Organization Partnerships
You are here
Join us in our mission to educate the next generation of global leaders by exploring the many ways your corporation, organization, or foundation can partner with us.
Did you know you may be able to double the impact of your gift if your company has a matching gift program. Ask your human resources office to see if your employer matches gifts, and double your impact! In many cases you just need a gift receipt.
We can connect you with the best qualified students for your organization’s internship opportunities. Other opportunities include hosting an office visit or speaking engagement for our interns.
Do you know someone in your network who is interested in hosting and IES Intern? Let us know! Once the introduction is made, we’ll take it from there and keep you updated.
Email us to make an introduction.
College financial aid typically doesn’t apply to summer programs, so many students bypass the opportunity to participate in an internship. Your gift will provide more need-based aid to students seeking to intern abroad.
Interested in these opportunities? Contact us:
New York: Andrew Erwin, Program Director - East Coast U.S., [email protected] or 312.261.5027
All other U.S. & international cities: Melissa Comiskey, Executive Director of IES Internships, [email protected] or 312.264.5171
The Study Abroad Film Festival asks IES Abroad students to capture the spirit of study abroad. This year our festival is bigger and better than before.
We’re offering unique sponsorship opportunities for our Film Festival event on November 7, 2018. Contact Jody Madler (Executive Director of Advancement) at [email protected] or at 800.995.2300 to learn more.
Scholarship Programs
GCM Grosvenor
IES Abroad is excited to announce the GCM Grosvenor Study Abroad Scholarship, established by GCM Grosvenor. The GCM Grosvenor Study Abroad Scholarship provides need-based aid to graduates of Chicago Public Schools, creating access to transformative overseas experiences where students grow and thrive, both personally and professionally. GCM Grosvenor has committed to $100,000, making $25,000 available for scholarship awards, starting spring 2016 for the next four years.
Headquartered in Chicago, GCM Grosvenor is one of the world’s largest and most diversified independent alternative asset management firms. Fostering a community of diversity and inclusion is one of the firm's core values and a part of its overall business strategy. The range of personal experiences, values, and worldviews that arise from differences of culture and circumstance are a foundation for GCM Grosvenor’s continued success.
Give-Back Programs
AmazonSmile
IES Abroad has partnered with Amazon through AmazonSmile, an initiative in which Amazon donates 0.5% of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases back to IES Abroad whenever you shop on AmazonSmile.
AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same services. Proceeds will go directly to benefitting students through our scholarship program.
To participate, simply click on this link. From that point on, the page for the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES Abroad) will come up each time you enter the smile.amazon.com site. For more information about the program, go to org.amazon.com.
Is your organization interested in setting up a scholarship or give-back program?
Contact Jody Madler (Executive Director of Advancement) at [email protected] or at 800.995.2300 to learn more.
