Our Donors

Thank you to the following individuals and companies who have committed to creating globally responsible citizens through travel with a donation to the SYTA Youth Foundation. These gifts have been received by the Foundation as of November 15, 2024.

Annual Giving Society

Creating a lifetime of passionate travelers

Voyager – $50,000+

GroupCollect

Trailblazer – $20,000 – $49,999

WorldStrides

Pathfinder – $10,000 – $19,999

Bob Rogers Travel • Fly My Group • Gerber Tours • INSPIRE Buffalo • Super Holiday Tours • TCS Family of Brands • Travel Insured International • Visit Pittsburgh • Visit Savannah

Adventurer – $5,000 – $9,999

AFC Travel • Broadway Inbound • Disney on Broadway • Disney Imagination Campus at Disneyland Resort • Disney Imagination Campus at Walt Disney World Resort • Educational Travel Adventures • Empire State Building Observatory • Trip Mate, Inc. • Universal Destinations & Experiences

Discoverer – $2,000 – $4,999

Anaheim Desert Palms Hotel & Suites • AON Travel Practice • Boston Duck Tours • CCIS, Inc. • Golden Corral • Group Sales Box Office at Broadway.com • Merlin Entertainments • Music Travel Consultants • New England Aquarium • Receptively Yours • Tour Resource Consultants • Visit Williamsburg

Explorer – $1,000-$1,999

Academic and Performance Travel • Destination Niagara • Educational Tours, Inc. (Holt, MI) • Explore Branson • Group Travel Network • Grueninger Music Tours • Kevin Herlihy • Lisa & Dave Briere • Music Travel Consultants • Nowak Tours • Peak Group Travel • Stephanie Wessel

Wingman – $500 – $999

AdvantEdge Tours • Adventure Student Travel • AFC Travel • Alex Urdaneta • Allison French • Amie Shuler • Ana Shirley • Anjuli King • Anthony Hilden • Anaheim Desert Palms Hotel & Suites • Barb Mock • Beth Beccone • Bob Rogers Travel • Brent Imrie • Bryan Cole • Cameron Parker • Carreras Tours • Carylann Assante • Cathleen Johnson • Chris Massie • Chris Lindley • Christopher Rosenow • Cindy Brown • Courtenay Betts • Dana Romanello • Dayne Whitehurst • Debi Barr • Debra Borgwardt • Denise George • Disney Imagination Campus at Disneyland Resort • Donna Adam • ESCOT Bus Lines • Elaine Moulder • Five Star Parks & Attractions • Gary Voelker • Gaurav Namit • George Nimmo • Good News Tour & Travel • Grand Classroom, Inc. • Greg Bottenhorn • Greg Dotson • Hemisphere Educational Travel • Izzy Haynes • Jane Tougouma • Jessica Johnson • John Percy • Julie Distefano-Walker • Justin Shuler • Karen Pitcherello • Kary Moening • Kasie Smith • Kathryn Fischer • Katy Summers • Keith Stiff • Kelly Story • Lee Callicutt • Liberty Receptive Services • Live Travel and Tours • Marcie Ellison Outerbridge • Maury Schulte • Morgan Maravich • Natalie Rice • Nicolas Faranda • Norman Rein • Ottawa Tourism • Pamela Sullivan • PhotoVision, Inc. • Ripley Hunter • Robin Parker Voelker • Ryan Morris • Sara Hamlin • Shelly Cole • STEM Study Tours • Steve Maehl • Summit Travel and Tours • Tami Rogers • Tara Hippensteel • Teresa Vlasic • Terry Twitchell • Tom Merrill • Tom Vigna • Travel With Barb (Holiday Gift Box Icon) • Urte Land • Victoria Smith • Visit Williamsburg • Westbridge Travel, LLC

Holiday Gift Giving Campaign

 Swap the Swag Campaign  

Donations received as of July 25, 2025.

Acorn Society

Giving to a lifetime of sustainability for youth travel experiences

Alliance Member Services • American Classic Tours & Music Festivals • Bob Rogers Travel • Broadway Inbound • Carylann Assante • Ethan Screnock • EXP Trips • Group Travel Network • In Memory of Othmar Grueninger • International Tour Management Institute (ITMI) • John Bissell • Nations Classroom • Neal Waldman • Receptively Yours • Ripley Hunter • St. Louis Ballpark Village • Travelin’ Coupons • Travel Insured International • Travel With Barb

Donations received as of November 15, 2024.

