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Camp 180, a core pro-
gram of the Harold 
Grinspoon Foundation 
(HGF), will support more than 
100 nonprofit Jewish overnight 
camps over the next five years 
with its $25 million Forward 
Together matching grant, 
including Tamarack Camps in 
Metro Detroit.
“We are, thankfully, a 
grant partner of The Harold 
Grinspoon Foundation and this 
funding will benefit Tamarack 
and our commu-
nity,
” said Ashleigh 
Imerman, chief 
advancement offi-
cer at Tamarack.
Forward 
Together will pro-
vide unrestricted 
support to the camps along with 
capital investments for physical 
improvements. 
Harold Grinspoon, benefactor 
and co-founder of the HGF, 
believes camps are among the 
most important assets of the 
Jewish community, providing 
impactful experiences for Jewish 
young people to become encul-
turated in Jewish traditions, 
values and identity. 
“I never was able to go to a 
Jewish camp, but I know they 
are crucial ways for young 
people to plant the roots of life-
long Jewish connections,
” says 
Grinspoon, who has invested 
more than $55 million in Jewish 

camps through JCamp 180 over 
the past 28 years. 
“I was overjoyed to have vis-
ited multiple camps in person 
this past summer after two sum-
mers away due to the COVID-
19 pandemic. I saw camps 
brimming with life, although 
continuing to struggle with sig-
nificant mental health, staffing 
and infrastructure challenges 
after the pandemic," Grinspoon 
added. 
Forward Together is a 1:3 
matching grant where the HGF 
disburses $1 for every $3 the 
camp raises. Each camp will 
receive a base allocation of 
funds; if they raise four times 
the allocation within the grant 
period, the camp will receive a 
$10,000 bonus.
JCamp 180 Director Sarah 
Eisinger says the grant timing is 
critical as camps seek to build 
on past fundraising successes. 
“The Harold Grinspoon 
Foundation support for Jewish 
summer camp is enduring, 
and we are proud to make this 
commitment over these next 
five years,
” Eisinger says. “This 
support will give the camps the 
resources and tools to main-
tain and steward their current 
donors and attract new ones. 
"We hope this match gives the 
camps the confidence to contin-
ue sharing the power of Jewish 
camp so they can be sustainable 
into the future.
” 

Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s JCamp 180 
to invest $25 million in Jewish camps.

Large Investment
in Jewish Camping

A scene from 
Tamarack Camp

Ashleigh 
Imerman

Sunshine and laughter.
Music and art.
Sports and water play.
Exploration and discovery.

Some things are simply
better together.

CAMP

FUNTABULOUS

Like sunshine and laughter, come 

experience why Summer Camp and 
Hillel are better together. For 
campers 2-5 years old. 

For more information, 
contact Robin Pappas, Director of 
Early Education, at 248-539-1489 or 
rpappas@hillelday.org.

