Travel Elevates, the foundation arm of the Signature Travel Network, has officially announced its 2025 Global Impact Grants for the year. These grants were selected by Travel Elevates board of directors and were required to meet one of the three funding pillars the grant program is built on: education, technology and business empowerment.
Since the start of the foundation in 2019, 20 grants have been awarded, and close to $1.5 million has gone to help community projects worldwide. The list of grantees this year includes a larger scope of global destinations. They include Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Peru, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.
Said President and CEO Alex Sharpe: “This year we have been able to give out more grants to a broader group of community projects due to the dedicated outpouring of donations and support by our Signature members and preferred partners. We believe the foundation will continue to expand its impact and reach each year because Travel Elevates is a charity that truly belongs to our members. Their growing commitment has been simply amazing.”
The 2025 Global Impact Grant recipients include:
Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy: Transforming Lives Through Education in Zambia. This project will help continue the expansion of the Nakatindi Primary & Secondary school, funding two new science labs and one home economic building for 1,200 students.
Children in the Wilderness: Enhancing Educational Infrastructure for a Sustainable Future in Tanzania. This grant will include the construction of a new classroom, renovating older educational rooms and providing solar energy to Gwikongo Primary and Manyara Secondary schools.
Wild Impact: Mbirikiri Primary School Renovation in Tanzania. This project aims to address overcrowded classrooms and inadequate sanitation by renovating three classrooms, constructing two additional ones and adding 16 new ablutions.
Uthando (Love) South Africa: Sewing for Empowerment & Sustainability in Cape Town and Groblershoop Northern Cape, South Africa. This initiative provides training for women and youth to create eco-friendly merchandise, aiming to provide permanent employment.
Fundacion Grupo Punta Cana: Sostenibilidad in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This grant supports building alternative economic stability for former fishermen and young marine biology graduates through education and skills training in sustainable fish farming and marine conservation.
Make a Miracle (Corporation): Empowering Futures: Community Learning & Digital Skill Labs in Peru & Colombia. This project will establish computer and learning labs, providing technical and digital skills training for students and community members.
Memorable Travel Group (DMC): Sardinal High School CSR Program in Costa Rica. This program will provide English and IT lessons to low-income juniors and seniors at Sardinal High School, aiming to offer future job opportunities in the tourism sector.
Life is Good Playmaker Project: Training Center for Joy & Healing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This project addresses ways to help 1,000 children heal from trauma by training local teachers, parents and caregivers to provide positive support and build joyful relationships with young children.
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