International Student Foundation

International Student Foundation This year 20,000 young adults will "age-out" of foster care in the United States. Help us make a difference in these young adults lives!

Every 2.2 seconds, another orphan child ages out with no family to belong to and no place to call home.

June 13 is less than two weeks away.Students are ready. The program is locked. A generous donor has matched up to $10,00...
06/01/2026

June 13 is less than two weeks away.

Students are ready. The program is locked. A generous donor has matched up to $10,000 — so every gift right now counts twice.

If you’ve been waiting for a reason to give, this is it.

https://www.isfsite.org/retreat26

Alora flew in from California for a retreat she wasn’t sure was for her.She met Ben Carroll and Admiral Mike Manazir the...
05/29/2026

Alora flew in from California for a retreat she wasn’t sure was for her.

She met Ben Carroll and Admiral Mike Manazir there. She launched a business. She now works with the very people she met that weekend.

That’s not a coincidence. That’s what happens when you put foster youth in the right room.

Help us do it again. June 13–16. Your gift is matched dollar for dollar.

https://www.isfsite.org/retreat26

Two weeks. That’s all that stands between these students and the June 13–16 Leadership Retreat.They’re registered. The p...
05/27/2026

Two weeks. That’s all that stands between these students and the June 13–16 Leadership Retreat.

They’re registered. The program is set. A matching grant is in place.

What’s still needed: $10,000 in donor gifts to fully fund the retreat. Every dollar you give is doubled.

https://www.isfsite.org/retreat26

Sometimes the most important thing that happens at a retreat doesn’t happen in a session.It happens in a quiet moment. T...
05/24/2026

Sometimes the most important thing that happens at a retreat doesn’t happen in a session.

It happens in a quiet moment. Two students figuring out they’re not alone in what they’ve been carrying.

For students who’ve grown up in foster care, those moments don’t happen by accident. ISF builds the environment for them on purpose.

June 13–16. Your gift is matched dollar for dollar.

https://www.isfsite.org/retreat26

This is what leadership development looks like in practice.Not a lecture. A challenge. Students working together, figuri...
05/22/2026

This is what leadership development looks like in practice.

Not a lecture. A challenge. Students working together, figuring it out, laughing through it — and building something in the process.

This is what your gift funds. The June 13–16 retreat is less than four weeks away. A matching grant means every dollar you give right now is doubled.

https://www.isfsite.org/retreat26

This is who you’re funding.Every person in this photo is an ISF student or mentor who showed up — some from across the c...
05/20/2026

This is who you’re funding.

Every person in this photo is an ISF student or mentor who showed up — some from across the country — for a retreat that changed what they believed was possible.

A generous donor has matched up to $10,000 for this year’s June 13–16 retreat. Every dollar you give right now is doubled.

https://www.isfsite.org/retreat26

"The bonds I made at the retreat will become friends for life."For students who've grown up in foster care, learning to ...
05/07/2026

"The bonds I made at the retreat will become friends for life."

For students who've grown up in foster care, learning to hold connections loosely isn't a choice; it's what the system teaches.

The retreat teaches something different. In a matter of days.

isfsite.org/retreat26

Fewer than 10% of young people who age out of foster care complete a four-year degree.At ISF, 85% of scholars graduate.T...
05/05/2026

Fewer than 10% of young people who age out of foster care complete a four-year degree.

At ISF, 85% of scholars graduate.

That gap doesn't come from scholarships alone. It comes from the moment a student stops seeing themselves as someone things happen to — and starts seeing themselves as someone who decides what happens next.

That's what four days in the right room can do.
isfsite.org/retreat26

“I really love the feeling of being part of something bigger than myself.”That’s not a soft outcome. That’s someone star...
04/29/2026

“I really love the feeling of being part of something bigger than myself.”

That’s not a soft outcome. That’s someone starting to see themselves differently.

ISF Leadership Retreat — June 13–16.

https://isfsite.org/retreat26

For students who've grown up in foster care, walking into a new room, especially one full of people you don't know, requ...
04/23/2026

For students who've grown up in foster care, walking into a new room, especially one full of people you don't know, requires a kind of trust that most people never have to think about.

Alora did it anyway. She flew in from California. She didn't know what she was walking into.

ISF's Leadership & Life Skills Retreat runs June 13–16. Student applications are open through May 1.

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