Advancing Leadership

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 3 4 World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 Welcome

Letter from our President: Advancing Leadership

More than half the world’s population Working with people from 140 countries, is under age 30. This is a generation World Learning promotes a brand of of youth filled with hope and anxiety, leadership that mixes self-awareness demanding their voices be heard. and humility with an appreciation for other To succeed, they will need leadership cultures and context. This is the kind of skills, community-building tools, leadership the world desperately needs. and cross-cultural understanding. This is the work of World Learning. In the following pages, you will meet a group of people whose lives were For 80 years, we have envisioned a just transformed by World Learning. In turn, world driven by engaged citizens and they live our mission by serving as citizen thriving communities. We work toward ambassadors, expanding economic and this in three ways: social opportunities for others, and using their successes in life to support World n International education and exchange Learning scholarships and projects. programs that provide rising leaders with transformative international experiences; I am proud of the many ways in which our community makes a lasting impact n International development projects across the globe. To quote the late Nobel that strengthen individuals and Peace Laureate and World Learning institutions so they can take Trustee Wangari Maathai, “Those of ownership of their own development us who have been privileged to receive and create meaningful change; education, skills, and experiences, and even power, must be role models for the n Graduate and professional education next generation of leadership.” that prepares people to be effective leaders and social change agents To all past participants of World Learning through accredited master’s, programs and to those who help make certificate, and training programs. our work possible today, I thank you and hope your involvement will continue.

On our cover: World Learning International Exchange youth leadership program participants from the United Kingdom use a helium stick Adam S. Weinberg exercise to develop team-building skills. President/CEO World Learning World Learning’s Global Reach World Learning is a nonprofit organization that advances leadership through education, exchange, and development programs in more than 60 countries.

History Brattleboro, Vermont, USA World Learning n Founder Donald B. Watt program and administrative offices for n Original Name The Experiment The Experiment in International Living, in International Living SIT Study Abroad, and SIT Graduate Institute Vermont campus n First program 1932 World Learning Global Presence n Years in operation 80

Facts Washington, DC, USA World Learning International Development and Exchange n Countries with staff or offices 60 Programs headquarters and SIT Graduate n Total languages taught 49 Institute’s DC campus (non-traditional 44) n Worldwide staff approximately 1,100 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia World Learning’s largest field office, base for 107 International Development staffers focusing on education and institutional strengthening programs

Notable alumni and friends Tawakkol Karman, World Learning International Exchange Program alumna and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Winner for supporting democracy and women’s rights in Yemen

Wangari Maathai (1940–2011), trustee emerita and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, founder of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement World Learning field staff or offices

Jody Williams, SIT Graduate Institute alumna and 1997 Nobel Peace Programs, sub-contractors, or participants’ home countries Prize Winner for her work on the International Campaign to Ban Landmines

2 World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 Celebrating 80 years of Leadership—1932–2012

World Learning Global Presence

Experiment Leader Sargent Shriver, 1930s

“So what do you do with an Experiment that works? You apply the lessons learned on the full scale required, in our own society and in the world.”

—1965 address to The Experi- ment in International Living by US Peace Corps Founder Sargent Shriver (1915–2011), a former Experimenter and early group leader.

Shriver sought The Experiment’s help training early Peace Corps World Learning field staff or offices volunteers, leading to the 1964 Programs, sub-contractors, or participants’ home countries founding of what is today’s SIT Graduate Institute.

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 3 Leadership: Scholarships to Promote Diversity Robert J. Schweich Experimenter to Netherlands ’53 and Denmark ’55, Experiment Parent and Grandparent, World Learning Trustee 1998–2010

“Bob’s commitment to engaging dynamic and deserving students from across the five boroughs of New York in Experiment programs has changed the lives of generations of youth and host families.” —Tony Allen, Experiment Co-director

For nearly 40 years Bob Schweich has in The Experiment. In 1973 he helped to endowment also ensures opportunities for enabled thousands of urban youth to fund the first such scholarship for New highly motivated students of color. “Bob’s venture out of the “familiar” into the York City youth. The NYC Outbound commitment to engaging dynamic and “unfamiliar” through The Experiment Ambassador (OA) scholarship program deserving students from across the five in International Living. expanded dramatically and regularly boroughs of New York in Experiment assists about 100 Experimenters programs has changed the lives of Schweich went to the Netherlands annually. Schweich has developed close generations of youth and host families,” with The Experiment in 1953. Though personal relationships with many such said Tony Allen, Experiment co-director. he had grown up in segregated St. Experimenters, including Lamont Louis, Missouri, he quickly bonded with Wilson, who later became a World Schweich went on a second Experiment Tedd Alexander, an African American Learning trustee. to Denmark in 1955. His two children and Experimenter from Atlanta, Georgia. three of his grandchildren also have been Both sons of businessmen, the pair The OA program has become a model Experimenters. He and his wife, Monique, shared an interest in the stock market, for other donors from urban, as well as have hosted Experimenters from many traveled together to London and Paris rural communities from all over the US. It countries and joined trustee trips to World during their free week, and became enables about half of all Experimenters to Learning sites and programs. Schweich lifelong friends. participate and ensures important diversity served as a World Learning trustee from in each group’s experience. The Robert J. 1998 to 2010, and in 2010 received the The experience prompted Schweich Schweich Minority Scholarship Fund World Learning Citation Award, the to realize the potential of larger-scale highest honor given by the organization. participation of underrepresented groups

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The Experiment in International Living

The Experiment’s three- to five-week summer programs immerse high school students in other cultures and languages in 30 countries throughout the world. Programs focused on arts, travel, language study, community service, and ecology combine with homestays to create meaningful, dynamic experiences for students eager to challenge themselves and engage as global citizens.

www.experimentinternational.org

n Enrollment (2011) 838 n Programs offered 56 n Countries with programs 30 n Scholarship recipients (2011) 450 “My trip to Spain helped me develop my leadership skills by allowing me to think outside the box.”

—Donae Owens, 2011 Experimenter to Spain and Student Government Association president at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, DC

 Owens introduced President Barack Obama at his third annual back-to-school speech, September 28, 2011.

Experiment in International Living, Turkey

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 5 Impact: A Living Legacy Ruth Rowan and Brian Swanson SIT Study Abroad Parents

“This fellowship is all about Alice. The SIT experience changed her life.”

Sometimes, hope for the future grows enabled Alice to continue her work Michelle Eilers, Chile: Cultural Identity, out of a tragic event in the past. Such with communities in Nicaragua Social Justice, and Community Develop- was the death of Alice Rowan Swan- following her senior year. She worked ment, researched culturally appropriate son, hit by a truck in 2008 while riding with the Monimbo council of elders to maternal health care for Aymaran women her bicycle in Washington, DC. It led conduct an oral history of the revolution. in 2009. to the 2009 establishment of the Alice Rowan Swanson Fellowship, a fund “The SIT program that Alice experienced Salome Vanwoerden, Nepal: Development and Social Change, provided art and that has already sent six alumni was so well thought out, so well designed,” photography therapy for mental health out into the world as SIT Study says Rowan. “The fellowship is our way rehabilitation in 2010 (See page 7). Abroad ambassadors. of giving graduates of this program an opportunity to expand their work, to ‘do Dara Carroll, Uganda: Development “The first thing I thought of was to more’ for the community that had become Studies, supported mental health patients establish an SIT fellowship in her name,” their home for one semester.” and facility construction in 2010. explains Alice’s mother, Ruth Rowan. The six recipients of the Alice Rowan “This fellowship is all about Alice. The SIT Sonya Shadravan, Senegal: National Swanson Fellowship to date have all experience changed her life. It showed her Identity and the Arts, focused on neigh- been young women. how much she wanted to be out in the borhood-based youth empowerment world, working with people on the ground. “I think of those girls as six Alices going programs in 2011. Her ambition was to be a peacemaker.” off to transform the world,” says Rowan. Laura Sprinkle, Bolivia: Multiculturalism, Alice, who was fluent in Spanish and Globalization, and Social Change, worked Their stories have also inspired growth proficient in Arabic, spent a college to support the Kids’ Books Bolivia project of the Alice Rowan Swanson Fellowship semester abroad in Nicaragua with in 2011. Fund through additional gifts. SIT’s Revolution, Transformation, Stephanie McKee, South Africa: Social and and Civil Society program. She also The recipients, their SIT Study Abroad Political Transformation, will begin her fel- studied Arab societies in Cairo. A grant programs, and areas of follow-up are: from her alma mater, Amherst College, lowship, focusing on art therapy for prison inmates in South Africa, in May 2012.

