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CIEE’s 80th Anniversary Fund for Global Engagement

Help CIEE Celebrate 80 Years of Advancing Peace

GIFTS of $2,500 or more
MATCHED BY CIEE
100%

Your Support of Study Abroad Will Change Lives and Change the World

Since 1947, CIEE has advanced peace by building bridges of mutual respect and understanding between people, nations, and cultures through study abroad and intercultural exchange programs. Today, you can carry that mission forward by helping more students access life-changing study abroad experiences.

Celebrate 80 Years of CIEE with $10 million in New Scholarships

In honor of our 80th anniversary, every dollar you give to increase access to study abroad for high school and college students goes twice as far. The CIEE Board of Directors has committed to matching gifts that support study abroad scholarships up to $5 million, unlocking a total of $10 million in new scholarships funds for college and high school students who otherwise wouldn’t be able to study abroad. 

Help Celebrate 80 Years of Cultural Exchange!

Why Give

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When you support study abroad scholarships, you are not giving students a free trip. You are changing their perspective and showing them that things exist outside of just their current circumstances… There is really no dollar amount to the value of self-worth. What this experience gives is trust in yourself that you can do hard things.
 

Octavia T., CIEE Global Navigator High School Summer Study Abroad, Santiago, Dominican Republic

Our Impact

10,000

college students study abroad with CIEE each year

5,000

high school students study abroad each year with CIEE

97%

of high school study abroad students go on to college

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  • Edinburgh Old Town Tour

Your Support of Study Abroad Will Change Lives and Change the World

By supporting study abroad scholarships, you are equipping the leaders of tomorrow with the intercultural skills and empathy they need to understand the concerns of others without preconception or prejudice. You are preparing the next generation to strive for peace and tackle the biggest global challenges.

In our current geopolitical climate, as many nations turn inward and international cooperation is declining, CIEE’s efforts to build bridges across cultural divides are more important than ever.

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Your Gift to CIEE is an Investment in a More Peaceful Future

Your gift of any size will help more young people have an international educational experience that strengthens their ability to relate across cultural differences, acquire world language skills, and develop friendships that transcend borders. Thank you!  

Gifts over $2,500 in support of high school and college study abroad will be matched dollar for dollar! To learn more about other ways to donate, include legacy giving and endowing scholarships in perpetuity, contact Jennifer Higgins Pitre, Vice President of Philanthropy, at jpitre@ciee.org