How to Donate

To donate online by credit card: search our participant list and click on the person you would like to support. This will take you to their person secure donation page, where you can donate using Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, or Discover. You will receive an email receipt of your donation. For gifts over $100 you will receive a paper letter and receipt in the mail.

To donate by check: checks should be made out to Arava Institute Hazon Israel Ride and mailed to the person you are supporting. The participant will enter the check into his or her personal donation page, and then send the checks to the Friends of Arava office. Once the office has received your check, you will receive a receipt of your donation.

Friends of the Arava Institute
179 Boylston St.
Building P,  3rd Floor
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

All donations flow through the Friends of the Arava Institute Ltd, a US registered 501C-3. The tax ID number is 11-3485736.

All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. You will receive an email to serve as a receipt, as can your cancelled check or credit card transaction confirmation. Donors giving $250 or more will receive an acknowledgement from the Friends of Arava by the end of the year. Please note that donations are non-refundable and non-transferable.–

About the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies

The Arava Institute is the premier environmental teaching and research program in the Middle East, preparing future Arab and Jewish leaders to cooperatively solve the region’s environmental challenges.

Together, faculty and students are advancing a critical common cause: a sustainable future for the region’s human and natural resources. Established in 1996, the Arava Institute is a non-profit organization located on Kibbutz Ketura in Israel’s Arava Valley near the Jordanian and Egyptian borders and the Gulf of Aqaba/Eilat. The Arava Institute is a unique oasis of environmental education, research, activism, and international cooperation. More info.

About Hazon

Hazon means vision. As America’s largest Jewish environmental organization, we create healthy and sustainable communities in the Jewish world and beyond.

Hazon is a leader in meaningful immersion experiences and in engaging individuals to be active in their communities. In aggregate, we are seeking to shift the nature of what it means to be Jewish in the 21st century—enabling and encouraging Jewish people to have an impact in the world, and fostering innovative, meaningful Jewish life in the process. More info.

Where the Money Goes

Donations to the Israel Ride are divided as follows:

• approximately 1/2 of the minimum fundraising commitment helps cover the costs of the Ride on the ground in Israel.
• 70% of the net proceeds support the Arava Institute
• 30% of the net proceeds support Hazon