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SIT Study Abroad

SIT Study Abroad provides undergraduates academically-rich, semester, summer, and academic year programs with opportunities for field research and International Honors Program comparative study. Students focus on a wide range of critical global issues, including post-conflict transformation, sustainable development, and global health.

www.sit.edu/studyabroad

n Enrollment (2010–11) 2,102 n Programs offered 81 n Countries 48 “The [SIT Study Abroad n Faculty 105 Nepal] program completely n Number of colleges/universities represented 271 changed my life and way n Scholarship funds awarded, including Pell Grant matches (2011) $683,000 of thinking.”

 —Salome Vanwoerden, Nepal Culture and Development, 2009; World Learning Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow 2010

Vanwoerden’s volunteer work at a Nepali mental health facility inspired her to return to the South Asian country to improve the lives of those struggling with mental illness.

SIT Study Abroad, Mali

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 7 Leadership: Professional Education Programs and Support Shiri Barr SIT Graduate Institute, MA in Conflict Transformation ’07, 2007–2008 SIT Peace Fellow

“The scholarship opened the door for me to receive the further education I was so much interested in. I could not have come to SIT any other way.”

More than five years later, Shiri Barr For several years earlier, Barr had worked Today, Barr is a peace professional still vividly remembers the day she and volunteered as a peacebuilder. Like fully committed to transforming the received the scholarship notification many other peace activists, she had Israeli-Palestinian conflict and ensuring email from SIT Financial Aid. “I simply developed her intercultural and peace- a just society in Israel and beyond. Her could not believe my good fortune! building skills “on the job,” and was work focusing on deliberative democracy I had been looking for a graduate hungry for a more structured approach at the Jerusalem Inter-Cultural Center, an program in peace studies and was to skills development. Israeli nongovernmental, nonprofit orga- inspired by a workshop for Israeli nization, is a particularly good example. peace activists given by Paula Green.” “A unique feature of SIT is the emphasis The organization also does cross-cultural When she discovered that Green was given both to theory and praxis. As many conflict resolution and cultural also an SIT professor and founder- faculty members are both academics competency projects. director of the SIT Conflict and practitioners, this gave me a push Transformation Across Cultures in that direction,” she explains. “SIT also “SIT gave me the knowledge and the (CONTACT) program, Barr applied gave me the opportunity to interact with language to talk about these issues and to the SIT Master of Arts in Conflict professionals and students from other inspire other people to see beyond the Transformation program. fields and countries, which enhanced my intractability of the conflict,” she says. abilities as a peace worker in Israel.” “The scholarship opened the door for me to receive the further education I was so much interested in. I could not have come to SIT any other way,” she says.

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SIT Graduate Institute

SIT Graduate Institute offers internationally focused, full-time and low-residency master’s degrees, as well as certificate and professional development programs. Programs include peacebuilding and conflict transformation, international edu- cation, sustainable development, and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). SIT’s Conflict Transformation Across Cultures (CONTACT) program also offers a Summer Peacebuilding Program in Vermont, and a peace- building training and education program in South Asia.

www.sit.edu/graduate

n Enrollment (2011) 538 n Master’s degrees offered 6 “I knew I wanted a career n Certificate programs offered 3 overseas so [SIT] seemed n Number of countries represented 36 like the perfect fit and n Languages represented 63 it was.” n P ercentage of international students 26% —Pamela White, US Ambassador n Scholarship funds awarded (2011) $1.3 million to The Gambia, SIT Graduate Institute 1973, US Peace Corps volunteer

President Barack Obama nominated White to become US Ambassador to Haiti in January 2012. White is known for improving the lives of women and children across Africa.

SIT Graduate Institute, Vermont

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 9 International Youth Exchange

World Learning Youth Programs offer leadership, global issues, and peacebuilding training for youth from around the globe. Participation empowers young people to understand their world, develop civic responsibility, build lasting friendships across cultures, and gain the skills and motivation to make a difference in their communities. Training in 2011 included Brazil Youth Ambassador Programs, Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program; Jovenes en Accion (Mexico); Cyprus Peacebuilding Program; United Kingdom, Turkey, and Denmark Youth Leadership Programs; and the annual Vermont Governor’s Institute on Current Issues and Youth Activism.

http://youthprograms.worldlearning.org

“My experience in the US n Programs offered 19 greatly motivated me to n Participants (2011) 701 start a project with two n Countries represented 12 other alumni.” n US States represented 21 —Taha Burair, 2010 Iraqi n Program sites in Vermont, Washington, DC; and 13 US towns and cities Young Leaders Exchange Pro- gram (IYLEP) administered by World Learning and sponsored by the US Department of State.

Burair and two other alumni received a small grant from the US Embassy in Baghdad to hold workshops to teach basic dental hygiene to Iraqi children.

International Exchanges, Washington, DC

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International Professional and Academic Exchanges

World Learning brings emerging leaders from 140 countries annually to the United States for professional, academic, and cultural exchanges. Exchanges such as the International Visitor Leadership Program provide short-term learning experi- ences for individuals seeking professional development, links to US colleagues, new insights, and a broader view of core US values and culture. World Learning also places undergraduate students in US colleges and universities to strengthen their leadership and career-specific skills while exploring US culture through campus activities, internships, community service, and US host families.

www.worldlearning.org

n Participants (2011) 1,616 “I’ve enjoyed the opportunity n Countries represented annually 140 to see how the US govern- ment works in support of women and minorities [in small business], not only regarding financing, but also in mentorship, growth, and development.”

—Claudia Gonzales Valdivieso, World Learning International Visitor Leadership Program 2011

Peruvian entrepreneur Valdivieso gained experience that she uses to promote sustainable agriculture and expand economic opportunities.

International Exchanges, Washington, DC

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 11 Leadership: Partnering for Greater Impact Aflatoun, Partner on the School-Community Partnership Serving Orphaned and Vulnerable Children project (SCOPSO)—Ethiopia

“When children save a single coin, it does not represent more than what they carry in their pockets, but once they save a few more, it begins to represent something very different, a choice.” — Ms. Jeroo Billimoria, Aflatoun, Founder Aflatoun uses songs, skits, and games to help children gain practical social and financial skills.

