AIFS Foundation Grants

Partnerships
The AIFS Foundation is pleased to work in cooperation with the following organizations to support our mission to provide educational and cultural exchange opportunities to foster greater understanding around the world.

• NAFSA: Association of International Educators
  
  
• Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (Scholarship opportunity)
  
  
• Five College Center for East Asian Studies
  
  
• Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  
  
• Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund
  
  
• IDEA Public Charter School, Washington D.C.
  
  
• Institute for International Education
  
  
• Carmel Hill Fund
  
  
• Central Asia Institute
  
  
• Coca-Cola Foundation
  
  
• Biocultural Conservation Institute and Amboseli Guide School, Kenya
  
  
• America’s Camp
  
  
• Diversity Abroad
  
  
• Russel and Deborah Taylor Foundation
  
  
• World Affairs Council
  
  
• National Society for the Gifted and Talented (NSGT)
  

The AIFS Foundation Trustees support and value our mission. The Trustees also sponsor an annual scholarship for a deserving American student to study abroad to gain valuable international experience and to help foster greater understanding among people of the world.

For Higher Education
The AIFS Foundation, in partnership with the Russel and Deborah Taylor Foundation, supports study abroad at universities abroad including Richmond, The American International University in London, and its campuses in Florence and Rome. Trustee Peter Tcherepnine also contributed a substantial donation to fund scholarships at St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University in Russia. We continue to seek to expand scholarship opportunities for college students.

For Gifted Scholars
The Gifted Fund is a scholarship initiative that affords young, gifted students the chance to participate in academically enriching programs, such as the Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG), that may otherwise be out of their reach financially.