FUNDING SYSTEMIC CHANGE

Donors


Every gift you make invests directly in a child in Armenia.

Armenia is at a crossroads. The next decade will decide whether our country unlocks its potential or keeps living with the inequality it inherited. We are building the teachers, the schools, and the policy that determines which way it goes.

Why give to AEI?

  • To date, we have impacted the lives of 60,000+ students, and we won't stop until we reach every school-aged child in Armenia by 2050.
  • We redesign systems, we don't patch holes. From rural classrooms to AI-integrated schools to the policy labs that set national standards, we work on root causes.
  • A decade, national scale. We began as a single fellowship program. Our alumni now lead schools, advise ministries, and launch social ventures.
  • Your dollar goes further here. A lean operating budget delivers results on par with organizations several times our size.
  • What you fund gets replicated. Our models, curricula, and technology are built to be licensed and reused, so a single gift reaches far beyond the school it paid for.

Ways to Give for Philanthropic Donors

  • Give Monthly: Join a community of supporters who back Armenia's students every month of the year. Monthly giving is the steadiest support there is, it lets us hire teachers, plan full school years, and promise a student we'll still be there when they graduate.
  • Annual & Multi-Year Giving: A multi-year commitment lets us recruit and train educators years in advance, and tell a school we'll be there for the whole cohort, not just this term.
  • Corporate Matching Gifts: Your gift could go twice as far. Many employers match their employees' donations, check whether yours does, and double what reaches Armenia's classrooms.
  • Gifts in Honor or Memory of a Loved One: Honor someone who shaped you by giving a child the same chance. We'll let the person you're honoring know, or notify the family of the person you're remembering.
  • Program Sponsorship: Stand behind something specific, a Seroond Transformation Program school, a classroom or lab at Seroond School, a Spark innovation cohort, a Public Policy Lab fellowship cycle, or a MindX Forum convening.
  • Private Endowment Funds: Establish a named fund that supports the work you care about, permanently. Our endowment is governed by a written Investment Policy Statement and a Board-approved spending policy, managed under the prudent investor standard, with donor restrictions honored in full and quarterly Board-level reporting on performance and compliance.
  • Charitable Remainder Trusts & Planned Giving: A charitable remainder trust can pay you or your family an income for life, provide an immediate tax deduction, and leave what remains to Armenia's children. We also welcome bequests, appreciated stock, donor-advised fund grants, and charitable IRA rollovers.
  • Crisis-to-Resilience Fund: Support our rapid-response education model for displaced and vulnerable students, so a child's schooling doesn't end when their life is upended.

Recognition & Engagement

We treat our donors as strategic partners. You'll receive:

  • Impact dashboards and field reports.
  • Private briefings with our executive team.
  • Invitations to AEI summits, the MindX Forum, and site visits
  • Opportunities to meet the students and educators you're supporting.

Join our growing circle of visionary donors committed to unlocking Armenia's full potential through educational equity.

For a deeper look at our programs, explore Coalesced: Ten Lessons in Education and Leadership.

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