Corporate & Foundation Donors
Building the Next Generation of Leaders The Washington Center is committed to providing quality programs that help to create the next generation of young leaders and to make these programs accessible to every student who wishes to participate. With the generous support from many corporate, foundation and individual partners, we are able to provide students with internship programs of the very highest quality.
For more than 35 years, TWC has been giving students from across the country and around the world the opportunity to experience a semester of experiential learning that is nothing less than transformational. Supporting The Washington Center provides an opportunity for our partners to take an active, and oftentimes hands-on, role in helping to transform current and future students into a cohort of young professionals prepared to lead the public, private and nonprofit sectors in the future.
Through their support, The Washington Center’s partners enhance their resources as members of a unique network in Washington, D.C., that includes students, alumni, affiliated colleges and universities, and public, private, and nonprofit institutions. As the cost of education programs rises and the demand for TWC’s program grows, the continued support of our corporate, foundation and individual partners is even more essential to our ability to honor our commitment
More Information For more information on private sector support at TWC, please contact:
Ryan Klang
Director of Development
(202) 238-7965
Ryan.Klang@twc.edu [6]
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Scholarships & Programs
The Washington Center provides financial aid to approximately 75% of its students every year. Many of these students receive scholarship support through generous gifts from The Washington Center’s corporate, foundation, and individual donors.
Scholarship and program support may be annual or endowed, restricted or unrestricted, and need-based or merit-based. The Washington Center has traditionally received support for the following types of scholarships and programs:
Full Scholarships
Full scholarship includes program costs, housing costs, and travel.
Partial Scholarships
Partial scholarships for program and housing costs.
Program Sponsorship
Full support for new academic internship program development and full student scholarships; usually includes program naming rights along with TWC.
Program Support
Partial support for an existing academic internship programs, including support for seminar development and student scholarships.
Seminar Sponsorship
Full support for a one- or two-week academic seminar; includes full support for seminar development and full scholarships. Usually includes seminar naming rights along with TWC.
Seminar Support
Partial support for a one or two-week academic seminar; includes support for seminar development and student scholarships.
Event/Reception Sponsorship
Sponsor a component of The Washington Center’s Leadership Forum or sponsor an alumni reception or networking event.
Endowment & Naming Opportunities
It is possible for your organization to arrange for perpetual support for The Washington Center through an endowment gift. For gifts of $25,000 or more, a donor may choose to permanently restrict the funds towards The Washington Center’s endowment. The donated fund is permanently named by the donor.
Endowed funds are responsibly invested and the interest earned is used for The Washington Center’s charitable educational purposes. Alternatively, the donor may restrict the resulting interest to a specific use, such as a scholarship fund.
The investment and use of endowed funds is overseen by The Washington Center’s all-volunteer Board of Directors where oversight of the endowment comes under the Board Vice Chairman Christopher K. Norton, retired partner and managing director of Goldman Sachs.
Capital Gifts
The Washington Center is committed to offering its students and partners the best possible living and learning facilities in Washington, D.C. The Washington Center’s permanent headquarters building, located six blocks north of The White House in NW Washington, provides office space for 80 staff and classroom space for 100 students at a time.
The organization opened its brand new Residential and Academic Facility for operations in May 2010. Located just blocks from the Capitol in NE Washington, this new facility will house 350 students each semester as well as a large community space, smaller social areas, a fitness center, and a computer lab.
Corporate, foundation, and individual donors are invited to make capital gifts to support these facilities that comprise TWC’s permanent campus in the nation’s capital. Commemorative naming opportunities are available to donors making large gifts in certain amounts. Naming opportunities include, but are not limited to:
- Building sponsorship
- Auditorium
- Conference rooms
- Classrooms
- Lounge areas
- Student apartments
