NonprofitsExperience Camps

Youth Development

Experience Camps

WESTPORT, CT

Total revenue

$4.8M

Total expenses

$4.6M

Net assets

$6.4M

Grants received

$5.9M

353 grants

EIN

262513136

Tax year

2023

Mission

Experience camps provides bereavement support to grieving children.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$4.5M
Program service revenue
Investment income$159K
Other revenue$207K
Total revenue$4.8M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$2.6M
Fundraising$999K
Other expenses$2.0M
Total expenses$4.6M
Total assets$6.7M
Net assets$6.4M

People

28 listed

NameRoleCompensation

SARA DEREN

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Board

$154K

40 hrs/wk

NICOLE VAN VALEN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

LISA TORTOLANI

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

HANNA SONG

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ERIC SOLOMON

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DANIEL SARCH

BOARD CHAIR

Board

4 hrs/wk

MARK MACDONALD

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

EVAN BLOOMBERG

TREASURER

Board

4 hrs/wk

WILLIAM ANDERSON

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

BRIAN KLEIN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

KRISTINA JONES

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

BRIAN BEACH

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

SERRA GOLDMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

DAVID GARLICK

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

REHAN CHOUDHRY

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

EMILY KRUEGER

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

JOE BROWN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ELIZABETH FELDSTEIN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ALEX LIEBERMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

