Travelers' Philanthropy Handbook - Center for Responsible Travel

• What Type of Educational Materials Do You Give to Travelers?We work closely with the non-profit partners to develop materials on the destinations andprojects to be visited and we provide those materials to each traveler before the tripbegins.• Is Travelers’ Philanthropy Promoted on Your Website and/or in Your Advertising?We promote travelers’ philanthropy, in one form or another, in all of our communications.Most of the marketing for our donor travel program is done internally through ourpartners. We will occasionally blog on trips at our partners’ requests. All of our non-profitclients are featured on a portal on our website.Each of our pre-packaged itineraries has an established beneficiary organization sowhen a person clicks on the link to a destination they learn about the nonprofit that willreceive a portion of their trip cost. In the section of our website entitled “Travel Matters”visitors can click on any of the countries we visit to find out which NGOs we support thatare doing work in that country.• How are Funds Distributed?Funds are distributed by us to our NGO partners who use the money in their programs andprojects.• What is the Structure to Ensure Accountability?We work with established, credible partners almost all of which are qualified charities underInternal Revenue Service code. By thoroughly vetting our NGO partners in advance, we can beconfident that funds provided by our clients will be used properly.• How Much Has Been Raised?oDirect Relief International's trip to Uganda raised $60,000 for their health clinic there,which funded motorcycle ambulances.o Kickstart International's trip to Kenya helped to raise $960,000.o Water Partners International's trip to Ethiopia raised $20,000.o Ecologic's trip to Honduras helped to raise $50,000.o Raised $800,000 for the Conservacion Patagonica land trust.This is not a comprehensive list of the donations generated by our trips. Instead these selectedfigures serve as indicators for how powerful these donor travel programs are. Donor travel isfast becoming one of the most efficient ways to leverage funds for community projectsworldwide.92