Camp Rise Above Inc

What Camp Rise Above Inc does

Camp Rise Above Inc is a Charleston, United States-based nonprofit organization founded in 2008 that operates camp programs for children and young adults with serious illnesses, disabilities, and life challenges. Its functional offering centers on residential and/or day camp experiences tailored to medically fragile and differently-abled youth, a niche that requires specialized medical, staffing, and accessibility capabilities. The organization maintains a small operating team of 1-10 employees, consistent with a lean nonprofit structure that likely relies on seasonal staff, volunteers, and medical specialists to deliver its programming.

The business model is that of a 501(c)-style nonprofit: revenue is generated through a mix of donations, grants, sponsorships, and likely modest participant fees, rather than through commercial pricing or contracts. The organization is headquartered in Charleston and serves a regional participant base drawn to its programs; its website (campriseabove.org) is the primary public touchpoint, although the captured source content did not yield substantive programmatic, financial, or operational detail. There is no evidence of earned-income ventures, fee-for-service arrangements, or commercial product lines.

Within the broader competitive landscape of medically-specialized camps (e.g., those affiliated with the SeriousFun Children's Network and similar mission-driven operators), Camp Rise Above competes on mission specificity, program quality, and donor/funder relationships. The input does not disclose program capacity, participant counts, annual budget, audited financials, or growth indicators, which limits deeper financial and strategic inference; readers should treat any quantitative extrapolation with caution given the absence of primary disclosures.

Name

Camp Rise Above Inc

Legal name

Camp Rise Above Inc

Website

https://campriseabove.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Camp Rise Above Inc, founded in 2008 in Charleston, is a small nonprofit that runs camp programs for children and young adults with serious illnesses, disabilities, and life challenges, supported through donations and grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Youth Camp Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Activity Enrichment Camps (Academic + Arts + Sports) (EDAMALAA)

Keywords

• Youth camp programs
• Special needs camps
• Pediatric illness camps
• Nonprofit youth services
• Campership programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Charleston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Camp Rise Above provides camp programs designed for children and young adults with serious illnesses, disabilities, and life challenges. The organization delivers recreational and supportive camp experiences at no cost to participants and their families, operating as a private nonprofit based in Charleston, United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Camp programs for children and young adults

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Make-A-Wish Foundation: Major non-profit granting wishes to children with critical illnesses. Adjacent in serving the same seriously ill pediatric population but delivering experiences rather than sustained camp programming.
• Special Olympics: Global organization providing year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Comparable in delivering recreational programming for populations with disabilities at much larger scale.
• Ronald McDonald House Charities: Large established non-profit supporting families of children with serious illnesses through lodging and family-centered services. Broader in scope than Camp Rise Above but overlapping in serving pediatric medical populations.

Direct peers

• Camp Sunshine: Retreat-style camp in Maine for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Comparable in providing free, medically supervised camp programming for seriously ill children.
• Camp Quality USA: Non-profit running weeklong summer camps and year-round programs for children with cancer and serious illnesses. Directly comparable in mission, camper demographic, and volunteer-driven camp delivery.
• SeriousFun Children's Network: Global alliance of camps serving children with serious illnesses and life-threatening conditions, founded by Paul Newman. Directly comparable in mission, camper population, and camp-based delivery model to Camp Rise Above.
• Camp Courageous: Iowa-based camp serving individuals with disabilities across age groups. Comparable in operating accessible camp programs for participants with physical, developmental, and cognitive disabilities.
• Victory Junction: North Carolina camp serving children with chronic medical conditions and serious illnesses. Comparable in operating a free, year-round, medically supported camp experience for pediatric populations similar to Camp Rise Above's.
• Camp Boggy Creek: SeriousFun-affiliated year-round camp in Florida for children with serious medical conditions. Operates the same medically supported camp format for a similar pediatric population as Camp Rise Above.
• Hole in the Wall Gang Camp: Connecticut-based residential camp serving children with serious illnesses and their families. Closely comparable in providing free, medically supported camp experiences to children with complex medical needs.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/camp-rise-above

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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