Donate DAF – RAMP Foundation

💙 Support Volunteers Serving Refugee Communities

Make a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Contribution to the RAMP Foundation

RAMP Foundation connects passionate volunteers with refugee resettlement centers across the United States. Your Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) gift helps us provide travel vouchers for short-term volunteers serving refugee children and families — covering their transportation, lodging, and meals so they can focus fully on their service.

Why RAMP Foundation?

Across the United States, refugee resettlement agencies are working tirelessly to welcome families fleeing war, persecution, and disaster. These agencies provide essential services — housing support, school enrollment, medical care, and emotional stabilization — often with limited staff and resources.

That’s where RAMP Foundation comes in.

We strengthen the frontlines of refugee support by mobilizing trained volunteers to fill urgent staffing gaps in short-term assignments. Our focus is on child-centered placements, ensuring that refugee children receive care, mentoring, and advocacy during their most vulnerable moments of transition.

📉 A Growing Need: Federal Cuts, Local Consequences

In recent months, federal funding for refugee resettlement has been significantly reduced, placing additional strain on local agencies already stretched to capacity. These reductions have led to:

• Increased caseloads for limited staff

• Fewer dedicated child support positions

• Delays in access to education, health care, and community integration

• Gaps in trauma-informed care, mentoring, and after-school programming

Volunteers now play an indispensable role in maintaining the quality and reach of refugee support services — but many simply can’t afford to travel to where they’re most urgently needed.

That’s why your support matters. RAMP Foundation’s Volunteer Travel Voucher Program breaks down this barrier by providing prepaid vouchers for economy travel, modest lodging, and meals for volunteers serving on-site assignments up to four weeks long.

Why Give Through a Donor-Advised Fund?

Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) are a strategic and tax-effective way to support the causes you care about. By recommending a grant to RAMP Foundation, you can:

• Provide immediate, flexible support to high-need refugee sites

• Help fund urgent, volunteer-powered services with no administrative overhead

• Invest in real-world outcomes — meals served, children mentored, lives stabilized

• Give with confidence: RAMP Foundation has no paid staff or small overhead

How to Recommend a DAF Gift to RAMP Foundation

1. Log in to Your Fund Provider’s Portal
Recommend a grant to: RAMP Foundation
EIN: 85-3007963
Address: 39 Dunn St. Thomaston, ME 04861-3726
Email: donations@ramp.foundation

2. Include Purpose (optional but appreciated)
To help us track and allocate your gift, please include:
"DAF donation for Volunteer Travel Vouchers"

3. Let Us Thank You
After submitting your grant, email us at donations@ramp.foundation — we’d love to thank you and keep you updated (only if you’d like).

👉 Use a DAF Direct Link

If your DAF is with Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, or BNY Mellon, you can use this secure tool to recommend your grant directly:

Your Gift Has a Direct Impact

• A $250 grant can cover a week of volunteer lodging.

• A $500 grant can fund full round-trip travel for a trained volunteer.

• A $1,000 grant can support a full four-week placement with meals, lodging, and transportation.

All donations go directly to volunteer support — not to overhead, not to salaries. Your generosity removes barriers for those ready to serve refugee families during a moment of national underinvestment.

Questions?

Thank You

Your DAF donation helps close the gap — ensuring no refugee child is left waiting because a volunteer couldn’t afford to show up.