Summer Programming

The following organizations were selected by the City of Columbus to receive funding to support summer youth programming for 2025:

A Tribe for Jazz
Jazz Lab Summer Experience

Access HealthColumbus
Health Impact Ohio CHW Certification Training Summer Accelerator Program

Actors' Theatre of Columbus
The Globe School summer camps

Adaptive Sports Connection
Boundless Adventure Youth Empowerment Camp

All THAT - Teens Hopeful About Tomorrow
Elevate Futures: Summer Workforce Academy

Asian American Community Services
The Healthy Asian Youth Summer Program

Bhutanese Community of Central Ohio
BRIDGE Toward Success

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio
Big Brothers Big Sisters 2025 Enrichment Experiences

Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Ohio
Summer of STEAM!

Brown Girls Mentoring
Brown Girls, Bright Futures

Capital City Equestrian
Mane Connection 2025

Capital City Young Aviators
CCYA Summer Young Aviators Program

Center of Science and Industry (COSI)
COSI Connects2You: Columbus Neighborhoods Summer STEAM Education Initiative

Central Community House
Youth are Central Summer Camp

Children's Hunger Alliance
Summer Meals for City of Columbus Youth

City of Grace
CBUS Stay Safe Summer Initiative

City of Refuge GoodLife Foundation
GoodLife Youth Summer Experience

CLC Works
FUTURE READY '25: Dream, Build, Achieve

Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center
Kids Club

Columbus Fashion Alliance
Future of Fashion

Columbus Gay Men's Chorus
Summer Youth LGBTQIA+ Choir

Columbus Housing Partnership
Summer Camp at Emerald Glen

Columbus Metropolitan Library
2025 Community Intern Program

Columbus Urban League
Columbus Urban League VLOG Digital Journalism & Media Career Exploration Program

Communities In Schools of Ohio
The Harambee/CIS Summer Experience

Community Arts Project on behalf King Arts Complex
King Kids

Community Development for All People (CD4AP)
All People CDF Freedom Schools

Community for New Direction
CND Summer Engagement Program

Community of Caring Development Foundation Food is Medicine
Food is Medicine

Community Partners Youth Development Organization (and Warhol & WALL ST.)
Content Creators Camp Season '25

Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS)
Community Connectors

Concrete Orkidz Foundation
Summer Youth Camps 2025

Directions for Youth & Families
Directions for Youth & Families Summer Programs

Dominican Sister of Peace_Martin de Porres Center
Rising Youth Summer Camp_Build Our Future Together

Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio
Summer Learning Academy

Driven Foundation
Pathways to Success: Summer Youth Leadership Program

East Columbus Development Company, (ECDC)
Canterbury-MINES Summer Program 2025

Eckerd Youth Alternatives, INC
ARTRageous Out of School Time Programming

Education Foundation for Freedom
Empowering Young Voices Mentoring for the Arts

Engage GPC
Elevate: Culture & Leadership Academy

EPIC Youth
Summer Program

Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services
Summer Youth Enrichment Program (SYEP)

FACCES Family Adolescent and Child Community Engagement Service
FACCES Education Summer Program

Femergy
Femergy® Chica Camp: GHRO, Lead, Thrive

First Tee of Central Ohio
Summer Golf Camp with OSU LiFEsports

Girls L.E.A.P.
Girls L.E.A.P. STEAM Summer Camp

Gladden Community House
Gladden Summer Camp

Global Health and Eduation Development (GHEAD)
GHEAD Summer Scholars Program

Godman Guild Association
Camp Mary Orton Summer Camp

Grange Insurance Audubon Center
Audubon Nature Adventures

Greenleaf Job Training Services, Inc
EmpowerU Youth Course Series

He(ART)s Aligned
The Summer Spotlight:  Step Into Your Light

Help For Homelessness And Beyond Inc.
LL STEAM Academy Summer Camp Enrichment Program

