Travel with Direct Travel.
Give with The Intrepid Foundation.
We’ve made it easy for you to give back to the places you love to visit. Through The Intrepid Foundation, your donation connects directly to carefully vetted, community-led projects around the world.
If you’d like to learn more about The Intrepid Foundation, click here to explore their mission, impact, and global community partners.
How Your Travel Becomes Impact
Direct Travel is proud to partner with The Intrepid Foundation, the not-for-profit arm of Intrepid Travel. For more than 20 years, The Intrepid Foundation has helped travelers support grassroots organizations that create real, lasting change in their communities.
Through this partnership:
– Direct Travel helps you discover meaningful projects connected to the destinations you’re exploring.
– The Intrepid Foundation vets each partner, manages donations, and reports back on impact—so you can give with confidence.
100% of your donation goes to the projects.
The Intrepid Foundation covers all administration costs.
What We Support
This program supports community tourism projects across three key focus areas:
– Youth Empowerment – expanding education, skills, and opportunities for young people.
– Humanitarian Response – supporting communities facing crisis and inequity.
– Community Climate Action – protecting ecosystems and helping communities adapt to a changing climate.
Our leisure travel advisors helped select a shortlist of projects within these themes—projects they believe will resonate most with travelers and have the greatest impact.
Projects Making an Impact Around the World
Here are the community partners you can support through the Direct Travel x The Intrepid Foundation partnership. When you click through, you’ll be taken to The Intrepid Foundation’s website to learn more or donate.
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Youth Empowerment projects focus on expanding education, skills, and opportunities for young people, because strengthening communities starts with the next generation.
DIRECT TRAVEL SUPPORTED PROJECTS
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
Humanitarian Response projects support communities facing crisis and inequity, because travel connects people across economies and those connections carry responsibility.
DIRECT TRAVEL SUPPORTED PROJECTS
COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION
Travel shapes the communities and ecosystems we explore. By donating to community-led climate projects through The Intrepid Foundation, you can help protect them for generations to come.
DIRECT TRAVEL SUPPORTED PROJECTS
Why Direct Travel Chose The Intrepid Foundation
We know our travelers want their journeys to have a positive footprint.
Partnering with The Intrepid Foundation lets us:
– Connect you with vetted, community-led organizations
– Ensure donations are transparent, accountable, and well-managed
– Support projects selected in partnership with The Intrepid Foundation to reflect what matters most to travelers
– Turn every trip into an opportunity to give back—whether you’re exploring close to home or halfway around the world
Ready to Make a Difference?
Whether you’re celebrating a special trip, visiting a favorite destination, or simply feeling grateful for the opportunity to travel, your donation can make a tangible difference.
Support a Project via The Intrepid Foundation
Small actions add up. The Intrepid Foundation vets every project and manages every donation. Direct Travel connects you to the cause — you provide the funding that makes it real.
Make Your Next Journey Meaningful
Want to travel with intention? Speak with a Direct Travel advisor to explore trips that reflect your values and the causes you care about, and to experience firsthand the communities who are leading meaningful work for people and the planet.
