Campership Program
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: San Francisco Bay Area
Focus Areas: Outdoor and experiential education for underserved youth
Program Details
- Purpose: Provides campership funding to enable underserved youth to attend summer camps
- Duration: Ongoing support for over 60+ years to partner organizations
- Funding Impact: Has supported expansion of outdoor education programs by at least 30% annually
Partner Organizations
The program funds camperships through partnerships with organizations including:
- Aim High
- Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation
- Big City Mountaineers
- The Bishop's Ranch Camp
- Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco (Camp Mendocino)
- Camp Phoenix
- Catholic Charities CYO (established "Guardsmen Village" at camp and host annual "Guardsmen Thank You Day")
- Girl Scouts of Northern California
- Girls Leading Girls
- GirlVentures
- Golden Gate Boys Choir and Bellringers
- Golden Gate Area Council, Scouting America
- LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Salvation Army
- SOAR for Youth
- St. Dorothy's Rest
- The Okizu Foundation
- Today's Youth Matter
- YMCA of San Francisco
- YMCA of the East Bay
Program Impact
- Ensures diversity among campers through financial support
- Enables participation from low-income families
- Critical component in expansion of youth outdoor and experiential education programs
What The Guardsmen actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 36
- Total given
- $989K
- Median grant
- $17K
- Range
- $5,050–$254K
- By dollars: California >99%, Colorado <1%. Top recipient cities: San Francisco, CA; Oakland, CA; Alameda, CA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 47% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Boys & Girls Clubs of San SF · San Francisco, CA
Assistance for Underprivileged
$254K
Catholic Charities CYO · Occidental, CA
Assistance for Underprivileged
$76K
Sacred Heart Cathedral Prepar · San Francisco, CA
Assistance for Underprivileged
$44K
Archbishop Riordan High Schoo · San Francisco, CA
Assistance for Underprivileged
$42K
Girl Scouts of Northern CA · Alameda, CA
Assistance for Underprivileged
$40K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Youth programs
- After-school
- Recreation
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