World Savvy founded by Madiha and Dana in San Francisco

First World Savvy Festival

90 students and 20 teachers attended

Media & Arts Program Launched

500 youth across 20 organizations and schools leveraged the arts as a lens to examine global issues

New York Office Opened

Minnesota Office Opened

6,875 students and 91 teachers reached

Led First-ever U.S. high school exchange program in Bangladesh

American Youth Leadership Program (ALYP) sponsored by U.S. Department of State immerses 30 students and 4 teachers in month-long trip exploring climate change

ALYP expanded to include Peru and Haiti

World Savvy curated two additional exchange programs for U.S. students to Peru and Haitian students inbound to the U.S.

Global Competence Certificate launched with cohort of 20, reaching teachers in 17 states

Rural engagement strategy launched in East Tennessee

Grant from the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust enables piloting programming in rural areas beyond the Bay Area, Twin Cities, and New York City.

5-year $1.25 million gift launched a bold new 2030 vision

730,000 students reached across 29 states and 12 countries

In response to COVID, World Savvy moved nearly 100% of our programming online

Kick-starts World Savvy’s We Must Imagine Campaign to raise $26.5 million over the next five years toward national expansion at a crucial time in our nation to reimagine an education system

The Enlight Foundation made a generous $5 million investment in World Savvy’s continued national growth

World Savvy celebrates our 20th Anniversary!