North American Impact of the One Happy Camper Initiative 2023

This report evaluates the impact of the 2023 One Happy Camper Program (OHC) implemented by 101 partner organizations (local Jewish federations, foundations and camps) throughout North America. This past summer, 7,000 children received first-time OHC grants, a decrease of 13% from 2022.

The analysis of this year’s program is based on survey research among 2640 OHC GRANT RECIPIENT families (44%), a highly representative sample. This research has once again been supplemented, where appropriate, with data from the 2023 Camper Satisfaction Insights study (CSI), which included a total of 9,026 families from 85 North American Jewish camps. The CSI study was also conducted by outside evaluators at Summation Research Group, Inc.

The findings indicate that OHC continues to be highly successful in (1) bringing thousands of children to overnight Jewish camp, (2) creating engagement and connections between camp families and sponsoring organizations, and (3) generating a “trial” first-time Jewish overnight camp experience that is creating “happy campers” who are highly satisfied, which is leading to high levels of retention.