World Learning partners with games— a welcome change for teachers deposited in a school account at a local Aflatoun, an Amsterdam-based and students who are used to a more bank, with a sub account for the club and nonprofit, because the organizations traditional classroom. deposit slips posted regularly in class. share a similar philosophy: that children can be agents of change. The children also form savings clubs, Since introducing the Aflatoun clubs two giving children stigmatized by HIV a years ago, nearly 30,000 children have Nearly 40 percent of Ethiopians live chance to make friends with and even participated, often using savings to buy in poverty. World Learning’s program lead other children. Members set both school supplies to further their education. enables Ethiopian schools and com- individual and group goals, from starting Nearly a third of Aflatoun members are munities to care for and support children a microenterprise to raise chickens and orphans and more than half are girls. who are vulnerable or orphaned, often completing the academic year, to because of HIV/AIDS. The United States supporting peers with disabilities World Learning HIV/AIDS Program Agency for International Development and protecting the environment. Director Blanka Homolova says the real through the US President’s Emergency payoff comes when the children realize Plan for AIDS Relief funds the project. Special attention is paid to ensuring that they have some control over their transparent management of the children’s lives. They feel empowered to make Aflatoun complements World Learning’s savings, with clubs keeping detailed decisions that positively impact their work with an engaging curriculum that records with member passbooks and households and communities. For many, teaches students practical social and classroom ledgers. Savings are usually it is the first time they feel excited about financial skills. The children learn while making plans for their future. singing, performing skits, and playing

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Leadership: Partnering for Greater Impact International Development Programs Aflatoun, Partner on the School-Community Partnership Serving Orphaned and Vulnerable Children project (SCOPSO)—Ethiopia World Learning International Development programs prepare communities worldwide to address critical issues such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, the marginalization of women and children, the global education crisis, and the need to strengthen civil “When children save a single coin, it does not society and government accountability. The purpose of these efforts is to bridge the gap between the desire for human development and the ability to achieve that represent more than what they carry in their goal. Programs work to enhance the capacity of individuals, communities, and pockets, but once they save a few more, it begins institutions to take ownership of their own development, secure just and effective policies and structures, and create sustainable positive change. to represent something very different, a choice.” www.worldlearning.org — Ms. Jeroo Billimoria, Aflatoun, Founder “Having committed, n Active programs (June 2011) 46 impassioned, knowledge- n Countries 29 able change agents and n US/overseas staff 240 connecting them to strong n Key funders and program partners, see page 31 functional organizations— n Number of sub-recipients 104 that is the recipe n Annual revenue (FY11) $73.9 million for success.”

—Carlos Sosa, World Learning Director of Education, SIT Inter- national Diploma in Language Teaching Management, 2003

World Learning’s approach to educational development is rights-based and student- centered, rooted in the concepts of equality, active participation, and social inclusion.

International Development Programs, Indonesia

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 13 “I am deeply grateful to everyone listed in the following pages and all of the more than 2,800 donors who actively support our work. Thanks to their generous support, World Learning is able to offer transformative experiences to a diverse group of participants and to create new and relevant programs that prepare the next generation of global leaders.” —Rosamond P. Delori Chair, World Learning Board of Trustees

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World Learning Donor Report 2011

The generous support of our many Global Visionaries Society individual, corporate, and foundation The Global Visionaries Society donors makes possible the significant recognizes donors of $100,000 and above. accomplishments of World Learning and our programs: The Experiment in Ann and Thomas Friedman International Living, SIT Study Abroad, Judy and Robert Huret the International Honors Program, SIT Joan LaCaille ∞ Graduate Institute, and International Cheryl and Glen Lewy Development and Exchange Programs. Stephen and Nita Lowey This donor report acknowledges contri- Robert and Monique Schweich butions made between July 1, 2010, and Christopher ∞ and Helen Walker Experiment in International Living, Japan June 30, 2011. We extend our sincerest gratitude for every generous gift President’s Leadership Circle Morelle Lasky Levine represented on the pages that follow. The President’s Leadership Circle Virginia Loeb and James Sperling recognizes donors of $50,000 Arlene and Reuben Mark We also want to collectively recognize to $99,999. Clare and Howard McMorris those donors who made gifts of up to Emilie and Douglas Ogden $500 during 2011. Although space Anonymous Donors (4) John R. Padget limitations prevent us from listing each Robert and Pamela Adams Marsha and Alan Paller of our more than 2,800 donors, we are David and Holiday Collins Susan and David Plimpton truly grateful to every donor who has Rosamond and Francois Delori Charles Stewart and Caterina Heil supported our work. Gifts of all sizes Allan Hodgson make a difference to World Learning. Stephen Juelsgaard Bill and Pam Michaelcheck World Learning Society Leslie Weaver and Hilton Weinberg The World Learning Society recognizes Susan West donors of $10,000 to $24,999.

Anonymous Donors (2) Global Ambassadors Richard and Anne Adler The Global Ambassadors group Louis and Ami Aronson recognizes donors of $25,000 Jane Beamish ∞ to $49,999. William and Jean Crocker Anonymous Donor Mary B. Davidson Jane Condon and Kenneth G. Bartels Sarah G. Epstein and Donald A. Collins Barnett and Shirley Helzberg Nancy and Richard Fryberger

Bush and Jamie Helzberg Susan Garner Key: ∞ deceased Anne and John Iskrant Linda and David Glickstein

15 World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 Leadership: Widening Horizons Joseph Mandato Experimenter to Poland ’66; Group Leader, Italy ’68; Experiment Parent; Trustee ’93–’96

“The Experiment’s impact has never been adequately measured. It is so far-reaching, and has touched thousands of peoples’ lives.”

Joe Mandato was, by his own Mandato’s enthusiasm for The “The Experiment’s impact has never admission, a small-town New Experiment inspired him to establish been adequately measured. It is England boy with a fascination for all The Vito and Marianne Mandato Fund, so far-reaching, and has touched the world had to offer. He became the a scholarship fund named for his parents thousands of peoples’ lives,” he says. first in his family to attend college— that targets underprivileged students in Nasson College in Maine—where he East Palo Alto, California. “I see these “Such a small percentage of Americans was selected for an Outbound Ambas- kids as junior versions of me. The Ex- has any experience beyond the US,” he sador Scholarship to The Experiment. periment gives them a shot at something adds. “The Experiment gives American their environment doesn’t provide—a youth this opportunity—to be ambassa- “The Experiment recognized my wider horizon.” dors of who and what we are. And potential and nurtured it,” Mandato to return enriched by all that they explains. “I was an Experimenter in Managing director of De Novo Ventures experience of the rest of the world.” Warsaw, Poland, in 1966, and a group in California and a World Learning trustee leader in Italy in 1968. I came back from from 1993 to 1996, Mandato has also those experiences more competent, less seen the positive effects The Experiment shy, and more sensitive to our place in has had on his daughter, Sarah, who was the world, to the positive impact the US an Experimenter to Ireland in 1997. had on the world. They changed my life.”

