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 March 30, 2024.
Annual Giving Society
Creating a lifetime of passionate travelers
Voyager – $50,000+
Group Collect
Trailblazer – $20,000 – $49,999
Kaleidoscope Adventures • WorldStrides
Pathfinder – $10,000 – $19,999
Bob Rogers Travel • C&F Travel Insured International • Education Travel Adventures • Fly My Group • Music USA Festivals • Visit Savannah
Adventurer – $5,000 – $9,999
AFC Travel • Broadway Inbound • Dance the Magic! • Discover Puerto Rico • In Honor of Marvin Gerber • Education Travel Adventures • The Empire State Building Observatory • Trip Mate, Inc. • Universal Orlando Youth Programs
Discoverer – $2,000 – $4,999
Amie Schuler • AON Travel Practice • AdvantEdge Tours • Boston Attractions Group • Boston Duck Tours • CCIS, Inc. • Disney On Broadway • Disney Imagination Campus – Disneyland • Disney Imagination Campus – Walt Disney World • Golden Corral • Group Photos, Inc. • In Honor of Robin Parker • International Motorcoach Group • Jagger Shuler • Melissa Ardales • Music Travel Consultants • New England Aquarium • Polynesian Adventure Tours • Receptively Yours • Summit Travel and Tours • Super Holiday Tours • The Green Lion • The Track Family Fun Parks • Tour Resource Consultants • Transportation Charter Services (TCS) • Travel Women International Golf Society (TWIGS) • Travelin’ Coupons
Explorer – $1,000-$1,999
Branson Convention & Visitors Bureau • Dance the Magic! • Danny Lewandowski and Kevin Facklam • Destination Niagara • Educational Tours, Inc. (Holt, MI) • Ethan Screnock • Florida Film Academy • Group Travel Network • Grueninger Music Tours • Heart of America • H & L Charter Company, Inc. • Leah Chandler • New York City Tourism + Conventions • Nowak Tours • PhotoVision, Inc. • Robin Parker • Titanic Museum Attraction • Travel With Barb • Visit Orlando • Wescott Family Fund
Wingman – $500 – $999
Adventure Student Travel • Amy Cannon • Allison French • American Travel Consulting • Amie Shuler • Ana Shirley • Anthony Hilden • Anthony Stacy • Barb Mock • Beth Beccone • Bruce Rickert • Bryan Cole • Bud Geissler • Cameron Parker • Carreras Tours, LLC • Carylann Assante • Cathleen Johnson • Christopher Rosenow • Cindy Brown • Claudia Boissonneault • Courtenay Betts • Debi Barr • Debra Borgwardt • Dayne Whitehurst • Denise George • Donna Adam • Gaurav Namit • George Nimmo • Good News Tour & Travel • Greenspring Tours, Inc. • Greg Bottenhorn • Greg Takehara • Heather Davis • Hollie Stevenson • In Memoriam of Geraldine P Schiller of St. Louis • Jagger Shuler • Jane Tougouma • John Percy • Jon Kevin Gossett & Alex Urdaneta • Justin Shuler • Karen Pitcherello • Karla Tomaszewski • Kasie Smith • Kathryn Fischer • Katie Conaway • Katy Summers • Kevin Herlihy • Kristen Schascheck • Leah Ann Ingram • Lisa Scalzo • Maury Shulte • Marcie Ellison Outerbridge • Melissa Ardales • Michael Grueninger • Michelle Hammock • Mitch Bach • Morgan Maravich • Nick Romeo • Norm Hull • Norman Rein • Pamela Sullivan • Paul Serra • PhotoVision, Inc. • Ripley Hunter • Rodolfo Elizondo • Robin Parker • Ryan Morris • Sandy May • Sara Hamlin • Shelly Cole • Summit Travel and Tours • Steve Maehl • Steven Gross • Tara Hippensteel • Teresa Crews • Tami Rogers • Teresa Vlasic • Tim Branson • Tom Merrill • Tom Vigna • Urte Land
Donations received as of March 30, 2024.
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 • C&F Travel Insured International • 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 • Travel With Barb • Travelin’ Coupons
Donations received as of March 30, 2024.
Lifetime Giving Society
Broadening young minds through travel since 2010
$250,000+
C & F Travel Insured International
$50,000+
Broadway Inbound
• Educational Tours, Inc. (Holt, MI) • 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+
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 • 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 • Tony Saccaro, Jr. • Tourism Winnipeg • TourTools by DataVast Technologies • Transportation Charter Services (TCS) • Travel Adventures, Inc. • Travel Advocates • Unique Travel & Tours • Wyndham Hotel Group
$5,000+
AdvantEdge Tours • Adventure Student Travel • AFC 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 • Luray Caverns • Medieval Times Entertainment, Inc. • Merlin Entertainments, PLC • Network for Good • PhotoVision, Inc. • Robin Parker • Titanic Museum Attraction • Travelin’ Coupons • Visit Sacramento
Charter Member
Donations received as of December 31, 2023.
SYTA Youth Foundation Past Chairs
2023-2024 Allison French, Broadway Inbound
2022-2023 Teresa DeFazio-Crews, Universal Destinations & Experiences
2021-2022 Debra Borgwardt
2020-2021 Robin Parker, Kaleidoscope Adventures
2019-2020 Barbara McCormack
2018-2019 Bud Geissler, GroupCollect
2017-2018 Bruce Rickert, Peak Group Travel
2016-2017 Sheelagh Wylie, VisitBritain
2015-2016 Kirk Troen
2013-2014 Denise George, Receptively Yours
2012-2013 Kevin Herlihy, C&F Travel Insured International
2011-2012 Kerry Montgomery
2010-2011 Marie Martin
2009-2010 Kasie Smith, Serendipity Media
2008-2009 Bob Hoffman, Broadway Inbound
2007-2008 Jill Gleason-Knox
2006-2007 Keith Snode, Group Travel Odyssey
2005-2006 Bryan Cole, Super Holiday Tours
2004-2005 Neal Waldman
2003-2004 Cindy Brown, Boston Duck Tours
2000-2003 Ripley Hunter
SYTA Youth Foundation Charter Members
Academic Travel Services • American Tour & Travel • Boston Duck Tours • Broadway Inbound • Choice Hotels International • Disney Imagination Campus – Walt Disney World • Earl Grossman • EF Explore America • Ellison Travel & Tours • Gerber Tours, Inc. • Group Photos, Inc. • Kaleidoscope Adventures • Laser Quest Corporation • Mears Transportation • Michael Palmer • Neal Waldman • New Horizons Tour & Travel, Inc. • Ripley Hunter • School Voyageurs • Sunsational Receptive Tours • Super Holiday Tours • The Air Travel Group • The Leaders Forum • Tony Saccaro, Jr. • Travel Adventures, Inc. • Wyndham Hotel Group
The SYTA Youth Foundation proudly thanks our program partners and sponsors
Program & Event Partners
Students on Broadway Program Partners:
Disney on Broadway
Hard Rock Café
Peak Group Travel
Starr Bus Charter and Tours
As of April 25, 2024.