LAUREN ZIMA

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

AUTHER ROSENBERG

SECRETARY

Board

2 hrs/wk

MIKE GOLDMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ASHLEY PELZEL

VICE CHAIR

Board

4 hrs/wk

VISHAL AMIN

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

ARON WEINGARD

DIRECTOR

Board

2 hrs/wk

JOSHUA LANDAY

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Staff

$147K

40 hrs/wk

BRIANNE OVERTON

CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER

Staff

$131K

40 hrs/wk

COURTNEY DUBIN

CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

Staff

$123K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 200 of 353

FromAmountPurposeYear
$300K
HHS GENERAL
2024
$145K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$100K
Program Grant to Assist Patients with Life Threatening Illnesses and their Families
2024
$84K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$51K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2024
$50K
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND CAMPS.
2024
$50K
Health, Medicine & Science
2024
$50K
TO PROVIDE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE LAUNCH OF A NEW CAMP SITE IN MARYLAND THAT OPENED IN SUMMER 2023, THE LAUNCH OF AN ENHANCED RECRUITING PROCESS FOR CAMPERS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS CAMP, AND THE SPONSORSHIP OF CAMPERS AT THIS SITE FOR THREE YEARS.
2024
$35K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$31K
GENERAL FUND
2024
$25K
EXPERIENCE CAMPS - ONGOING GRANT 2024
2024
$25K
PROVIDE CAMP EXPERIENCE FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN.
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
A GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$10K
HEARTS TO ART
2024
$8K
to help in their missionto provide bereavement supportyear round to teenagers
2024
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$6K
RETREAT CENTERS AND CAMPS
2024
$5K
CAMPER SPONSORSHIP FUND
2024
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$4K
TO FURTHER PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION BY SUBSIDIZING CAMP TUITION.
2024
$4K
UNRESTRICTED OPERATING GRANT TO PROVIDE OVERNIGHT SUMMER CAMP TO CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH OF A PARENT SIBLING OR PRIMARY CAREGIVER.
2024
$3K
CHARITY CONTRIBUTION
2024
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$2K
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$2K
EDUCATION
2024
$1K
Experience Camps, founded in 2009, is a national, no-cost program for grieving children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or primary caregiver. Our one-week, overnight summer camp, year-round programs, and content help to reframe the experience of grief, and empower kids with the necessary coping skills to move forward with their lives. Through compassion, connection, and play, Experience Camps allows grieving children to embody a life full of hope and possibility.
2024
$1K
Employee Matching
2024
$1K
To provide overnight summer gried camps, year-round programs,and content to help reframe the experience of griefand empower kids with the necessary coping skills to move forward with their lives.
2024
$1K
VOLUNTEER CHALLENGE GRANTS
2024
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$500
General Charitable
2024
$500
General & Unrestricted
2024
$416
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$300
General & Unrestricted
2024
$265
FURTHER THE DONEE'S MISSION
2024
$250
Unrestricted contribution
2024
$250
OPERATING FUNDS
2024
$239
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$200
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$105
PUBLIC SUPPORT
2024
$105
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$88
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2024
$30
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$200K
TO PROVIDE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE LAUNCH OF A NEW CAMP SITE IN MARYLAND THAT OPENED IN SUMMER 2023, THE LAUNCH OF AN ENHANCED RECRUITING PROCESS FOR CAMPERS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS CAMP, AND THE SPONSORSHIP OF CAMPERS AT THIS SITE FOR THREE YEARS.
2023
$116K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$100K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$100K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$100K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$50K
HHS GENERAL
2023
$50K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$46K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$39K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$35K
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND CAMPS.
2023
$35K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$30K
EXPERIENCE CAMPS - ONGOING GRANT 2023
2023
$28K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2023
$25K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2023
$25K
PROVIDE CAMP EXPERIENCES TO UNDERSERVED CHILDREN
2023
$25K
PROVIDE CAMP EXPERIENCE FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN.
2023
$25K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT
2023
$21K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$15K
General Support
2023
$12K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2023
$11K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$10K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$10K
A GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
HEARTS TO ART
2023
$9K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$6K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$5K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$5K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
SPONSORSHIP TWO CAMPERS
2023
$5K
CHARITABLE FUNCTION
2023
$5K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$5K
UNRESTRICTED OPERATING GRANT TO PROVIDE OVERNIGHT SUMMER CAMP TO CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH OF A PARENT SIBLING OR PRIMARY CAREGIVER.
2023
$4K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$4K
to help in their missionto provide bereavement supportyear round to teenagers
2023
$3K
TO FURTHER PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION BY SUBSIDIZING CAMP TUITION.
2023
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$3K
AN UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO FURTHER THE FOUNDATIONS XEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$1K
TO FURTHER GOALS OF THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
2023
$1K
To provide overnight summer gried camps, year-round programs,and content to help reframe the experience of griefand empower kids with the necessary coping skills to move forward with their lives.
2023
$1K
DISCRETIONARY
2023
$1K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$1K
TO FURTHER ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$880
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$815
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$550
Experience Camps, founded in 2009, is a national, no-cost program for grieving children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or primary caregiver. Our one-week, overnight summer camp, year-round programs, and content help to reframe the experience of grief, and empower kids with the necessary coping skills to move forward with their lives. Through compassion, connection, and play, Experience Camps allows grieving children to embody a life full of hope and possibility.
2023
$518
SUPPORT OPERATIONS
2023
$500
General Charitable
2023
$378
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2023
$340
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2023
$300
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$250
Charitable Donation
2023
$250
EXPERIENCE CAMPS PROVIDE BOYS AND GIRLS WHOSE PARENT, SIBLING OR PRIMARY CAREGIVER HAS DIED, WITH A PROGRAM THAT HELPS BUILD CONFIDENCE, ENCOURAGES LAUGHTER AND ALLOWS THEM TO NAVIGATE THEIR GRIEF THROUGH FRIENDSHIP, TEAMWORK, ATHLETICS, AND THE COMMON BOND OF LOSS.
2023
$240
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2023
$210
MATCHING GIFTS
2023
$205
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$200
YOUTH
2023
$200
PROGRAM SERVICES
2023
$150
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$150
OTHER CIVIC / COMMUNITY
2023
$131
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$105
Contribution provided
2023
$103
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$100
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$100
CONTRIBUTION
2023
$100
Matching Gifts
2023
$90
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$90
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$90
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$60
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$53
OTHER CIVIC / COMMUNITY
2023
$52
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$50
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$40
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$22
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$100K
GENERAL FUND
2022
$80K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$50K
AWARD HONOREE
2022
$50K
CAMPS FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN
2022
$50K
HHS GENERAL
2022
$40K
EXPERIENCE CAMPS - ONGOING GRANT 2022
2022
$34K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$31K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND CAMPS.
2022
$24K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$20K
BRAVE OF HEART FUND
2022
$15K
PROVIDE CAMP EXPERIENCE FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN.
2022
$15K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT
2022
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$10K
CHARITABLE
2022
$10K
UNRESTRICTED DONATION TO SUPPORT CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH OF A PARENT, SIBLING OR PRIMARY CAREGIVER
2022
$10K
support for children grieving the loss of a primary care provider
2022
$10K
GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
SPONSORSHIP TWO CAMPERS
2022
$5K
Donation
2022
$5K
CHARITABLE FUNCTION
2022
$5K
UNRESTRICTED
2022
$4K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$3K
PUBLIC INTEREST
2022
$3K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$3K
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2022
$3K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$2K
PROVIDE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT TO GRIEINVG CHILDREN
2022
$2K
UNRESTRICTED
2022
$2K
PUBLIC SUPPORT
2022
$1K
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2022

Funded by

$5.9M from 176 funders · 353 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$615K · 8 grants · 2017–2023

American Online Giving Foundation Inc

$510K · 6 grants · 2019–2024

New York Life Foundation

$400K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$346K · 6 grants · 2018–2023

National Philanthropic Trust

$318K · 4 grants · 2020–2023

The Cristal Family Foundation

$300K · 3 grants · 2022–2023

Quest Diagnostics Foundation Inc

$250K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Gentiva Foundation Inc

$235K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Details

EIN262513136
NTEE codeO50
Subsection03
Ruling date2009-09
Formed2007
Employees149
Volunteers647
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