Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE
THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $45 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($45). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $45
- Net assets
- $985k
What The Travel Institute does
Mission
Tti's mission is to: 1) establish and maintain high education standards and administer formal education & training programs within and for the travel & tourism industries; 2) educate and train individuals to provide travel services to the public, and build upon their knowledge & skills by providing advanced education & training in specialized areas of travel services; 3) provide continuing education programs to those in the industry to enable them to be informed and current with issues and changes in travel and travel services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To elevate the status and increase the prestige of persons and organizations engaged in the travel industry through candidates certification programs and other member services.
$340,601 spent$382,111 earned by the program25% of program spendingPublications and study guides distributed to members and other interested parties in order to instruct or inform individuals and organizations in order to develop their capabilities in the travel industry
$476,840 spent$534,955 earned by the program35% of program spendingPromotion of available textbooks and marketing materials which elevate the capabilities of individuals and organizations who are engaged in the travel industry.
$272,480 spent$305,688 earned by the program20% of program spendingProviding scholarships for certification products and services to individuals who are pursuing a career or are engaged in the travel industry.
$272,480 spent$305,688 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,362,401.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $692k to $1.1M (+56%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
16% of THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Gary Pollard
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE is better cushioned than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $376 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $376
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE?
- THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $45 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($45). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $45 in grants to THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $45 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TRAVEL INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing