“I can’t express enough how transformational and impactful this camp is. Monkey Business Camp has been a part of my community and my ability to succeed as a student-parent and single mother. I’m truly grateful for the philosophy and actions of this camp.”
We want our camp to be accessible to all families, as it makes our camp a better place. The budget it takes to run a high quality, award winning camp with thoughtful programming and higher than average teacher pay is high. We do have a locally based year round team that produces our camps. We offer several options to defray the cost of camp tuition for families attending Monkey Business Camp programs. These include: Flexible Personalized Payment Plans, Financial Assistance (20-75% off regular fees), usually for those making $100,000 or less, and gift certificates and coupons. Please find applications for each of these programs on this page, as well as details on how to submit coupons or gift certificates. If our programs do not offer you as much assistance as you need, we recommend looking to your local cities for their offerings.
FLEXIBLE PERSONALIZED PAYMENT PLAN
We offer these at NO COST and some can be paid out up until 6 months later (sometimes shorter, depending on time of registration). Choose a payment plan option during the online registration process on the checkout page.
“”Thank you again and I look forward to sending my boys to the best summer program ever!”
GIFT CERTIFICATES AND COUPONS
All gift certificates and coupons should have a code particular to that offer. When you register, enter at the time of payment. E-mail the office:office@monkeybusinesscamp.com if your code is not working, so that our team can help figure it out.
FINANCIAL AID:
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are important to us, as goals that we are continually working towards, and reason that some of you name in choosing our camp over others when you register. In acknowledgment of how systemic racism has affected the ability of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color financially, we give special consideration to applicants from these communities if they opt to share this information with us.
We have a limited supply of financial awards for campers and CIT youth leaders, ranging from 20-75% off our lowest pricing tier. Usually $100,000 is our cut off point for applications, unless you have special circumstances.
Our fund is supported by generally camp fund, which is helped by those folks who have slid up to pay the higher fees on our camp. Also, throughout the year, our merchandise sales supports the fund as well as donations by individuals. MORE INFO HOW TO DONATE
Financial Aid spaces sometimes are blocked off for some programs or can fill. We cannot guarantee there will be aid for each program. Usually camps that have more spaces will stay open longer.
Once our team receives your e-mail about submitting an application, our team works to get back to you with an answer within about two weeks. It is not an immediate response.
- See important update above about pausing review of applications until April 15th
- Financial Aid Application for New Applicants
- No application needed for former families who received financial aid in the past two years, for any of the camps open for enrollment:
- if your financial situation is the same, for campers, please e-mail office@monkeybusinesscamp.com with camp dates you would like to request and specify that your financial situation has not changed since your last application. For return youth leaders, please fill out a return youth leader interest survey, found on this page: youth leader overview and you can name you would like financial aid again. As long as we have financial aid still for that camp (sometimes aid is not offered for a program or closes), you would receive the same discounted rate as in the past.
“Our daughter has been attending Monkey Business Camp for years and it is a highlight of the year. She loves being in Tilden all day, working on art, being creative, and making friends. We highly recommend Monkey Business.”
WORK EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES
If you have done work exchange with us before and are interested again, please inquire with the office and explain which sessions you are interested and if you would prefer a full or half trade. We do not have any other openings at this time.
“We’re a Monkey Business family through and through. Your values mean so much to us.”
