While our offices for the Israel Ride are in the US, we welcome participants from around the world and have established partnerships in select countries for charitable gift receipts.

In the United States, the Friends of the Arava Institute is the charity of record for the Israel Ride and provides all donors with charitable gift receipts. Presently, we do not have offices in other countries; however we have developed partnerships with charitable organizations in Canada, and Israel. If you are a rider or a donor please follow the directions below for the processing of your international donation.

Australia

The Arava Institute is a recognized project of JNF Australia and donations are therefore paid to JNF Environment Gift Fund and earmarked for The Arava Project Israel Ride. Australian riders commit to raising the same rates as our US riders. At an exchange rate of 1.47, that equals:

• $6027 AUD for general riders
• $5292 AUD for spouse or significant other / First timer to Israel
• $4410 AUD for those under age 35 or are Israeli citizens living in Israel

For Australian donors who wish to donate to the Israel Ride and would like a charitable gift receipt, please follow these steps:

Credit Card:
To make a donation online via credit card visit the Team JNF Australia website. A tax deductible receipt will be issued to you by JNF Australia.

Checks:
To make a donation by check:

1. Make your check out to “JNF Environment Gift Fund”
2. Put “Arava Institute Ride” and the name of the rider you are donating to in the memo line
3. Mail the check to the rider you are donating to

On receiving the check, it is vital that the rider completes the following steps. This ensures that the rider is credited for the donation.

1. Fill out the information on the Israel Ride Offline Donation Tracking Form – Australia
2. After gathering cheques, mail them to: Ilana Maizels, JNF Victoria, PO Box 19, South Caulfield VIC 3162 Tel: +61 0433 11 4 273 Email: ilanam@jnf.org.au
3. Obtain a receipt from JNF.

Canada

The Israel Ride has partnered with JFC-UIA to facilitate tax-deductible donations.

Canadian riders commit to raising the same rates as our US riders. At an exchange rate of 1.33, that equals:

• $5454 CAD for general riders
• $4789 CAD for spouse or significant other / First timer to Israel
• $3990 CAD for those under age 35 or are Israeli citizens living in Israel

For Canadian donors who wish to donate to the Israel Ride and would like a charitable gift receipt, please follow these steps:

1. Make your check out to “JFC-UIA”
2. Put “Arava Institute Ride” and the name of the rider you are donating to in the memo line
3. Mail the check to the rider you are donating to

On receiving the check, it is vital that the rider completes the following steps. This ensures that the rider is credited for the donation.

1. Fill out the information on the Canadian Donation Tracking Form
2. After gathering some checks, mail them to: Attn: Larisa Roiberg, Chief Accountant JFC-UIA 315-4600 Bathurst Street, Suite 315 Toronto, ON M2R 3V3

Once we receive confirmation from JFC-UIA, we will add the USD equivalent to your account as a confirmed donation.

Israel

To donate online in shekels: donate via the Israel Toremet page. On the donation form in “Step 2: Dedication” you must enter the name of the specific rider you wish to support.

Once your donation is confirmed, you will receive a tax receipt from Israel Toremet to your email address. Please note that from our experience, depending on your email server, the receipt tends to be filtered to the Spam folder – so please check there.

To donate by check: Make the check written out to the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies. Checks should be marked that they are for the Israel Ride, with the name of the Rider in the memo line and mailed to: Arava Institute Kibbutz Ketura Attn: Israel Ride D.N. Hevel Eilot 88840. The Arava Institute will deposit and acknowledge the donation. They will also alert the Friends of the Arava Institute (in the US) of the corresponding dollar amount based on the exchange rate of the day of deposit, who will credit the donor and update the donor’s account online.