Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Phase 2 Awards Announced the Week of April 22!

The application window is now closed.

Up to 20 grant recipients will receive up to $18,000 per year for three years to support creating, improving, or expanding counselor-in-training or similar leadership development programs at camp. Grantees will work with a peer cohort to design, implement, and improve a counselor-in-training (CIT)-related initiative to increase access to camp leadership pathways for young people of diverse backgrounds, abilities, and identities.  

All nonprofit camps and government agency organizations (i.e. parks & rec) that run camps were invited to apply during the application window that closed on April 11. They did not need to have a grant writer to submit, nor did the camp need to be ACA accredited. Applying to (or receiving) this grant does not disqualify camps from future grant opportunities through ACA.

The application deadline was April 11, 2024. Awards will be announced the week of April 22.

Previous Phase 1 Awarded Grantees

Check back in May 2024 for the announcement of our awarded grantees for 2024 Phase 2!

Here are the awarded grantees from Phase 1 (2021-2024)

• Camp Common Ground
• Big Sur Land Trust Youth Outdoor Programs
• Tampa YMCA
• Camp Blodgett
• Aspire
• Trail Blazers
• Camp Santa Maria
• Montgomery County Recreation
• NatureBridge
• YMCA of Greater Seattle
• Camp Bovey
• Camp Mendocino
• Easterseals Colorado
• 4-H Primitive Pursuits
• Sherwood Forest
• Timber Pointe Outdoor Center
• Camp Kaufmann
• Camp Mokule’ia
• Lexington Recreation and Community Programs
• Acta Non Verba
• PARI Summer Space Camps

This project is made possible through the generous support of Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies. 

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