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World Learning Society (continued) Tod and Mary Caroline Hunt John and Patricia Klingenstein Joseph and Elizabeth Mandato Betsy Michel Sherry Lee Mueller Marnie S. Pillsbury Michael Siegal and Nomi Ghez Ivan Tse Nina and Patrick Wilson

Odyssey Club The Odyssey Club recognizes donors of $5,000 to $9,999. Experiment in International Living, China Anonymous Donors (2) Alice and Walter Abrams Ann Bevan Hollos Nancy Hamill Winter Tammy Allen Andrea Hurley Daniel Wright John and Anna Anderson David Jacob Sherley Young Margherita and Michael Baldwin Cynthia B. Lloyd Danielle Ziegler Kevin Barber Karen Maxfield Nancy and James Better Robert Maxfield Sandanona Club David Blair Zachariah Moore Terrell Bracewell The Sandanona Club recognizes Paul Muther and Ulla Dagert-Muther donors of $2,500 to $4,999. Michael Brazda Joseph Nelson Ronald Conarroe William Palmer Faith Wilcox Barrington Jason Correll Lashonda Reynolds Jacques Delori Robert Cosinuke and Jennifer Krier Mark and Elizabeth Richards Thomas and Elizabeth Fox Margot and Eric Egan Chancellor Roberts Gabriele Geier Judith Ehrman Ann Rosewater Sheldon Gilbert David and Linda Epstein Sandy and Lew Rosewater Lisa Gurwitch Dorian Goldman and Marvin Israelow Eric Rutherford Richard Hansen and Eleanor Erickson Matthew Hanson Michael Savage Bill and Marie Hoffman Clinton Hawk Betsy Rosewater Snyder Roger Katz Paul Heder Sue and Richard Tempero Kathleen Kawata Thomas and Nora Hiatt Turney Tse

17 World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 Leadership: Promoting a Global Perspective Bill and Pam Michaelcheck International Honors Program (IHP) ’68, former IHP Board Chair; Experiment parents

“World Learning is the best, largest and oldest organization sending American high school and college students abroad.”

In 1968, Rhodes College junior William Michaelcheck’s career has had an involved, and their daughter Charlotte has Michaelcheck was one of only 30 international dimension. After earning been an Experiment in International Living college students from around the his MBA at Harvard, he was appointed participant in Belize. And, in addition to country selected to participate in to the Young Professionals Program at hosting many IHP dinners and retreats at the International Honors Program, the World Bank, where he spent a year their homes in New York City and South- now part of World Learning’s SIT in training working with Latin America. ampton, New York, Pam and Bill are Study Abroad program. He spent his He was then assigned to manage the proud to support World Learning each senior year living in Japan, Thailand, World Bank’s investment portfolio. year, specifically for the IHP. “We give to India, Russia, France, and Israel, Today, Michaelcheck is chairman of IHP because we believe it has a critically where he compared the effects of Mariner Investment Group, a global important mission: exposing American modernization on those countries. hedge fund management firm of roughly students to a global perspective.” “Living with families in various coun- $10 billion in assets that he founded tries had the most significant impact in 1992. on me during my IHP experience, an experience that has helped shape my Bill has also served as chairman of the personal life, my education, and IHP Board of Trustees for about 25 years. my career. Knowing recent alumni But the Michaelcheck family’s involve- and having their perspective is ment with IHP and World Learning isn’t enlightening and a pleasure.” limited to Bill alone. His wife, Pam, who serves on a variety of boards, is also very

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Ray Akins Phyllis and Tudor Ingersoll Eric Hall Anderson Robert Jonas and Margaret Bullitt-Jonas Margery Anderson Sherry Kane Alice Anthony Michael and Sharon Kearney Michael and Phebe Arlen Peggy Koenig and David Graves Edith and Erik Bergstrom Dorothy Koopman and Mark Eaton Robert and Simone Bishop Christopher and Catherine Kramer Mary Brass Dana and Andrew Kull Peggy Lewis Cash Allen Lecours Lizanne Ceconi and Kenneth Grispin Lynn and Phil Lilienthal Robert and Joan Chase Charles MacCormack and Susan Ross Fayezul and Yasmin Choudhury Thomas G. MacCracken Prudence Clendenning and Robert Clopp Ralph and Sally Majak Margaret and Kenneth Conrow Susan Martin International Exchange Programs, Colorado Lawrence Cooley and Marina Fanning Christina and Jerry McIntyre Sandanona Club (continued) David and Joanne Corey Joan Mintz and Robinson Markel Thomas Cowles and Rawiwan Kasetrevatin Michael and Rachel Mintzer David and Sally Kennedy Grace Dammann Christina Monson Paul Kraske and Stacy Swann Peggy and Richard Danziger David and Joan Murdoch Ann and Michael Loeb Gianghia Dao and Grace Eng Rome Neal John Mackie and Kathleen Ecker E. Hazel Denton Nancy Niemann Margaret and Francis Manlove Susan Dial Kathy Jones Nixon and Ted Nixon Justine Neely Barbara Donnell and Scott Markus Carl and Kirsten Oppenheimer Anne and Scott Nickerson A. Omiyinka Doris Constance Packard Kristin and Paul Seeman Susan Edelmann Jan Solomon and Kenneth Simonson Jane Edwards and Humphrey Tonkin Sherwin and Marjorie Stone Russell Ellis Peter Swift and Diana McCargo Barbara Ferman L’Quentus Thomas Barbara Friedberg Joan and Edwin Tiffany Steve Gamble Susan and Ralph Treiman Donald Gant Astrid and Todd Warden Samuel Gelbart Lawrence J. Goldstein Donald and Leslie Watt Society Robert and Ellen Gutenstein The Donald and Leslie Watt Society Vivien and Alan Hassenfeld recognizes donors of $1,000 to $2,499. Van and Elizabeth Hawn Anonymous Donors (5) Eric Hoffman Timothy and Jane Hunt Experiment in International Living, Tanzania

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Donald and Leslie Watt Larry G. Steiner Leslie and Gary Barbour Society (continued) Julie Stevenson and Thomas Meyer Albert and Agatha Barclay C. Reed Parker William and Coralie Stevenson William Bartels Elizabeth and Jeffrey Peake Brian Swanson and Ruth Rowan Nathaniel Batchelder Kirbie Peterson and Brian Stephens Sydney Temple and Sarah Kupferberg Carl and Patti Bauer Annie Pichard Robert and Judith Terry Carol Bellamy Andrea Rhodes and Fred Gluck Nick and Joan Thorndike Emily Beller Steven Rosenthal William and Geneva Thorndike Linda and Richard Bjella Jane Rotch Lisa and David Todd David and Martha Bloom Eric and Harriet Rothfeld Priscilla Toomey Cynthia and John Bracken Carolyn S. Rusk Lisa Tung and Spencer Glendon Paul Sack Katharine and William Van Wie Betsy and Edward Schiff Jonathan and Amy Walker Vera Schiff Mrs. John A. Wallace Arthur and Rosalie Seibel Barry and Elsa Waxman Donald Shannon Adam and Anne Weinberg Patience Singleton David and Betsy Wice Robert Stableski Susan Wilkes and Jim Klobuchar Philip and Marcia Steckler Lamont Wilson Christine Wood Ann Wright-Parsons and John Sommer

International Development Programs, Algeria Gordon Boyce Society

The Gordon Boyce Society recognizes Andrew and Elaine Bronin donors of $500 to $999. Richard and Irene Burtis Anonymous Donors (5) Susan Caldwell Carol and David Adelson John Carter and Lee Reaves Herbert and Estelle Adler David Celentano Mary Aikenhead and Jonathon Cross Baylor Chapman Anne Allen and Robert Hooper Suzanne Chapman Louis and Laura Alpern Jeffrey and Deborah Christie Charles S. Amorosino Jr. Michael Clarfeld Richard and Debra Andersen Roger Cogswell Catherine and Jeff Armstrong Jane and John Colman Stephen and Jeanne Armstrong Melinda and Wayne Colquitt

SIT Graduate Institute, Vermont Elizabeth Bagley John Copenhaver and Suellen Ward

