Chapter 2: - Center for Responsible Travel

For our donor travel programs, a donation can be either built into the cost of a trip, or the tripcan motivate immediate or future philanthropic investment. Some non-profit partners opt to havetravelers raise funds to go on a trip, while others rely on the connections and relationships builtduring project visits to generate major giving after a trip. Our experience is that the in-personconnections that donors make with people and environments at their destination is invaluableand, without exception, increases their support for the project.How Do You Solicit Donations?As mentioned above, donations are eitherbuilt into the cost of the trip, or worked outafterwards directly with the NGO partner.Are Donations Tax Deductible?Again, it depends on the trip and what theNGO partner wants.Do Travelers Visit the Project Sites?Global Fund for Women trip, India.Credit: Lori Barra, Elevate Destinations.Yes. With each donor trip, the NGO partner decides how many program days toincorporate for visits to project sites.Do You Offer Opportunities for Voluntourism?The NGOs with whom we work decide if they want to have their donors do hands-onservice when they are visiting communities.In addition, Elevate Destinations‘ Urgent ServiceTravel engages people interested in helping afterdisasters in second response disaster relief,providing relief to people that have been affected bydisaster, and also enlisting a lay citizen corps whomight not otherwise have the courage or the accessto such situations. Elevate Destinations‘ expertise intravel organizing and humanitarian issues allows usto engage people in crucial second responserelief that requires a different type of engagement,one that supports reconstruction, rebuilding, andGlobal Fund for Women trip, India.Credit: Lori Barra, Elevate Destinationsrecovery for people working to get their lives back together. We are committed to fillingthis need with the human capital and funding that is necessary for long-term recovery.Elevate Destinations ensures collaborative arrangements that benefit communities andprovide a safe and fulfilling journey for volunteers.What Type of Educational Materials Do You Give to Travelers?67