Sponsors & Partners

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IIE West Coast Center provides a wide range of services to and manages or administers programs for many corporations, foundations and government agencies. We encourage your organization to consider working with IIE to develop programs that meet your specific objectives.

Corporations and Corporate Foundations - IIE partners with corporations and corporate foundations to design and implement a wide variety of programs focused on developing future professionals and leaders with global competency by providing them with the international experience and cross-cultural tools to succeed in the 21st century. IIE works in close collaboration with corporate partners to custom-tailor programs and services to meet specific corporate needs and philanthropic objectives.

Government Agencies - U.S. and foreign government sponsors are key IIE partners in the implementation of international education exchange and global development programs. Foremost among them are two U.S. Government agencies, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development on whose behalf IIE has the honor of administering many programs including the Fulbright Student and Scholars Programs, International Visitor Leadership Program, the Gilman Scholarship Program, Development Training II in Egypt, the Emerging Markets Development Advisors Program and the Women in Technology Program.

Private Foundations - IIE partners with private foundations to develop the human capital that is needed to understand and address key challenges in education and development around the world. Private foundation programs include initiatives to provide higher education opportunities to outstanding individuals from disadvantaged groups in countries undergoing important transformations. Such programs help to train a new group of leaders and equip them with the knowledge, skills, and resources to confront pressing social, economic, and political problems. The many West Coast Foundations with which IIE West Coast Center has partnered include the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, the Koret Foundation, the Bernard Osher Foundation, the Margoes Foundation, the Chiles Foundation.