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Thank you for supporting our work to nurture a globally-connected community!

For 40 years, International House Davis has been a gathering place for people interested in learning and engaging with international cultures. As Davis’ global living room, 10 College Park has been a special place to connect with others by sharing culture, language, ideas, art, and experiences. As we celebrate 40 years in our beautiful home, we commemorate our history as we co-create a culturally-vibrant, collaborative, and compassionate future together with you – our community! We hope you will consider an end-of-year donation and help us tell the I-House story!

We are hoping to raise $40,000 for our 40th anniversary to support the future of building international connections in an ever-changing world. Please consider an end-of-year donation to I-House so that we can expand our reach and continue our work to build an inclusive community full of culture for the next forty years.

FUNDING TO SUPPORT IMMEDIATE I-HOUSE FACILITIES NEEDS:  $13,000

  • $2,000: Water is life!: New filtered water fountain with bottle filler for our audiences.
  • $8,000: A place to sit!  $3,500 to purchase 100 indoor/outdoor chairs and $4,500 for 10 new round tables with a table cart. 
  • $3,000: Enhance the experience! Black stage backdrop, new AV cart, and new lapel microphones for speakers.

PROGRAM SUPPORT: $27,000

  • $1,000 x 10: Event Donors: supports the artist/speaker fees for one World Tour concert, lecture, or event. We host 10 events per year. ($10,000 total)
  • $2,000: Volunteer Appreciation Donor: supports appreciation gifts for the 200 volunteers who teach classes, lead programs, support events, and more. 
  • $2,500 x 3: Program Donors ($7,500 total): supports our public programs
    • English Practice Partnership Program: supports the recruitment and training of 100 local volunteers to help English learners. 
    • International Parent Community:  enables multilingual outreach, honorariums for guest speakers, and program hospitality.
    • Learning Pass Program: supports administration of language learning program
  • $7,500: Stories for 40 Years of I-House: supports the creation of a photo exhibit, short video documentary, and online story repository with interviews with founders, families, scholars, artists, and culture bearers on the history and future of I-House.
“Thank you for creating such a special place for our community.
My heart was full today – with my mom, we were reeling from last night’s joyful moments”
Laleh Rastegarzadeh
I-House Board Member, about Nowruz

A LOOK AT 2024

In January 2024, we completed our strategic plan to become THE local hub for international culture and immediately began working towards our goals. We refreshed paint and landscaping to make our space comfortable and vibrant for the PEOPLE who make I-House special!

2,100+ people attended our lively cultural events, including International Festival 2024, Colors of India, Nowruz Persian New Year, Mandela Day, and more.

100+ musicians, dancers, speakers, singers & culture bearers were featured in those cultural events.

150+ volunteers helped over 300 people learn English and another 130+ volunteers made events happen.

50+ international scholars and visitors were welcomed and introduced to local culture 

300+ learners participated in world language, dance & music programs 

A LOOK AHEAD

Starting with our 40 Stories for 40 Years project, I-House Davis is working to expand our reach and deepen our engagement with our volunteers, learners, artists, culture bearers, and the public.

In the Spring of 2025, we are hosting Chinese and Japanese music events with local musicians. We are growing our volunteer-led language groups with Japanese, Mandarin, Turkish, and Arabic as well as leveled English, Spanish, and French.

We are continuing partnerships with local organizations like the YoloSol Collective and national initiatives like the Fulbright Scholar Enrichment Program.

We cannot do it without our community! You make the International House Davis cultural center thrive!

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