Parents & Community

We’re here to support not only students and educators, but also parents and community members. As you're exploring school options or looking for financial aid opportunities for your child, our Resource Library brings everything you need together in one place.

Youth-Serving Organization Grant Program
Parents & Community

Youth-Serving Organization Grant Program

The Youth-Serving Organization (YSO) Grant Program, launched by the Camden Education Fund, provides funding of up to $40,000 to 30 Camden-based nonprofits for academic support, mental health services, mentoring, arts, and career readiness programs. Grants range from $5,000 to $40,000, with priority given to organizations serving at least 25 students and partnering with local schools.

Parents Invincible
Parents & Community

Parents Invincible

Parents Invincible seeks to be viewed as representing parents across the entire city, regardless of school type. They support all high-quality schools: District, Renaissance, Charter, Vocational, and Parochial. Above all, we believe in school choice and respect parents’ decisions. Their job is to make sure they have access and information to make the best-informed choice in a high-quality school.

One Camden
Parents & Community

One Camden

One Camden is a one-stop shop where families can learn about and apply to Camden public schools. One Camden is a family-friendly application that makes it easier to apply to public schools in Camden, NJ. Rather than having to submit multiple applications by different deadlines, the One Camden application gives all families equal access to […]

YSO Directory
Parents & Community

YSO Directory

The Youth Serving Organization (YSO) Directory highlights the many Camden-based organizations dedicated to supporting students, families, and educators. These organizations are recipients of the Camden Education Fund's Youth Serving Organization Grant Program, which provides funding to enhance education and community engagement. Explore the directory to learn more about their impactful work across the city.

We are deeply saddened and disturbed by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis. George’s story is the story of too many Black Americans – Ahmaud Arbery, Breona Taylor, Trayvon Martin, and so many more, named and unnamed by the media— brutally and senselessly killed.

This loss of Black life and our persistent failure to bring those responsible to account expose the most grotesque, painful truth about our nation: the enduring legacy of white supremacy.

We will not heal until things change.

Camden Education Fund stands in solidarity with the Black community.

We remain deeply committed to bringing resources to support our public schools and the extraordinary youth-serving organizations in Camden, as we believe these are the institutions with the greatest potential to show our children, daily, that their lives and dreams matter.

The reality is that all organizations – ours included – have so much more work to do. We will hold ourselves accountable to building an organization that advances equity, promotes understanding, and dismantles racist structures.