Although International House generates 80% of its annual budget as a self-supporting, 501c3 non-profit organization, we face a basic reality: room and board fees do not cover operating expenses. To ensure the House remains socio-economically as well as culturally diverse, we rely on philanthropic support to underwrite expenses, provide scholarships and allow for innovation in programming to better fulfill our mission: to foster intercultural respect and understanding, lifelong friendships and leadership skills for the promotion of a more tolerant and peaceful world.
Please consider joining alumni and friends around the world and make a gift to International House today. Donors of $500 or more to the Fund for I-House or Architectural Heritage Fund can create an inscription for a brick for the patio outside the I-House Café. Donors to any fund with gifts of $125 or more receive a limited edition poster by renowned local artist David Goines depicting a dove of peace soaring from the I-House dome. Please select from the funds below to support the area that is most meaningful to you. Thank you for helping our vision for a more peaceful world take flight.
This organization is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization.
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Gifts to this fund provide crucial unrestricted support for the day-to-day operation of this House. This fund provides the flexible funding that can be put to work where the current need is greatest, supporting programs that promote the mission of the House, student jobs that help residents make ends meet, financial aid for promising students, and crucial maintenance in our well-loved and well-used building. This fund was formerly known as the Annual Fund.
Make a Gift to The Fund for I-House
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After 77 years of service to more than 65,000 residents, this architectural treasure requires major capital improvements to ensure its future and service to new generations worldwide. Nothing is more basic to our operations than our most fundamental resource: our home. Through 2012, costly but urgent upgrades are planned to overall plumbing infrastructure, to improve energy and water efficiency, and to enhance disabled access.
Read more about our building needs (PDF).
Make a Gift to the Architectural Heritage Fund
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Opening doors for deserving students from around the world is a tradition we must preserve. With escalating costs for tuition and fees, many can no longer afford to live at I-House or accept admission to Cal. In response, I-House has secured a commitment from the Graduate Division to provide tuition, fees, and a $5K annual stipend to match qualifying annual room and board endowments for first year doctoral students.
Make a Gift to the Open Gateway Scholarship Fund
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The mission of I-House is delivered through vibrant residential and community programs. Educational forums, festivals and outreach activities help connect our residents, friends, and alumni in ways otherwise unimaginable. These are the events that will be remembered for a lifetime. They help build bridges of friendship that facilitate understanding, respect and enjoyment of differences.
Make a Gift to the Intercultural Programs Fund
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Donors supporting technology and communications initiatives at I-House ensure our ability to keep pace with current information technologies, maintain effective online communications, and connect our far-flung alumni in service to our mission to promote global understanding. Internet use is fundamental to how students work today and critical to alumni relations worldwide.
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I-House Facts:
- Opened in 1930 with a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr.
- First interracial, co-ed international living center west of New York
- 240,000 sq. ft. facility housing 1,500 students annually - 600 on any given day - from 80+ countries including the U.S., speaking 100+ languages
- Over 60,000 alumni worldwide including 6 Nobel Laureates and hundreds of prominent leaders in government, industry and the arts
- $9M operating and capital annual budget reliant on charitable support
For more than 75 years International House has functioned as a a multi-cultural residential education center at the University of California, Berkeley, serving students, the local community, and alumni worldwide. |
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