CISAC Friends Help Build a Safer World

The path-breaking work done by CISAC scholars and students is made possible through the generosity of its supporters. Each gift to CISAC underwrites the vital work that CISAC is doing now, and provides a crucial foundation for CISAC programs of the future.

Individual Support

Unrestricted Gifts

Many individuals become Friends of CISAC. Friends of CISAC provide unrestricted gifts to the Center, to ensure that CISAC's current work thrives and to enable the Directors to respond quickly and appropriately to compelling needs in international security studies. Friends are active members of the CISAC community; they participate in the New Century Seminars, which bring together international leaders with Center Friends for private, in-depth conversation on issues of global significance; receive Center publications; and attend select seminars, workshops, and symposia.

Targeted Gifts

Some donors prefer to support specific CISAC initiatives based on their personal interests and philanthropic goals. Among CISAC's targeted support opportunities are fellowships and policy outreach.

• Fellowships - CISAC sponsors predoctoral and postdoctoral social science and science fellows who have demonstrated exceptional potential in the field of international security studies and practice. The list of distinguished CISAC scholars includes Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies director Coit Blacker and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
• Policy Outreach - CISAC is committed to making the rigorous science and social science research produced at the Center available to national and international policymakers as well as the general public. Currently, the Center's outreach programs include providing Congressional testimony, delivering briefings to U.S. and international agencies, sponsoring public conversations on critical international security issues, and spearheading track-two diplomatic efforts.

Corporate Support

The CISAC Corporate Affiliates Program, begun by former CISAC Co-Director William Perry in 1990, provides opportunities for corporate leaders to participate in substantive discussions on international security and U.S. defense policies, since global business and trade are inextricably linked to politics and security. Corporate Affiliates attend the New Century Seminars and other Center events, receive Center publications, and may receive briefings from Center scholars and visitors. The cost of participation in the program is a $25,000 annual contribution to CISAC. Current CISAC Corporate Affiliates include The Boeing Company, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and Sun Microsystems.

For information about supporting CISAC as either a Friend or an Affiliate, please contact:

Nora Sweeny
Development Manager
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Stanford University
Encina Hall, C223
616 Serra Street
Stanford, CA 94305-6165
Phone: (650) 724-5697
email: noras4@stanford.edu

Gifts to CISAC and FSI are tax deductible under applicable rules. The Institute is part of Stanford University's tax exempt status as a Section 501 (c) (3) public charity.