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John and Mary Riordan Benjamin Rubenstein Ivan Shulman Peter C. Simpson PhD Edwin and Katharine Smith Martha and Stephen Smith Peter Stein and Lisa Cashdan Gail Stennies Sandra Stone Catherine and Alexander Traykovski Linda and Carlos Urmacher Michael and Roxanne Van Dusen International Development Programs, Ethiopia Paul and Mary Waldman Lisbeth Warren and Robert Cantlay John Corboy Hannelore and Konrad Jarausch Paul Witt Kimberly Cressy Carol and Robert Jenkins Anne Wolfgang ∞ Charles Danzoll and Abby Maxman Ana-Sofia Joanes Ellen Wormser Martha Darling and Gilbert Omenn Leonade Jones ∞ deceased Leah Davis Paul and Marni Kaplan Dawn and Mark Deaton David and Peggy Kehe World Learning Leadership Circle Cynthia Diller Susan Kelley Global Visionaries James and Sara Donnell Elizabeth and Andrew King $100,000 and above Christian and Melissa Frantz Alan Kirschenbaum President’s Leadership Circle Julie and Paul Gerlach Mary and Marshall Lasky $50,000 to $99,999 Clinton and Mary Gilliland Amy Lepon Global Ambassadors Edward and Julie Ginsburg Richard and Dale Levy $25,000-$49,999 Cynthia Grubb Anne and Jack Locascio Ernest and Ilene Gruenfeld Eleanor and Edward MacDowell World Learning Society Meloni Hallock Kathy Cagney Maio and Peter Maio $10,000 to $24,999 Grafton Harper Amanda McBride Odyssey Club John and Edna Herman John McNichols $5,000 to $9,999 Jerry Hiatt Elizabeth and Dale Meers Sandanona Club James and Rosejean Hinsdale Judith Mysliborski $2,500 to $4,999 Margaret M. Holman Thomas and Dominique Palmer Donald and Leslie Watt Society Ellen A. Holmes Wendy Peck and Charles Forer $1,000 to $2,499 Leland and Ruth Phelps Christina Holt Gordon Boyce Society Diane Humphreys-Barlow and Jack Barlow W. Reid and Marguerite Pitts $500 to $999 Matthew and Carmen James Robin Pompa

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Commemorative Gifts

In Honor of James Hansen Helen Massey

In Honor of Andy Kelly Pauline Hill Patrick and Suzanne Kelly

In Honor of Theresa Kelly Pauline Hill Patrick and Suzanne Kelly

International Exchange Programs, Vermont In Honor of Sherry Lee Mueller Anthony Allen and Reina Smith Gifts were made in honor of these Jesse and Mary Johnson Robert and Joan Chase individuals between July 1, 2010, Rochelle Kaufman Ann and Thomas Friedman and June 30, 2011 Susan and Dirk Koechner David and Sally Kennedy

Gloria Kornfeld Cheryl and Glen Lewy In Honor of Carol Bellamy Maxine Libert Clare and Howard McMorris Clare and Howard McMorris Katharine Persons Phyllis and David Oxman Marvin and Susannah Rosenberg Susan and David Plimpton In Honor of Henry Berinstein Ted Ross Robert and Monique Schweich Dennis and Joan Poster Arthur and Rosalie Seibel In Honor of Mario Pascale In Honor of Wendy Elizabeth Culp In Honor of Nancy Rowden Brock Susan Bynum and Robert Kimtis Anonymous Derrin and Cathy Culp Carol Dickinson Michael and Roxanne Van Dusen In Honor of Amy Casher and In Honor of Paula Green David Seibel Jan Passion and Ellen Furnari In Honor of Rebecca Persinger Margaret and Arturo Arevalos Julian and Elsie Mason Herbert and Sherrie Botwick In Honor of Lisa Gurwitch George and Elinor Buffington Samuel Gelbart In Honor of Charles Plimpton Kathleen Goodspeed Shelly Porges Susan and David Plimpton Matthew Jennings Andrew Rome

22 World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 Commemorative Gifts

In Honor of Susan Plimpton In Honor of Alix Simonson Edward and Stephanie Lebow David and Carol Barans Jan Solomon and Kenneth Simonson Lynn and Phil Lilienthal Nathaniel Batchelder C. Payne and Freddie Lucas Carol Bellamy In Honor of Harold Swanson Peter McCandless Caroline Merriam David and Joanne Corey Alan Hecht and Kristin Swanson Sherry Lee Mueller Lucy Grimes and Craig Evans National Peace Corps Association Lisa Gurwitch In Honor of Wanda Swanson Mary Orlando Margaret M. Holman Alan Hecht and Kristin Swanson Maureen Orth Susan Kinder and David Vealitzek Elizabeth and Charles Peters Fred and Karen Mandell In Honor of Dora Weber Hiliary Critchley Plioplys Robert and Monique Schweich E. Ann and Timothy Flanagan Alice and Jordan Popkin Hope Stevens Shelly Porges Susan Wilkes and Jim Klobuchar In Honor of Harris Wofford Ronaleen and Thomas Roha Anonymous Daniel and Florence Rosenblum In Honor of Walter Plimpton Doris and Charles Ablard Carolyn S. Rusk Susan and David Plimpton Robert and Pamela Adams Ann Schneider Elizabeth Bagley The Sheridan Group In Honor of Robert and Albert and Agatha Barclay Dane and Judith Smith Monique Schweich Tony Barclay Cathya and Charles Stephenson Lawrence J. Goldstein Elizabeth Borgen and Jennifer Phipps Helen Stern Ernest and Ilene Gruenfeld Lucie and Francis Bourne Jessica Townsend Teague Robert and Ellen Gutenstein Building Bridges Coalition Sue and Richard Tempero Nina and Alan Myers Jane Condon and Kenneth G. Bartels Robert and Judith Terry Tracy and Gene Trisko Annie Pichard Marion Connell Roberta Warren Cross-Cultural Solutions Adam and Anne Weinberg Charles Dambach Steve and Patti Werner Georgia Delano Jennifer Wofford and Daniel Seligman Wilton and Virginia Dillon Susan Wolf and William Wertenbaker Sarah G. Epstein and Donald A. Collins Michael Wolfson David Fleshler Nancy Zinner Tom and Elizabeth Fox Judyth Gilbert In Honor of Anna Wyatt Lisa D. Gurwitch Sherry Lee Mueller Patricia Harrison International Development Programs, Macedonia Patricia Hogan In Honor of Richard Wyatt Barbara Keller and Steven Cohen Sally Knapp Sherry Lee Mueller

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 23 Memorial Gifts

Memorial Gifts

Gifts were made in memory of these individuals between July 1, 2010, and June 30, 2011

In Memory of Roland Bonewitz Chrissy and Joseph Barry

In Memory of Concetta DeMauro Jo-Ann and Andrew Martyn

In Memory of Sebastian DeMauro Jo-Ann and Andrew Martyn

In Memory of June Gittleson International Exchange Programs, Vermont Nancy Blase Virginia and Haig Goshdigian In Memory of Martha Martyn In Memory of Gerald Shaia Rosemary Rhea Jo-Ann and Andrew Martyn Carol Dickinson Bonnie Schoennagel In Memory of Lisa Mbele-Mbong In Memory of Mary Sweet In Memory of Joyce Goldman Peter Joseph and Terencia Leon-Joseph Ann and Gary Fink Dorian Goldman and Marvin Israelow In Memory of Judy Mello In Memory of David Thompson In Memory of Manfred Kaufmann Sidney Lovett Ann Thompson Hamilton and Monika Carothers In Memory of Rosamond Putnam In Memory of Mary Tweedy In Memory of Berton Kirshner Rosamond and Francois Delori Margot Egan Martin Shimmel Sue and Richard Tempero Clare and Howard McMorris Michael Savage In Memory of John Martyn In Memory of Muriel Schwartzstein Jo-Ann and Andrew Martyn Rosamond and Francois Delori In Memory of Donald Watt Carl Denlinger and Arcenia Rosal

