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The Town of Sudbury has published the 2025 Camp Sewataro financial statement and the revenue share to the Town is $116,404. That’s almost identical to the $114,692 paid out for the 2024 camp season. The agreement between the camp operator and the Town sends 25% of net revenue under $1 million from the private camp to the Town.
The camp generated $522,790 in profit during the 2025 camp season, one again almost identical to the $524,423 in profit generated from the 2024 camp season. While tuition revenue increase from $4.4M in 2024 to $4.5M in 2025, general and administrative expenses increased from $3.869,636 in 2024 to 4,028,308 in 2025. That contributed to net income that dropped very slightly from $524,423 in 2024 to $522,790.
The Town also generates a little more than $200,000 per year in base rent from the camp operator, for a grand total of nearly $330,000. The Town previously reported collecting approximately $200,000 in taxes when the property was privately owned.
On the Town’s expense side, the debt payment for the acquisition is over $700,000 for Fiscal Year 2026.
The financial performance of the camp has been quite steady in the last few years. The camp operator has reported cost escalation pressures in recent cycles, as has been the case across the country, but appears to have been able to mitigate those pressures with pricing adjustments and other measures that held the revenue share steady. The Town maintains an archive of Sewataro financial statements here.
While the financial performance is one element in any evaluation of the camp arrangement, and often the most tangible, other soft benefits are frequently cited. In a recent monthly update, the camp operator reported on the local jobs associated with the camp. “In 2025, we had 269 employees. 84 of those (over 30%) were Sudbury Residents. We have 48 contracts returned so far for the upcoming summer, and are hard at work interviewing and placing prospective staff. We attend Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School’s job fair each year, and work closely with the METCO director to place students in summer jobs. As a result of these efforts, since 2021, the number of staff from Sudbury has increased by 42%.”
Earlier this year the Select Board instructed Town Manager Andy Sheehan to evaluate options for the future use of the property. He presented a recommendation to form a new, broad-based committee that could study options and take some of the politics out of discussions about the property.
The Select Board is expected to discuss this topic at their January 6 meeting.