Invest in an Immigrant
With the generous support from Andrew Romay and matching funds from the Open Society Foundations, the International Center launched the Immigrant Support Program (ISP) in 2008. The ISP provides recent immigrants with a yearlong scholarship to the Center where they can participate in classes, activities, and networking events. The ISP is designed to help meet participants' needs so they can start functioning successfully in professional and academic settings in their new home. Each year the ISP serves 120 members. However, the need for the program is far greater.
How does the sponsorship program work?
Your tax-deductible donation helps provide a newcomer with a scholarship to the ISP. Donating $1,000 or more provides you with a biography of the immigrant or refugee whom you are supporting. The ICNY will send you progress reports and updates about the person you have sponsored. These updates will allow you to follow the progress the newcomer makes by participating in the Immigrant Support Program.
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A biography of the ISP member you are helping to sponsor will be sent to you along with periodic updates of their progress.
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Who receives ICNY sponsorships?
Scholarships at ICNY are awarded to immigrants or refugees who demonstrate a financial need and successfully complete a one-month trial period. Scholarship recipients come from all over the world. Many were professionals or studying to be professionals in their native countries. They are now seeking to gain the English-language skills that they need to enter the American workforce or academic institutions at the level that utilizes their professional skills and knowledge.
ICNY programs provide newcomers to the United States with:
- Strong English skills that help them secure better jobs, support their children in school, and achieve a better quality of life
- Practical and professional training that increases newcomers' earning potential and their capacity to meet individual career goals in the United States
- Opportunities to engage in American culture and civic life
What does a scholarship include?
Scholarship recipients receive unlimited access to ICNY's programming, which includes:
- More than 50 weekly English and American culture classes
- Practical and career-skills workshops
- Three conversation partnerships
- Structured courses three times a year
- Comprehensive ESOL library with a computer lab and internet access
- Subsidized lunch at the Center
The ICNY's hallmark conversation partnerhsip program provides learners with practice in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary skills through discussions with native speakers. They also learn useful informational that can help them adjust more quickly to life in New York, such as how to find an apartment, open a bank account, or prepare a resume.
Ready to support an immigrant or refugee in need?
Follow one of the links below:
Click to donate online
Click to download donation form to print and mail
Click to donate to ICNY outside the scholarship program