24 World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 Infinity Club

Eric Hall Anderson Russell Ellis The Infinity Club Dorothea Atwell Joan Elliston Stephen Barefoot Billie Embree Faith Wilcox Barrington Sarah G. Epstein Carl Bauer George Ewan Randall Bollig Alice Fick Whitford Bond Suzanne FitzGerald R.F. Derick Bonewitz Margaret Fohl Joan Boyce Nancy Fryberger The Infinity Club is a special group of Kathleen Brown Richard Fryberger supporters who have included World Elizabeth Brownstein Francesca Galluccio-Steele Learning, The Experiment in Interna- Katherine Bryant Amy Garcia tional Living, SIT Study Abroad, or SIT Graduate Institute in their estate Marion Bundy Mitchell Goodman plans. The Infinity Club takes its name Peggy Lewis Cash Margaret Grimes from a design of antiquity that symbol- Joan Chase Susan Gutchess izes the eternal promise of the human Robert Chase Susan Hagist family. This symbol also served as the Virginia Cheney Eleanor Hamric original logo for The Experiment in Gregory Chislovsky Blanche Harrison International Living. We have chosen Prudence Clendenning Bonnie Helms this symbol to represent the signifi- Elizabeth Conant Mary Heltsley cance of people around the world Susan Corbett Apphia Hensley living together in harmony. We are Audrae Coury Bill Hoffman deeply grateful to the Infinity Club Catherine Crane Patricia Hogan members listed here, and hope their William H. Crocker Stephen Howe leadership will inspire others. Mary B. Davidson Barbara Ingerman Sally Deitz Leila Jahncke E. Hazel Denton Laura Kaiser Jill Dixon Karen Kale Planned Gifts: Elizabeth Dodds Margery Katz Your World Learning Legacy Kimberly Doren Maurice Katz A planned gift in the form of a trust, life Stephan Draganis David Kehe insurance, gift annuity, or bequest Roger Drexler Peggy Kehe strengthens the institution’s future while Margaret Drucker Sally Kennedy providing substantial benefits to the donor. Sarah Dunmeyer Irene Kleinsinger If you have made a planned gift to World Lelah Dushkin Sally Knapp Learning programs, but are not listed in Laurence Ebner Steve Kremm the Infinity Club, please contact us so that Carole Kropschot we may recognize your generosity. Karen Eckhart Judith Ehrman Cecilia Lacks

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 25 Leadership: Promoting Cross-Cultural Understanding Sarah “Sally” G. Epstein Experimenter to Austria ’49; Group Leader, Netherlands ’52; Experiment Parent and Grandparent; Trustee ’81–’94

“When you meet an Experimenter, you feel you’re meeting someone who has a less prejudiced view of many things and a much broader look at the world.”

Sarah “Sally” G. Epstein saw Epstein’s lifelong interest in promoting former World Learning trustees. She and firsthand the effects of World War II cross-cultural understanding led her to her son David also fundraise for the Out- during her 1949 Experiment in take on a number of key roles. In the bound Ambassadors Fund in Washington. International Living to Austria. 1950s, she and her first husband Epstein enjoys seeing how The Experiment Lionel, also an Experimenter, moved transforms the way these urban youth see Her homestay was with the Franz Koffler to Washington, DC. From there, they themselves, the United States, and the family in Vienna, a city divided among led an Experiment group to Holland, world after a summer abroad. forces from the former Soviet Union, the and helped arrange stays in Washington United Kingdom, France, and the United and programs for Experimenters to the “When you meet an Experimenter, you States. Her family told her how they had United States. Later, Experimenter Sargent feel you’re meeting someone who has a chewed leather to stave off hunger during Shriver asked the couple to research less prejudiced view of many things and the war and they showed her ancestral whether young Americans would consider a much broader look at the world,” says portraits slashed by Soviet bayonets. joining the Peace Corps, which tapped Epstein. “I feel every young person, every The Experiment to train its first volunteers. young American, should have an overseas “I began to realize that war is not just experience similar to The Experiment, in soldiers fighting, it’s civilians who get Today, Epstein helps shape a new which they really get into the culture. . . . affected,” she said. “How strange it generation of leaders. Her family supports I think it’s really necessary training to live was to feel so warm and comfortable SIT Graduate Institute’s Bradley/Gamble in the world today.” with someone you considered your Fellows Program in Population Studies, enemy a few years before.” which is named after Epstein’s parents,

26 World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 Infinity Club (continued)

SIT Study Abroad, Chile

Infinity Club (continued) Kathy Jones Nixon Gary Smith Gordon Lankton Jackalyn Noller Irene Smith Barbara Larson Roberta Owens John Sommer Anne Lauriat Maude Pervere Judith Stoffer Gilbert Lessenco Marnie S. Pillsbury Richard Stollenwerck Morelle Levine Susan Post Susan Sunflower Marion Levy David Rein Donna Svirsky Laraine Lippe John Riordan Masako Takada Tou Pao Lor Susan Ritz Elizabeth Tannenbaum Edward Lynn Louise Rose Robert Terry Joseph Mandato Jane Rotch Susan Terry Stephanie Maull Marge Ryder Priscilla Toomey Peter May William Sage Judith Vore Ann McLaughlin Lisa Salzman Ann Weigand Marilyn Meardon Ann Schneider Beth Weisberg Janet Mersereau Marilyn Schwartz Nancy Hamill Winter Marilyn Morris Robert Schweich Susan Wolf Sherry Lee Mueller Ernest Van B. Seasholes Ellen Wormser Eunice Murphy Isabel Silverman Elizabeth Yacubian Anne Nickerson Cleta Skovronski Robert Youker Francesca Nicosia Nancy Zinner Nancy Niemann Elizabeth Zorski

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 27 Leadership: Transformational Scholarships Stephen Lowey Experimenter to France ’52; Group Leader, France ’57; Board Chair Emeritus

“Nita and I decided to endow an Experiment scholarship fund in order to make a real difference.”

Steve Lowey’s excitement over In 1995, the Loweys endowed a Lowey recounts with pride the history the importance and significance of scholarship fund to enable worthy of The Experiment and its vital role in The Experiment experience hasn’t Westchester County high school establishing the Peace Corps, when, diminished in the nearly 60 years students to experience a potentially in 1961, Sargent Shriver, a former since his days in France, first as an life-changing Experiment summer. Since Experimenter, asked then president Experimenter in Lille in 1952, and then then, more than 200 Lowey Community Gordon Boyce to set up its first as a group leader to Grenoble in 1957. Ambassadors have participated in training programs in Brattleboro. Friendships with his homestay Experiment programs around the world. families, his love for the country, and his fluency in the language “Nita and I decided to endow an continue today. Experiment scholarship fund in order to make a real difference,” says Lowey. Lowey, an attorney, was first invited to join “It is in the national interest that the the World Learning Board of Trustees in United States be represented abroad 1986, served as board chair from 1997 by citizen diplomats as well as by career to 2000, and has remained active as professionals,” he says. “Experiment chair emeritus. His wife, Nita Lowey, now founder Donald Watt’s inspiration of the serving her twelfth term in Congress, was homestay as a key to bridging diverse chair and is now the ranking member of cultures is still valid today. But, The the House Appropriations Subcommittee Experiment is not for everyone. Living on State and Foreign Operations. with strangers in a foreign land and learning their language and customs requires dedication.”