Highland Youth Garden
Green Teens and Summer Camp at Highland Youth Garden

Horizon Science Academy Primary
Summer Enrichment Camp

I Know I Can (IKIC)
IKIC’s Summer Success Program for Columbus City Schools (CCS) Class of 2025 Graduates

IMPACT Community Action Agency
Boss Up

Inspiring Minds
Motivating Minds

J.C. Broadus Center for Youth Advocacy Inc.
R.A.V.A.G.E. (Raising Awareness, Violence Prevention, And Growth through Education)

Kaleidoscope Youth Center
Drop-in Center

Kingdom First
Kingdom Kids Camp

Kingdom Image Arts
Kingdom Kidz Summer Program

Kingdom Knowledge Foundation
Imagine Me:  My Roadmap to Success

LEAD WITH PURPOSE
LEAD WITH PURPOSE Summer Academy

Legacy Youth Academy
2025 Lead & Inspire Summer Enrichment program

Lincoln Theatre Association
Activity Assistant Program

Look Ma' No Hands Non-Profit Organization
Look Ma’ No Hands Summer Series

Lower Lights Ministries
Columbus Learning Center

Made for Medicine
Made for Medicine

Maroon Arts Group
ARtsway

Momentum Excellence Inc.
Momentum Summer Intensive (MO-SI)

MOTHERS OF MURDERED COLUMBUS CHILDREN
See More! Want More! Series II

Mural Remix
Digital DIY Summer Youth Program

National Skilled Trades Network
FirstSkilled Youth Program

Nationwide Children's Hospital Youth & Young Adult Employment Program
Youth & Young Adult Employment Program

New Birth Summer Enrichment Program
New Birth Summer Enrichment Program

Ohio Hispanic Coalition
Niños en Acción Summer STEAM Academy

Our Helpers
Love Yourself Camp for Girls

PGA REACH Southern Ohio Foundation
Clubs for Kids

Points 2 Success (P2S)
Health 4 Wealth

Project Redeem
The Me I See

Proyecto Mariposas
Summer of Mariposas: Creative Journeys

Pyramid Community Development Corporation
Community SMARTNet Initiative (CSI)

Reaching Higher Heights Care Center 4 Life
BACK@BASICS BOOTCAMP

Remember Us Urban Legends
Hustle and Grow Empowerment

Rickenbacker Woods Foundation
Summer Youth Adventure Camp

Schealthness Inc.
Freedom Schools

See Brilliance
STEAM on the Block: Igniting Innovation in Our Communities

Somali Bantu Diverse Center
Freedom Youth Program

Somali Community Association of Ohio
Ohio Capital Summer Program

Sonlight Community Services
Sonlight Summer School Program

South Side Hope Community Development Corporation, Inc.
Bridge to Your Future

St. Mary School Inc.
Saint Mary German Village Summer Camp

St. Stephen's Community House
Summer STEM Camp

St. Vincent Family Services
SVFS Therapeutic Summer Program

Tech Corps
Techie Camp

The Buckeye Ranch
Buckeye Ranch Summer Bridge Youth Programming

The Center for Healthy Families
Summer Youth Workforce Program

The Flyt Foundation
Soar Academy

The Hardy Center
The Hardy center summer camp

The Homeless Families Foundation
Summer Achievers Program

The Ohio State University
Fisher Summer Academy

The Ohio State University Foundation
LiFEsports Summer Camp at The Ohio State University

Think Make Live Youth
Workforce and Social Justice Program

Trades of Faith Inc.
Project GENESIS Summer Youth Internship Program

Triedstone Missionary Baptist Church
Project: We Are Family Festival

Urban Lacrosse Academy
Urban Lacrosse Academy Summer Programming

Warriors Karate Academy
EJs Warriors Summer Camps & Classes

We Amplify Voices
WAV Club Summer Camp

Women’s Leadership Academy (Girl Code Girls)
Girl Code Summer Program

YMCA of Central Ohio
YMCA Summer Teen Experience

YWCA Columbus
YWCA Kids Place (YKP) Summer Camp