# Camp price calculator: find your break-even price

Source: https://backpr.com/tools/camp-price-calculator. Last updated: 2026-10-19.

Free calculator at https://backpr.com/tools/camp-price-calculator. It runs in your browser; nothing you enter is sent to BackPR.

Enter your session's costs, any grants or donations, how many children you expect and how many will attend on a full scholarship. See what you need to charge each paying child to break even.

### How it works
Total cost is your fixed costs plus per-child costs times the number of children.

Other funding, such as grants and donations, comes off the total. Children on full scholarships attend free, so paying families cover the rest.

Before card fees, the price is that remaining cost divided by the number of paying children. If you absorb card fees, the price goes up so that what you keep after fees still covers your costs: price = (remaining cost ÷ paying children) ÷ (1 − card fee rate).

**Should we price at break-even?**
Break-even is the floor, not the target. Many programs add a cushion for unexpected costs, empty spots and next year's scholarships.

**How do partial scholarships fit in?**
Add them up as full-scholarship equivalents: two 50% scholarships count as one full scholarship. The calculator accepts decimals, such as 1.5.

**Can we use this with the scholarship budget calculator?**
Yes, but count scholarships in one place only. If your price already covers scholarship spots, you don't need to raise that money again. If you'll fund scholarships separately, enter 0 scholarships here and use the scholarship budget calculator for the money to raise.