28 World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 Organizations

Corporations, Foundations, and Other Organizations

A growing number of foundations, Ann B. Collier Trust Flora Family Foundation corporations, and organizations are Robert D. Collins Fund Nathan Fluegelman Memorial providing funding for World Learning Combined Federal Campaign Patty Foresman Foundation programs. These commitments reflect Community Foundation of the Fortview Foundation an increasing interest in our efforts Chattahoochee Valley Inc. Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies to provide education, exchange, and Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Freygish Foundation development programs that empower Community Foundation for the National Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman people and strengthen communities. Capital Region Family Foundation Richard Riley Conarroe Foundation Friends of Education Charitable Abbott Laboratories Fund Peter C. Cornell Trust Trust Incorporated Matching Grant Plan Cross-Cultural Solutions Friends of University Academy Barbara Aguirre Trust Dammann Fund Gant Family Foundation Ainsworth Living Trust Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation James R. Gardner Foundation, Inc. American International Group, Inc. Dayton Foundation Garfield Foundation Howard S. Apperman Trust Deloitte LLP Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Atlantic Trust The Rita Mary Des Armier Trust The GDS Legacy Foundation, Inc. AT&T United Way Employee Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc. General Electric Foundation Giving Campaign Henry L. and Grace Doherty Mary Jane Hacker Glauber Revocable Trust Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Charitable Foundation, Inc. Glaxo Smith Kline Fund at the Hartford Foundation Dollar Bank Foundation Joyce and Irving Goldman Austin Community Foundation Donovan Brothers Incorporated Family Foundation Bank of America Duke Energy Corporation Barbara J. & Lawrence J. Goldstein Bernstein Family Foundation Stannard and Dorothy Dunn Do Good Foundation, Inc. Braeside Foundation Charitable Trust Barbara Grace Charitable Trust Building Bridges Coalition Harry Edison Foundation Great Grandmother Fund of the Vermont Brownington Foundation Russell W. Ellis Trust Agreement Community Foundation Brown-Monson Foundation Sarah G. Epstein Revocable Trust The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Catherine and Paul Fred J. Fechheimer Revocable Trust Greenpoint Group Buttenwieser Foundation FedEx Robert G. and Ellen S. Gutenstein Capewest Adventures, LLC Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Family Foundation, Inc. Capital Group Charitable Foundation The Finney Foundation Inc. Beth Hafner Memorial Fund Frances Chapin Foundation First Clearing, LLC Hamill Family Foundation Chicago Tribune Foundation First Congressional Unitarian Church Astrid F. Hancock Living Trust The Clorox Company Foundation First Giving The Hartmann Family Foundation Sol Cohn Foundation The Fiske Family Trust Hassenfeld Foundation Howard P. Colhoun Family Fund Fleming Oil Company The Hearing Center

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 29 Organizations (continued)

The Heister Family Charitable Fund Mission Fish Service Guild of Covington Helios Foundation Monroe County Education Foundation Marion Seymour Revocable Trust Shirley and Barnett Helzberg Foundation Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Global The Sheridan Group Herbst Family Foundation Impact Funding Trust, Inc. Silicon Valley Community Foundation Herrmann Family Charitable Foundation Kingsley H. Murphy Revocable Trust Sommerville Family Trust William and Flora Hewlett Foundation National Philanthropic Trust Philip and Marcia Steckler 1998 Hirsch-Schwartz Foundation Network for Good Charitable Lead Trust Holman Consulting, Inc. New York Community Trust Cynthia S. Stibolt Living Trust Joel and Carol Honigberg Fund Richard and Linda Newman Living Trust Stonehenge Capital Company Diane G. Hubbard 2005 Revocable Trust Anne and Scott Nickerson Stuart Family Foundation Roy A. Hunt Foundation Family Foundation The Teal Foundation IBM Corporation Jeannine Calcagno Niehaus Transition to Parenthood, P.S. Immanuel Presbyterian Church Stoneware Pottery Triangle Community Foundation Margo R. Janke Revocable Trust North Ridge Foundation Trust for Mutual Understanding JBT Corporation Northern Trust Company Tse Foundation Jewish Communal Fund G. Nunes and C. Nunes Charitable Trust Tulsa Community Foundation Jewish Community Endowment Fund C. Reed Parker Trust Turpin Foundation Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies The Anthony J. Petrocelli Charitable Trust Anne Rippy Turtle Trust of 2010 Stephen G. Juelsgaard Trust Plum Tree School, LLC United Way of Long Island Just Give PNC Advisors United Way of Rhode Island KeyBank Jean and Henry Pollak Fund, Inc. United Way of Tucson John and Patricia Klingenstein Fund John and Martha Prince Revocable Trust US Department of Education KPMG Foundation Prudential Foundation Valicenti Advisory Services Kresge Foundation Putnam Foundation Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program John S. and Florence G. Lawrence Isabel Rassin Trust The Velsey Family Trust Foundation, Inc. Raytheon Company Verizon Foundation Kurt J. Lesker Company The Richards Group and the Richards Dewitt Wallace Youth Travel Living Springs Foundation and Taggard Families Enrichment Fund Laurie Livingston Revocable Trust The Dorothy and Jonathan Rintels 2004 George Warren and Clarice K. Warren David S. Madsen Living Trust Charitable Foundation Charitable Trust Mako Foundation Bernard Rothfeld Children’s Foundation Weaver Family Private Foundation The Maple Tree Fund RPA, Inc. Susan Weber Revocable Trust Marpat Foundation, Inc. Rye Dermatology Naida S. Wharton Foundation S. & L. Marx Foundation Rita A. Sator Revocable Trust Whitman Family Trust Peter L. and Nancy M. McCandless Trust The Mortimer S. and Vera M. The Wice Foundation Members Give Schiff Foundation Wilmington Trust Merck Partnership for Giving Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving The Michael R. Wolfson Revocable Trust The Minneapolis Foundation The Seattle Foundation Woodlawn Foundation

30 World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 Program Partners

International Development and Exchange Program Partners

Government Donors Primary Partners Selected Other Partners United States Agency for ACDI-VOCA Africare International Development—USAID AMIDEAST Catholic Relief Services US Department of Labor Creative Associates Handicap International US Department of State Council of American Overseas International Rescue Committee US Embassies Research Centers Jordanian Center for Civic Education World Bank Deloitte LLP Pathfinder FedEx Project Harmony Holyoke Public Schools, UCP Wheel for Humanity Holyoke, Massachusetts The University of Iowa (UI) ICF Macro International Division of Sponsored Programs Massachusetts Immigrant Woodrow Wilson Refugee Advocacy Coalition International Center for Scholars Save the Children World Institute on Disability US Civilian Research and World Vision Development Foundation Yasar University

Matching Gift Companies

Many corporations match the donations Abbott Laboratories Fund Matching Glaxo Smith Kline their employees, employees’ spouses, Grant Plan William and Flora Hewlett Foundation retirees, directors, and board members American International Group, Inc. IBM Corporation make to charitable organizations. If your Bank of America JBT Corporation gift qualifies for a corporate match, the Capital Group Charitable Foundation Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies value of your gift may be doubled or Chicago Tribune Foundation Merck Partnership for Giving even tripled. The following is a list Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation, Inc. Prudential Foundation of companies that provided matching Dollar Bank Foundation Raytheon Company gifts to World Learning donors during Duke Energy Corporation Stonehenge Capital Company the 2011 fiscal year. Flora Family Foundation Verizon Foundation General Electric Foundation

To find out if your company matches gifts, please contact your human resources department, or call the World Learning Office of Advancement at 802 258-3173.

