Free community directory
A movement is easier to join when you can find it
Secular, progressive and humanist camps and communities, in one place. Free to search, free to list.
Be one of the first camps listed
How the directory works
1
Search near you
Filter by state, age, program type and the values that matter to your family.
2
Visit the camp
Each profile links straight to the camp's own website or registration page.
3
List yours, free
Independent camps submit a profile, and a person reviews it before it goes live. No portal subscription needed.
Why a directory?
Secular and humanist camps have mostly grown up on their own — a camp here, a family camp there, a weekend retreat somewhere else. Families looking for one rarely know where to start, and camps rarely know who else is out there.
This directory puts them on one map, free, whether or not they use our software.
For camp organizers · Coming soon
Run your camp on Summer Camp Portal.
The same team builds camp management software for multi-affiliate nonprofit camps. Portal customers appear in the directory automatically.
Sessions & registrationForms, payments, waitlists
Volunteer managementApplications, background checks, training
Family dashboardsEverything parents need in one place
Cabins & housingAssignments with the rules built in
Health center logVisits and medication, on the record
Multi-affiliateOne organization, many independent camps
See all features
Registration & families
- Session & RegistrationPublish sessions, set capacity, collect applications, and track each registration from start to complete — with payment and forms built in.
- EventsEvent pages, sign-ups, payments and calendar feeds — conferences, retreats and gatherings, separate from camp registration.
- Community CalendarShare chosen public events on the free community calendar next to your directory listing. Street addresses and meeting links are never shown.
- Family DashboardsParents track registrations and camper details from a personal dashboard. Every role gets the right view — nothing more.
- Calendar SubscriptionsParents, volunteers and event attendees see their own sessions, shifts and events in the calendar app on their phone or computer. Each person gets their own link, and can replace it or turn it off at any time.
- Custom Form BuilderBuild any form — health, media consent, emergency contacts — and attach them to sessions. Parents complete them during registration.
- Flexible PricingEarly-bird tiers and automatic sibling discounts.
- Camperships & Application ReviewOffer application-only tiers: applicants answer tier-specific questions, staff review and approve or decline, and set each accepted attendee's fee.
- Financial AidFamilies apply for aid; staff review and approve with configurable criteria.
- Cabin & HousingCreate cabin templates, clone them per session, and assign campers by age, gender policy, and sibling groups — with drag-and-drop or auto-assignment.
- Camper GroupsOrganize campers into activity, skit, and team groups — assign from the group roster or a camper's page.
- Arrival Day Check-InWork down a live roster as families drive up: who has arrived, whose forms and payment are settled, and which cabin they're in. Medication handover is recorded separately, with its own time and its own name.
Volunteers & staff
- Volunteer ManagementVolunteers apply, affiliates review and approve. Approved volunteers get their own dashboard — no extra software needed.
- Training ModulesAssign and track training completion for volunteers and staff.
- Side QuestsA shared board of camp jobs volunteers and staff can pick up — paid or unpaid — with hours and earnings tracked for your bookkeeper.
- Badges & RecognitionAward badges to campers, volunteers, and staff to recognize milestones.
- Community BoardsPer-org or per-affiliate discussion sections for staff and volunteers — tips, announcements, Q&A. Markdown, moderation, edit history, and rate limits built in. Parents stay out by default.
- Attendee DirectoryLet confirmed event attendees opt in to a private, searchable directory — they choose what to share, and only fellow attendees can see it.
- Multi-Role DashboardsOne sign-in surfaces every role a person holds across orgs and affiliates.
- Counselors in TrainingInvite older campers to train as counselors. Their guardian answers the invitation and gives consent, affiliate admins review applications, place counselors in training in cabins and write evaluations only admins can read. Program records are deleted two years after their last activity.
Safety & privacy
- Health Center LogA daily medication checklist — given, or not given and why — plus as-needed doses and a log of every health center visit. Health center staff only.
- Incident TrackingLog, review, and resolve camp incidents with full audit trail.
- Role-Based AccessEvery role sees exactly what it needs, and no more.
- Audit LoggingEvery sensitive action is logged — who did what, when, with full context.
- Data Privacy & DeletionGDPR-style data deletion requests with admin review workflow.
- Passwordless sign-inSign in with a passkey: fingerprint, face or screen lock. Nothing to type, nothing to phish.
- Google sign-inOne-click sign in with Google. No extra passwords to remember.
Running the organization
- Required Forms for Every AffiliateCentral can require a form of every affiliate's sessions or volunteers. It attaches itself, stays current when a new version is published, and affiliates can see it but not copy or remove it. Families who already registered are never asked mid-season.
- Multi-AffiliateOne platform supports every affiliate. Central admins see everything; affiliate staff see only their own data.
- Board PortalBoard meetings, agendas, minutes, document library, and voting — for both organization and affiliate boards. Feature-flagged per affiliate.
- Reports & ComplianceRegistration, financial, donation, and volunteer summaries — available at both organization and affiliate level. IRS 990 data export included.
- Saved Report ViewsSet a report up once — filters, columns, sort, affiliates — name it, and share it with your team. Reopening it is one click, and everyone still sees only what their own role permits.
- Scheduled Report DeliveryPut a saved view on a daily, weekly or monthly timer. You get an email with how many rows it found and a link to open it — never the rows themselves, and never a spreadsheet. It goes to you and nobody else, and every run re-checks whether you may still run that report; if not, it pauses and tells you.
- Donation CampaignsRun fundraising campaigns with progress tracking and donor management.
- CRM & ContactsCentralized contact directory with relationship tracking and notes.
- Messaging HubCompose from reusable templates, attach documents, schedule a send for later, or mail the recipients of a report — with a delivery record of every message you send.
- Custom Sending DomainAffiliates verify their own domain and send camp email from their own address instead of a shared one.
- Notification CenterA bell and an inbox for parents, volunteers, donors, board members and staff. Updates about a child never name them there; the details stay on the signed-in page.
- Custom BrandingEach organization gets its own logo, colors, and email templates.
- Fast, app-like pagesSnappy, app-like page transitions — no full reloads, no SPA complexity.
The paperwork should be the easy part. The community is the point.
Our story
Built for the people who would rather be at camp
I've watched volunteer organizations pour their best energy into registration spreadsheets, background-check tracking, cabin lists and payment reconciliation... all work that has to happen, but isn't why anyone signed up.
What they really want is to run a community, and to be part of one. I built Summer Camp Portal to carry the rest, so the people who make camp (and other community!) happen can spend their time on the parts they love.
Inspired by the values, team and multi-affiliate model of Camp Quest, the science-focused, reason-friendly camp network. Summer Camp Portal is an independent project.
Ready to talk?
Summer Camp Portal is coming soon. Reach out and we'll walk you through pricing and onboarding for your camp or organization.
Email us
admin@summercampportal.com