For six summers the Foundation for Jewish Camp offered Programmatic Excellence grants supported, in part, by the generosity of the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation (2001) and the Maurice Amado Foundation (2002-2004). Programming excellence grants proved to be one of the best ways to immediately impact a camp's culture and develop new and better camp programs. A FJC staff member worked directly with each grant recipient, providing vital advice, support, and feedback, to craft the most meaningful and effective program for their camp

Below is a summary of the Programmatic Excellence grants awarded in and from 2001 to 2006.

YEAR	CAMP NAME	TITLE	AMOUNT
2001	Camp JORI	Leaders in Training program	$5,000
2001	Camp Ramah Darom	Torah v'Tevah Program	$5,000
2001	Camp Moshava (PA)	Teen Program Rabbi-in-Residence	$4,000
2001	Ramah Berkshires	Lilith Magazine	$500
2001	Camp Ramah in the Poconos	Shabbat Music CD Project	$5,000
2001	Capital Camps	Jewish Environmental Education Program Center	$10,000
2001	Camp Ramah in New England	Library/ Learning Center upgrade	$10,000
2001	URJ Eisner Camp	Creating a Jewish Nature Center	$10,000
2001	Camp Ramah in the Berkshires	Pre and on-going staff training program	$10,000
2001	Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake	Sprout Lake 101: distance learning staff training	$10,000
2001	Camp Soloman Schechter	Returning counselor incentive program	$2,334
2001	Camp Ramah in Wisconsin	Formal camper intake program, serving children with special medical and emotional needs	$5,250
2001	Camp L'man Achai	Senior Jewish Educators in Camp	$5,000
2001	Camp Chi	Creation and implementation of Tefillah/prayer cards	$10,000
2001	Camp Tawonga	Develop a prayer book, create camp tallitot, and repair a Holocaust Torah	$8,000
2001	URJ Camp Coleman	Jewish Storyteller-In-Residence	$7,000
		2001 Total	$115,000
2002	Berkshire Hills – Emanuel Camps	Masoret – an intergenerational program	$6,000
2002	B'nai B'rith Camp	To kasher kitchen for multi-camp use	$9,758
2002	Emma Kaufman Camp	Staff training and leadership development	$6,000
2002	Camp Emunah/ BnosYaakov	New climbing gym and biking trail	$10,000
2002	Habonim Dror Foundation	Leadership training and educational curriculum	$10,000
2002	Camp Henry Horner	Jewish education integration with sports program	$5,000
2002	Camp JCA Shalom	Develop educational model for new Art Barn	$8,000
2002	Jewish Reconstructionist Fed.	Matching grant for camp start up	$20,000
2002	Camp JORI	New sports equipment and sound system	$10,000
2002	Camp Kadimah	“Miriam’s Cup”, an innovative Jewish arts program	$9,850
2002	Camp Kingswood	Creation of a new camp-wide Judaic curriculum	$8,000
2002	Camp Kinneret Biluim	To renovate two sports facilities	$9,687
2002	Camp Laurelwood	Jewish spiritual arts director	$10,000
2002	Camp L’man Achai	Improvement of the waterfront facilities	$9,500
2002	Camp Mogen Avraham, Heller, Sternberg	Increase Jewish content in special needs programming	$10,000
2002	Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute and Camp Ramah in Wisconsin	Text based, inter-camp staff leadership program	$6,000
2002	Pinemere Camp	New hockey program	$4,515
2002	Camp Poyntelle Lewis Village	Shabbat special guest program	$7,500
2002	Camp Ramah in the Berkshires	Expand Madrega – staff development program	$5,000
2002	Camp Ramah in New England	Jewish staff training and leadership development	$10,000
2002	Camp Ramah in the Poconos,	Jewish values through sports	$8,500
2002	Camp Sabra	Funds to build a Jewish programming resource center	$10,000
2002	Camp Tawonga	Equip outdoor spaces with lighting, video and sound	$10,000
2002	UAHC Crane Lake Camp	Start up funding for a Jewish Nature Center	$6,350
2002	UAHC Camp George	Director of integrated Judaic activity program	$10,000
2002	UAHC Camp Jacobs	Upgrade Jewish music program and resources	$10,000
2002	Camp Yavneh	Jewish Arts Exploration program and Israel preparatory program	$10,000
2002	Young Judaea Sprout Lake	Video conferencing with children in Israel	$10,000
		Total 2002	$249,660
2003	Camp Ramah Darom	"Bechira 2003: Israel Education, Activism, Advocacy, and College Choice"	$8,000
2003	Camp Kinder Ring	"The Israel Travelogue Experience"	$7,000
2003	URJ Camp George	"Digital Shlichut"	$12,000
2003	Camp Moshava (PA), Camp Ramah Poconos, NJ Y Camps	"Festival Yisrael"	$10,000
2003	Camp Young Judaea Texas	"The Israel Immersion Dome"	$15,000
		Total 2003	$52,000
2004-2005	Camp Coleman	"Do the Right thing, Do the Jewish Thing"	$7,000
2004-2005	Camp JCA Shalom	Marla Bennett Israel Discovery Center and Garden	$10,000
2004-2005	Camp JRF	Believing in Our Values: The Camp JRF Siddur	$5,000
2004-2005	Camp Moshava PA	Kol Yisrael Arevim Zeh L'Zeh	$8,000
2004-2005	Camp Pembroke	Chazak, Chazak: The S-Team Project	$12,000
2004-2005	Camp Ramah Darom	Gesher Bechira Research Study	$7,000
2004-2005	Camp Ramah in California	Club Etgar	$10,700
2004-2005	Camp Stone	Life-size Topographical Map of Israel	$12,000
2004-2005	CYJ Sprout Lake	Virtual Mifgashim: Into the Future	$12,000
2004-2005	Kutz Camp	NFTY Music Mentorship Program	$9,000
		Total 2004-2005	$92,700
2005-2006	Camp Alonim	"Bridging the Gap: Jewish Sexual Ethics for Teens and their Parents"	$20,000
2005-2006	Camp Ramah in Wisconsin	"Northwoods Jewish Theater Company"	$7,500
2005-2006	Pinemere Camp	"CIT II: Outdoor Adventure Travel Program"	$14,100
2005-2006	Camp JRF	"Creating a New Camp: 'Becoming' Who We Want To Be"	$20,000
2005-2006	Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps	"L'atid: To the Future"	$20,000
2005-2006	Camp Laurelwood	"Sanctuary for Services"	$6,000
2005-2006	Emma Kaufmann Camp	"An EKC Odyssey: Geocaching, Judaism and Overnight Excursions"	$14,900
2005-2006	URJ Camps Eisner, Crane Lake, Coleman and Harlam	"The Olim Fellowship -- The Stepping-Up Fellowship"	$40,000
		Total 2005-2006	$142,500