • April 7, 2026 — Conversations with ACA's Not-for-Profit Council
  • May 1, 2026 — Development Roundtable with ACA's Chief Development Officer

  • Development Roundtable hosted by ACA's Chief Development Officer — Recording
  • Character at Camp with YMCA Sherman Lake Director of Character Development — Slides 
  • Growth through Strategic Partnerships — Slides ACA's Leadership Pathways | Slides Footpaths Foundation | Recording
  • Technology for Fundraising — ACA's Chief Development Officer and Elizabeth Day, YMCA of Cincinnati Development Director — Recording 
  • Artificial Intelligence and Nonprofits Recording
  • Major Milestones and Fundraising — Panel with (1) Meredith Murry, VP External Affairs, Princeton-Blairstown Center, NJ, (2) Sterling Nell Leija, Director of Operations, Roundup River Ranch, CO, (3) Lee Trepeck, CEO, Tamarack Camps, MI, (4) Cheryl Belair, Chief Development Officer, Camp Twin Lakes, GA — Recording
  • Managing Donor and Alumni Relations — Dail Ballard, ED North Carolina United Methodist Camps — Recording
  • Cultivation, Engagement, and Resources for Fundraisers Panel — Recording
  • Critical Training for Boards of Directors — Ann Sheets —Recording | Slides    
  • Got Risk? The Board's Role — Melanie Herman, ED Nonprofit Risk Management Center — Recording | Slides 
  • Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month & Discussion Diversifying Boards of Directors — Panel facilitated by Roberto Gil, member ACA Board of Directors and Deputy Director of Camping at The Fresh Air Fund — Recording

Here are just a few resources that will help support your work as a nonprofit entity.

Check out a whole list of resources from our members. 

Join the Not-for-Profit Council

Membership in the Not-For-Profit Council is open to any member of the American Camp Association with nonprofit affiliation who is willing to pay dues. 

Benefits of Membership

What Do Your Dues Pay For? 

When you opt to pay kindred group dues, you are supporting the work of that kindred group to host their events and you are supporting the overall work of the association. There are times when the leadership of this group may determine to spend dues to fund a particular event or project related to the interests of this kindred. Anyone may attend the virtual and in-person events hosted by this group whether you have chosen to pay the elective dues or not. Some in-person events may have an additional cost. Learn more about all the ACA kindred and affinity groups.

Join Now

If you are already an ACA individual member and would like to join ACA's Not-for-Profit Council, please reach out to us at [email protected]. 

If you are NOT already an ACA individual member and would like to join, please do so online and choose the ACA Not-for-Profit council also.

Join ACA and Not-for-Profit Council

Questions? Contact Grechen Throop 765-349-3517 or [email protected] 

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