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 31 Endowed Funds

World Learning Endowed Funds

Below is a selection of endowed funds Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Scholarship Fund Ainsley Ross MacCormack established by our generous donors. Davidson Family Fund Development Fund Endowments are a perpetual source Cleveland Dodge Environment Studies Fund John and Lawrence Shaw Macy Fund of funding that benefit every aspect East West Fund Vito and Marianne Mandato Community Ambassador Award of the organization. World Learning is Egypt ’63 Scholarship Fund MAT 3 Fund committed to maximizing the impact EIL 2003 Fund McMorris SIT International Scholarships of these funds for today and for EIL Initiative Fund Moser Africa Scholarship Fund generations to come. Ellsworth Fund Brian Moss Memorial Scholarship Fund Sarah G. Epstein and Lionel C. World Learning has also received many The Sherry Mueller Scholarship Fund Epstein Family Fund non-endowed restricted funds that sup- Rudy Martinez Pino Memorial Experiment Scholarship Fund for port scholarships, fellowships, and our Scholarship Fund Western Pennsylvania Students programs. For more information about Reitemeyer Memorial Fund Clarence Falk Fund creating an endowed or restricted fund, Rosado-Bonewitz Scholarship Fund please contact the Office of Advancement Fenelon Scholarship Fund Sargent Memorial Fund at 802 258-3173. Founders Fund Robert J. Schweich Minority Fund Sarah B. and Clarence G. Gamble Sheridan County Maxine Torbert Memorial Fellowship Fund EIL Scholarship Fund The Sam Achziger Memorial Marian Upton Harris Fund Shohl Fund Scholarship Fund Helzberg Family Fund SIT 2003 Fund Cornelia Aldis Fund Houston International Fund Southwest Connecticut Outbound Marie Madeleine Aldis Fund Edward G. Janeway Ambassador Fund The Anderson Family Fund International Scholarship Frederic R. Stettenheim Fund Sally Bragg Baker Fund Kennedy Family Fund Student Academic Scholarship Fund Faith Wilcox Barrington Fund Koide Family Fund Libby Sussler Memorial Fund Karen Stromgren Blanchard Scholarship Richard Koscinski Memorial Fund The Kitty and John Walker IE Fund Fund For Women Lanvin/Charles of the Ritz Fund The Walker Family Fund Delia Bloom Fund Lasky/Levine EIL Scholarships John A. Wallace Fund F. Gordon Boyce Fund Leslie Watt Fund Lasky/Levine SIT Scholarships Sandra Hannum Carlton Fund Watt Legacy Jonathan Lax Memorial Fund Robert Cash Memorial Fund Winchell Endowed Scholarship Fund Susan Donna Lessenco Fund Robert A. Childs Memorial Fund Margretta Winters Fund The Lewy Family Global Health William St. Clair & Margaret Nathaniel T. Winthrop Fund Merle-Smith Childs Fund Scholars Program WLID 2003 Fund Ray Clark Scholarship for L.G. Fund World Learning Peace Fund Excellence in Teaching Stephen and Nita Lowey The Lee Workum Fund Compton Fellowship Fund World Citizen Award Fund John Wright Minority Fund 32 World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 Trustees

Board of Trustees

Rosamond P. Delori Betsy S. Michel World Learning gratefully

Board Chair Paul S. Muther acknowledges the trustees whose terms ended in 2011: Robert W. Adams Jean Bosco Niyonzima Rye S. Barcott Vice Chair Program Trustee Mary B. Davidson Thomas Hiatt Emilie M. Ogden Vice Chair Judy S. Huret Brian B. Stephens Caridad Martinez Echevarria, Dana Kull Program Trustee Vice Chair Charles F. Stewart Clare Tweedy McMorris Sue Ann Tempero Stephen Lowey Sherry Lee Mueller Chair Emeritus Adam S. Weinberg David A. Murdoch Ex-Officio Trustee Chair Emeritus Susan B. Plimpton Executive Team Chair Emerita Adam S. Weinberg Phyllis Watt Ingersoll President and Chief Executive Officer, Trustee Emerita World Learning Richard J. Adler President, SIT Kenneth G. Bartels Nancy Rowden Brock Robert C. Chase Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Fayezul H. Choudhury Lisa Gurwitch Lawrence Cooley Senior Vice President, Institutional Robert L. Cosinuke Advancement and External Relations Allen B. Cutler Carol Jenkins Jane Edwards Senior Vice President, International Thomas H. Fox Development and Exchange Programs Allan A. Hodgson Paul S. Kraske Cheryl Winter Lewy Virginia A. Loeb Charles F. MacCormack Judith Brown Meyers as of January 2012

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 33 Statement of Financial Position Financials June 30, 2011 2011 Total

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents $5,439,177 Accounts and notes receivable, net 8,882,023 Contributions receivable, net 1,204,112 Prepaid expenses 4,446,456 Inventories and other assets 1,418,368 Investments 46,650,819 Property, plant and equipment, 7,119,965 net of accumulated depreciation

Total assets 75,160,920

Liabilities and Net Assets

Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses $2,223,435 Advance payments and deferred revenue 11,169,943 Borrowings under line of credit 4,418,445 Notes payable 813,623 Capital lease obligations 182,055 Federal loan program advances 878,072

Total liabilities 19,685,573

Net Assets Unrestricted 9,355,159 Temporarily restricted 15,769,002 Permanently restricted 30,351,186

Total net assets 55,475,347

Total liabilities and net assets $75,160,920

34 World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 Consolidated Statement of Activities Year Ended June 30, 2011 2011 Total Percentages

Operating Revenues and Other Support

Net tuition and program fees $46,912,565 36.66% Grants and contracts 75,105,468 58.69% Investment income availed under spending policy 2,021,613 1.58% Contributions 2,688,763 2.10% Auxiliary services 805,984 0.63% Other revenue 439,210 0.34%

Total operating revenues and other support $127,973,603 100.00%

Operating Expenses

Education and general $37,554,649 29.81% Grants and contracts 75,105,468 59.63% Auxiliary services 823,832 0.65% General support 12,328,764 9.79% Interest on indebtedness 143,143 0.11% Other 6,729 0.01%

Total operating expense $125,962,585 100.00%

Change in net assets from operations $2,011,018

Endowment Funds (as of June 30, 2011) $46.7 Million

World Learning Annual/Donor Report 2010–2011 35 The World Learning Distinguished Global Citizen Achievement Award

First offered in 2011, this award recognizes exceptional individuals who: n have a record of outstanding service in their chosen international careers or avocations, n embody and promote the values reflected in the mission of World Learning, n demonstrate originality and creativity in their endeavors Senator Wofford accepts the award from World US Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont is the to address global challenges, Learning President Adam Weinberg and SIT 2012 World Learning Distinguished Global Study Abroad alumna and Shining Hope for Citizen Achievement Award recipient. n promote and encourage Communities co-founder Jessica Posner. international understanding and cooperation among diverse stakeholders.

On February 3, 2011, World Learning presented the inaugural award to Harris Wofford, US senator from Pennsylvania 1991–1995, in honor of his lifelong com- mitment to public service. The 2012 award honors US Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont in recognition of his distinguished career and his commitment to human rights. World Learning Trustee Robert Adams with Senator Harris Wofford addresses the World Harris Wofford. Learning audience.

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