A strong endowment is the financial foundation of any organization. This is also true at YMCA Camp Kanata where our unrestricted endowment provides income to the operating budget each year and gives us the ability to plan and make strategic decisions with financial security.
Kanata’s endowment disbursements work in tandem with the Annual Campaign to ensure funds are available to provide financial assistance, enhance staff development, maintain facilities and support programs we offer through non-profit partnerships.
By helping grow Camp's endowment, you aren’t just helping Camp Kanata this year or next, you are helping ensure the place and community that you know and love will influence and enhance the lives of campers for generations to come. Leadership gifts to the Endowment are one way to join the Bright Society.
Email Gretchen Hyde, VP of Philanthropy, or call 919-582-9313 for more information.
Camp Kanata Endowments
Dishler Family Endowment: Established in 2023, distributions from this fund will be used to meet programming, Camp maintenance, and/or camper financial assistance needs at Camp Kanata. Donate online
Bobbie Dubin Scholarship Fund: Provides financial assistance to Triangle area youth for summer Sessions at Camp Kanata.
Tommy Goldberg Memorial Endowment: This fund was established in memory of Tommy Goldberg by his family. Tommy was a counselor at Camp Kanata. Proceeds from the endowment provide financial assistance for campers.
O'Neill/Eilhauer Family Endowment: Established in 2021 to support Camp Kanata camperships.
Dr. Grady Joseph Wheeler, Sr. Endowment: Dr. Wheeler’s daughter, Susan Wheeler Parker, and her husband, David Parker, created this fund to support the work of Camp Kanata and to provide financial assistance to campers with demonstrated need. Dr. Wheeler’s granddaughter, Laura Parker Bass, was both a camper and counselor at Camp Kanata. Donate online