Lifetime Giving Society

Broadening young minds through travel since 2010

$250,000+

Travel Insured International

$50,000+

Broadway Inbound • Educational Tours, Inc.  (Holt, MI) • The Empire State Building • Festival of Music/Music in the Parks • Gerber Tours, Inc. • GroupCollect • Kaleidoscope Adventures • Travel Women International Golf Society (TWIGS) • Trip Mate, Inc. • Disney Imagination Campus – Walt Disney World

$25,000+

Academic Travel Services • Boston Duck Tours • Bob Rogers Travel • Disney on Broadway • Fly My Group • GoPegasus • Hard Rock Café and Hard Rock Heals Foundation • International Motorcoach Group • Music USA Festivals • New York City Tourism + Conventions • Serendipity Media • Student Universe • Super Holiday Tours• Universal Orlando Youth Programs • WorldStrides

$10,000+

AFC Travel • American Tour & Travel • Andy Davidson • AON Travel Practice • Blue Man Productions • Boston Attractions Group • CCIS, Inc. • Choice Hotels International • Dance the Magic! • Disney Imagination Campus – Disneyland • Earl Grossman • Educational Travel Adventures • EF Explore America • Ellison Travel & Tours • Entertainment Marketing International, LLC • Ethan Screnock • Givenik.com • Group Photos, Inc. • Group Travel Network • Hersheypark • HSMAI Greater New York Chapter • Laser Quest Corporation • Luray Caverns • Mears Transportation • Michael Palmer • Music Travel Consultants • Neal Waldman • New England Aquarium • New Horizons Tour & Travel, Inc. • Nowak Tours • Peak Group Travel • Receptively Yours • Ripley Hunter • School Voyageurs • Sunsational Receptive Tours • The Air Travel Group • The Leaders Forum • The Track Family Fun Parks • Titanic Museum Attraction • Tony Saccaro, Jr. • Tourism Winnipeg • TourTools by DataVast Technologies • Transportation Charter Services (TCS) • Travel Adventures, Inc. • Travel Advocates • Travelin’ Coupons • Unique Travel & Tours • Wyndham Hotel Group

$5,000+

AdvantEdge Tours • Adventure Student Travel • American Classic Tours & Music Festivals • Branson Convention & Visitors Bureau • Branson On Stage Live! • Carylann Assante • Danny Lewandowski and Kevin Facklam • Discover Puerto Rico • Florida and Beyond Group Travel • Grueninger Music Tours • H & L Charter Company, Inc. •  Joel Keens • Leah Chandler • Legends Attractions • Medieval Times Entertainment, Inc. • Merlin Entertainments, PLC • Network for Good • PhotoVision, Inc. • Robin Parker • Visit Sacramento

Charter Member

Donations received as of December 31, 2023. 

The SYTA Youth Foundation proudly thanks our Program & Event Partners

Program Partners

DC Rites of Passage

American Experience Foundation • Educational Tours, Inc (Holt, MI)

Global Citizens Challenge

Funded by Kaleidoscope Adventures

American Experience Foundation • Group Sales Box Office at Broadway.com • Hershey’s Chocolate World Times Square • International Connector • Jassby • Music Travel Consultants • NAF • New York Tourism + Conventions • The Generator • Yard House • Your Big Year

Silver Linings

Jassby • Worldstrides

Students on Broadway

Disney on Broadway • Hard Rock Café • Peak Group Travel • Starr Bus Charter and Tours

Event Partners

A Silver Soiree

Event Partner

Golden Corral

Venue Partner

Rockefeller Center

Adventure Ambassador Partners 

AFC Travel • Alabama Tourism Department • Bob Rogers Travel • Broadway Inbound • Group Sales Box Office at Broadway.com • The Edge at Hudson Yards • Transportation Charter Services (TCS) • Travel Insured International

Everlasting Explorer Partners 

Discover Puerto Rico • Visit Orlando

Golf Classic

AFC Travel • Andretti Indoor Karting & Games • Destination Gettysburg • Fly My Group • Escot Bus Lines • GroundsPros Landscape Management  • IHG Hotels & Resorts • Island Hospitality Management • Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament • Merlin Entertainments • Group Travel Videos • Ment Law Group • Minuteman Press Sand Lake • Receptively Yours • Rosen Centre Orlando • Shaner Hotel Group • St. Augustine Ponte Vedra & The Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau • SYTA • Universal Orlando Resort Hotels • Visit Montgomery • Visit Orlando • Westgate Resorts

.Program & Event Partners as of November 15, 2024.​