Travelers' Philanthropy Handbook - Center for Responsible Travel

desire to donate. Giving to these causes and projects through The Intrepid Foundation isespecially attractive because donors know that 100% of their donation will reach their chosenproject, because Intrepid Travel funds all administration costs. As an additional incentive,Intrepid Travel will match their donation dollar for dollar - thereby doubling the traveler’scontribution. Currently Intrepid matches up to AU$400,000 for any given financial year and to amaximum of AU$5,000 in total per donor for the financial year.• How Do You Solicit Donations?There is information about The IntrepidFoundation and its projects in Trip Notes (receivedat the time of booking with Intrepid), on our website,in brochures, newsletters, advertisingmaterial, and in post trip emails. Intrepid groupleaders talk to their travelers about how they cansupport TIF projects. Donors can donate onlinevia The Intrepid Foundation web-site, or in cash atselected Intrepid bases where there are cashcollection tins (preferably just for smalleramounts/loose change as we do not issuereceipts for these smaller amounts). We alsooffer other donation opportunities through specialor emergency appeals (tsunami, earthquakes etc),Global Gifts - a donation that can be given in lieuof a gift for someone, that is acknowledged in a gift card; and payroll deduction for employees.We hope to soon also offer an opt-in contribution option at the time of booking a trip.• Are Donations Tax Deductible?Australian donors can receive a tax deduction for donations made to the IntrepidFoundation's Perpetual Fund. We are, at the time of publication, unable to offer taxdeductibility for donors to The Intrepid Community Project Fund as few of thebeneficiary charities have any formal recognition in the Australian taxation system.• Do Travelers Visit the Project Sites?As described in the examples above, some organizations and projects accept visitorswhile others do not, or keep visits to a minimum, for example, no more than once afortnight Some projects address an issue that is widely visible so a site visit is notnecessary. For instance, the Intrepid Foundation supports the charity 'Deepalaya' inIndia that provides welfare and education for former street and working children, butgroups do not visit this organization. One trip through a bus or train station in a largeIndian city illustrates the plight of disadvantaged and homeless children.• Do You Offer Opportunities for “Voluntourism”?Mother and son, Sacred Valley, Peru.Credit: Roxana MoriWe do not offer voluntourism opportunities connected to The Intrepid Foundation, asgenerally we are supporting organizations and local people that are doing the workthemselves.35