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Cultural Vistas 2016 Annual Report STRENGTHENING THE TIES THAT UNITE US ANNUAL REPORT 2016 A MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM At Cultural Vistas, ‘learning-by-doing’ is an essential institutional value. We believe that education is not complete without the opportunity to make connections and apply knowledge in a professional setting. When this experiential approach involves sustained immersion in another culture and language, the results are often transformative. For more than 50 years, Cultural Vistas has cultivated informed, skilled, empathetic, and engaged citizens and leaders at all levels of society with this belief as the foundation of our work. After five-plus decades of developing and implementing cultural exchange programs, we have come to understand these benefits extend well beyond any one individual. Exchanges provide our institutions and communities with an unrivaled understanding of other cultures and deep, durable connections. These connections allow for stronger partnerships, economic growth, and sustained dialogue needed to maintain peace and address the complex challenges we continue to face in our increasingly interdependent and complicated world. Annually, we serve and support over 1,000 businesses and organizations, and close to 6,000 individuals from 130 countries. We are grateful to our many partners, host institutions, friends, and supporters around the world who help us make these meaningful connections possible. It is humbling to work with thousands of students, professionals, educators, policy makers, journalists, governments, and NGOs whose lives and work are touched by our programs. Their stories affirm our mission and are shared throughout these pages. As we grow, we continue to invest in building new means for intercultural collaboration and shared learning. Five years ago, we created the Cultural Vistas Fellowship to afford underrepresented U.S. university students the opportunity to advance their career goals, develop global competencies, and experience what life’s like outside the United States for the first time. Since that time, Cultural Vistas has invested $225,000 to send more than 50 students to live and intern for eight weeks in Argentina, Germany, India and Singapore. This summer, we will continue this effort and we are thankful to the many Cultural Vistas Alumni who have joined us in their support of this program. This past year, we also launched the Cultural Vistas Alumni Network to connect and engage with our growing global community of alumni, and ensure we are equipping them with professional networks they can call upon throughout their careers. Additionally, we continually evaluate the immediate and longitudinal impact of our programs. This ensures we consistently provide the types of opportunities that our participants desire, that our host organizations expect, and that our mission requires. Our exchange programs transcend borders to unite us all. In our alumni, organizations, and communities they strengthen Photo by: Jose Gabriel Mejia | YSEALI | Mt. Talomo - Mindanao, Philippines Mindanao, - Mt. Talomo | YSEALI | Mejia Gabriel Jose by: Photo skills and relationships, while fostering a more inclusive, pluralistic society. We invite you to join us in this journey. UNIQUE YEARS OF U.S. HOST EXCHANGE ALUMNI FROM Linda Megan Dan Elizabeth Anna EXCHANGE CONNECTING COMPANIES, STUDENTS AND THE UNITED PROGRAMS AMERICANS ORGANIZATIONS, PROFESSIONALS STATES AND CULTURAL VISTAS EXECUTIVE TEAM [L TO R]: LINDA BOUGHTON, ACTING PRESIDENT + CEO; MEGAN BAH, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER; DAN EVERY WITH THE AND SCHOOLS IN THE LAST 150 COUNTRIES, EWERT, VP OF PROGRAM RESEARCH, PARTNERSHIPS + INNOVATION; ELIZABETH KUMBHARI, VP OF PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; YEAR WORLD ANNUALLY FIVE YEARS AND COUNTING ANNA OBERLE-BRILL, VP OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS + FELLOWSHIPS 2 | Annual Report 2016 WeAreCulturalVistas.org | 3 OF OUR AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING OR PAID INTERNSHIP SUPPORT TO PURSUE OVERSEAS STRENGTHENING THE TIES 85% LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT UNITE US OF OUR EXCHANGE VISITORS COME TO THE U.S. THROUGH Since 1963, Cultural Vistas has used career exploration WHAT THEY’RE SAYING PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS, BENEFITTING LOCAL to facilitate meaningful connections between Americans ECONOMIES AT VIRTUALLY NO COST TO U.S. TAXPAYERS and the international community. Our educational and After participating in Cultural Vistas programs, individuals: 90+% professionally-focused exchanges create more informed, skilled, and engaged citizens and lead toward stronger 92% alliances, increased understanding, and a safer, more ARE ABLE TO DESCRIBE AND ADAPT TO prosperous world. CULTURAL DIFFERENCES OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS + PRIMARILY SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS WHO’D NOT OTHERWISE » Cost Effective + Impactful: International exchange 89% ENGAGE