Financial Aid, Grants, & Scholarships

We strive to ensure that all children can be given the opportunity to benefit from the Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps experience, regardless of financial circumstances.  The process is designed to make the application for financial aid as efficient and equitable as possible.  All information provided in our Financial Aid application will be shared exclusively with the Campership Committee and will be kept strictly confidential.  

To ensure that WBTC can provide assistance to all those in need, it is imperative that you apply to as many additional funding sources as possible.  Other sources of assistance may include:

     -  One Happy Camper / PJ Library

     -  Your synagogue, Rabbi, or Auxiliary Organization

     -  Your child's Religious School or Day School

     -  Local Jewish Federations

     -  Local Jewish Free Loan Association

Please remember that every funding source has its own qualification criteria and application deadlines.  We suggest you contact all funding sources as quickly as possible.

Our camps offer need-based financial assistance; financial aid forms are available through Camp Minder. Once you receive confirmation from our office that your camper is enrolled in camp, log on to your CampMinder account, click on Forms and Documents then on Application for Financial Aid. We need a separate Application for Financial Aid for each of your campers, but only one set of financials. Please contact our Registrar, Janine Regal, by email at janine@wbtcamps.org if you have any questions.

Is your camper eligible for a 1st - time camper grant? 

The One Happy Camper grant is for campers attending overnight Jewish camp for the first time for MORE than 11 days. Please read through all of the rules and restrictions to see if your child qualifies for a grant. Click this link to check your availability and complete your application. ORANGE COUNTY FAMILIES: There is a different grant for campers living in Orange County, please do not apply for the One Happy Camper Grant (see Passport to Jewish life below).  

Passport to Jewish Life is for ORANGE COUNTY CAMPERS attending Jewish camp.  Click this link to check your availability and complete your application.

The Israeli American Camper Grant is for 2nd-time campers who have at least one Israeli-born parent, who live in California, Oregon, Arizona, Colorado or Washington state.  Click this link to check our availability and complete your application. 

The Small Communities Incentive Program is a grant for 1st or 2nd-time campers from small Jewish Communities.  Click this link to check our availability and complete your application. 

You must apply to whichever program you believe your camper may qualify for (separate from your camp application).  Once you have applied for the grant and been approved, we will receive notification and the amount will be applied to your camp account.

Qualifications for the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles Grants Program include:
  • $1,000 grant for campers enrolled for 19+ consecutive days
  • $700 grant for campers enrolled for 12-18 consecutive days
  • Must be entering grades 2-12 (after camp)
  • Attending a nonprofit, Jewish, overnight camp in California

Please contact our Registrar, Janine Regal, at janine@wbtcamps.org, if you have any questions.