A Camp That Works

• Financial Sustainability

• Accessibility

• Keeping it about the kids

Our values and why we charge what we do

Inspirations Camps are about the kids. Our staff works hard to create a wonderful experience for the children and, for better or for worse, that costs money: money for theater rentals, staff salaries, insurance, and a hundred other things to make this camp run well and to support the experience of the kids.

Because of these very real expenses, and our wish to continue to make this camp experience available to the community, we ask each family to pay the full tuition cost, which reflects our cost of running this camp.

At the same time, we also embrace the idea of a world where no one gets left behind. If we feel a student will learn and thrive at this camp, we strive to help that happen, and not let financial considerations prevent attendance. 

We trust that parents are sending us their children because they value their child's experience, they value what this camp offers to the community, and will do what they can to help camp thrive, through their tuition payments, volunteering, or both.

If a family is unable to meet full tuition, we do have a small scholarship system and are also willing to employ a sliding scale for tuition to make sure no one is left behind.

Finally, Inspiration Camps invites every family to find a way to help with the production. Not only does that help keep costs down, it creates community – and most folks have a lot of fun doing it! See our volunteer positions to check out ways you can help.

Our tuition and fee structure is listed and explained below, showing the different ways students can attend camp. Payment can be made in one lump sum either within one week of registration or on the first day of camp. If you have any questions on finances please contact us at info@rovainenmusicals.com

portland 1-week camp (5 days)    $200 - 250*
portland 1-week camp (4 days)    $175 - 225*
portland  3-WEEK CAMP                   $575 - 725*
Portland 2.5 week high school $250 - 300
Wisconsin 2-week camp $325 - 425
VERMONT 2-WEEK CAMP                     $350 - 500
VERMONT 2.5 week camp
  (child aged 12-14 is cast as lead)  $425 - 575
 

*At the Portland camps, aftercare is offered for additional fees:
$8/hr. / $15 a day 

How the tuition levels affect the camp

The high end of these sliding scales are the camp fees / tuition per child that reflect the true cost of camp. Paying at the high end of the rate ensures the camp can run in a financially sustainable way: our rentals are paid, insurance covered, our staff are paid livable wages, and we can offer a quality camp again the following year. 

We offer the lower end of the sliding scale of camp fees / tuition to parents / guardians who would have great challenges paying the full cost of camp.  Paying at the lower end represents a partial scholarship, and does   -not- reflect the true cost of running the camp. We offer this structure to families who truly feel they are unable to meet the full tuition costs of camp. 

We trust that only those who would need to pay this reduced rate would choose to do so, knowing the camp and scholarship system is covering their reduced cost of attending. We do have some parents who choose this level when their child enrolls, but later find that they end up being able to pay the full amount sometime later in the season, or after camp has finished.

• In exceptional cases where we feel Inspirations Camp is a great fit for a child and a parent simply does not have the ability (at this time) to pay one of our tuition structures, at Inspirations Camps we are committed to work creatively with the parent to find a way for the student to attend camp. As you can imagine, in the long run we cannot sustainably offer this camp should many parents / guardians come to this way for their child to attend camp. We ask only those parents who truly would need this option for their child to attend camp to consider requesting this path.