IN A PROFESSIONAL INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE programs are a proven way to develop leaders–both FEEL THEY ARE NOW MORE RESPECTED 25% American and international–and promote shared values IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL FIELD that bring our world closer together. A vast majority of our exchange programs (over 90%) are privately funded 86% and advance key foreign policy priorities at virtually no OBTAINED VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT cost to U.S. taxpayers. U.S. CULTURE » Expanding Opportunities for Young Americans: Our 83% programs develop competencies demanded in today’s DEVELOPED A MORE POSITIVE VIEW global economy. The 371 Americans who took part in OF THE UNITED STATES our programs last year represent the most since 1992. We aim to double that number by 2020. 80% GAINED SKILLS VALUABLE IN ADVANCING » Science and technology, Future-Focused: THEIR CAREERS entrepreneurship, environmental stewardship, and leadership development are among our core 72% competencies. More than 60 percent of our programs WILL STAY IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE take place in STEM fields, an area which remains vital IN HOST COUNTRY to our economy’s future. » Addressing Key Issues: Every year, we organize 72% initiatives for public and private sector partners, such INCREASED CAREER PROSPECTS UPON RETURNING TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY as the U.S. Department of State, U.S. embassies, foreign governments, foundations, universities, and companies, around select topics of global importance, such as: 55% HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED PROFICIENCY • Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) IN THEIR HOST COUNTRY’S LANGUAGE • Environmental Protection 48% • Resettlement and Integration TOOK PART IN COMMUNITY SERVICE • STEM Education OR EVENT DURING THEIR STAY • Women’s Empowerment SOURCE: 2016 SURVEYS INCLUDING DATA FROM MORE THAN 4,300 RESPONDENTS FROM ACROSS OUR PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS IN THE U.S. WELCOMES OUR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS INTO THEIR COMMMUNITIES Photo by: Valentin Stolbunov | Train USA | Algonquin Provincial Park - Ontario, Canada Ontario, - Park Provincial Algonquin | USA Train | Stolbunov Valentin by: Photo EVERY STATE 4 | Annual Report 2016 WeAreCulturalVistas.org | 5 7% Switzerland 14% Germany 5% Spain Top Sender 3% Argentina Top Destination BY THE NUMBERS to the U.S. 3% Brazil from the U.S. 7% Japan 28% Canada 3% India 63% Germany 6% China 5% France Others 4% South Korea Others Participants by Country In the US 5,343 Participants Outside the US Participant Demographics 397 Participants Around The World 5,942 Participants Youngest Oldest 18 yrs old 71 yrs old Average Program Length Gender 5.5 Months 35% Female, 65% Male 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Participants by Region 84% Coming To The US Coming From The US 35% 32% Top Fields for J-1 Visa Computer, Math, & Natural Sciences 27% The multifaceted J-1 Exchange Visitor Interns/Trainee Program, managed by the State Department, Engineering enables foreign nationals to come to the 9% 6% United States to teach, study, conduct 31% 38% 3% 2% 1% 0% 1% 0% research, demonstrate special skills or Europe North Asia South Africa Oceania receive on the job training for periods America America ranging from a few weeks to several years. 20% Others J-1 Exchange Programs 4,807 Interns, Trainees, & Teachers Business Total Participant by Program Type Total Revenue by Program Type (in millions) Specialty 6,000 Outbound Program Dev Growth of Specialty Program Participants $15 5,000 Other Inbound Our portfolio has grown in recent years Outbound/Reciprocal and now includes an array of bi-lateral 4,000 200 projects and regional workshops $10 conducted outside the U.S. In 2016, 3,000 Other Inbound 150 this included workshops in Jakarta and 2,000 the Philippines for environmental and 100 $5 NGO professionals, and a Berlin study 1,000 tour for Ukrainian journalists. 50 Train USA Train USA ʼ11 ʼ12 ʼ13 ʼ14 ʼ15 ʼ16 ʼ17 (Projected) ʼ11 ʼ12 ʼ13 ʼ14 ʼ15 ʼ16 ʼ17 (Projected) Specialty Programs ʼ11 ʼ12 ʼ13 ʼ14 ʼ15 ʼ16 Year Year 202 Participants 6 | Annual Report 2016 WeAreCulturalVistas.org | 7 HIGHLIGHTS + ACHIEVEMENTS BUILDING SKILLS. EXPERIENCING AMERICA. ENRICHING COMMUNITIES. Through our Train USA program in 2016, we sponsored J-1 intern and trainee exchanges that engaged nearly 4,500 individuals at different points in their studies and careers, exposing them to the American people, culture, values, and customs. Over the course of the year, Cultural Vistas worked with new partners on a range of initiatives, including an exchange program funded by the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to strengthen business- to-business ties between Russia and the United States; training programs for scholars from Kazakhstan funded through the Shakhmardan Yessenov Science and Education Foundation; and internships for students and young professionals
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