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 Ways
to Support CIC and
Participate in CIC Activities
CIC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and classified as a public
charity under section 509(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. It has a
long history of rich, creative, and successful partnerships with foundations,
the corporate and philanthropic communities, and companies that serve
colleges and universities. CIC accepts grants from corporations and foundations,
sponsorships from businesses and other organizations, and gifts from individuals,
including contributions in the form of securities and bequests.
Letter from the President
Current Funders and Sponsors. View CIC's current funders
and sponsors listed alphabetically or
by category of services offered.
Grant-Funded Programs. Both foundations and federal agencies rely
on CIC to conduct grant programs that directly benefit large numbers of
institutions in higher education. Participation in many of these programs
is competitive. These initiatives support innovative work by independent
colleges and universities and broadly disseminate resulting ideas to other
institutions. CIC's knowledge of private colleges and universities and
its credibility with institutional leaders enables CIC to solicit and
select participating institutions and to monitor their work. Topic areas
have included college/community partnerships, exchanges between historically
black institutions and other private colleges, cooperation with schools
in science and in service-learning, workshops about making strategic decisions
based on data about each institution in comparison with its peers, faculty
seminars on Islam and Middle Eastern culture, issues in American history,
and applying the cultural artifacts of ancient Greece across the curriculum.
In addition, CIC sponsors awards programs. Click
here for additional information about these programs.
Special Projects. Foundations, government agencies, and corporate
philanthropic units support a variety of CIC initiatives that provide
practical resources to college and university leaders. Examples include
small-group presidential forums, a national library of electronic materials
for classroom use, workshops on libraries and technology, a symposium
for business and higher education leaders, seminars on presidential vocation
and institutional mission, customized benchmarking reports to college
presidents on key indicators of institutional performance, and a database
of historic campus architecture sites. Click
here for more information about CIC's projects and services.
Foundation Conversation. CIC holds an annual Conversation
between Foundation Officers and College and University Presidents.
This meeting provides an opportunity for foundation officers and institutional
presidents to discuss a topic of emerging importance. Themes have included
institutional cooperation with K-12 schools, roles and responsibilities
of liberal arts institutions in a democratic society, what foundations
expect from colleges regarding social change, and building resources to
internationalize liberal arts colleges and universities.
Sponsorship. Businesses and nonprofit organizations participate
as sponsors in two annual gatherings of presidents and academic leaders
from small and medium-sized private liberal arts colleges and universities.
CIC's annual Presidents
Institute, the largest gathering of private college and university
presidents in the nation, provides opportunities to attend sessions and
to talk informally with more than 300 presidents and other higher education
leaders in a casual and friendly atmosphere. The annual Institute
for Chief Academic Officers provides a similar format for sponsors
with regard to these institutions' provosts, vice presidents of academic
affairs, and deans. CIC's annual Department/Division Chair Workshops also
benefit from sponsors' support.
General Support. Funding organizations also support general CIC
activities, including strategic planning,
program development, and improvements in infrastructure.
We are always interested in hearing from you about opportunities for
partnering, as well as ideas for future programming. We encourage you
to contact us by email at fohles@cic.nche.edu
or by phone at (202) 466-7230, as your first step in helping CIC fulfill
its agenda on behalf of independent higher education.
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