Support helps ensure that talented emerging leaders can participate regardless of financial means and gives Fellow teams the resources to advance practical, high-impact regional ideas.
Invest in regional leadership capacity
The Academy creates a pipeline of leaders prepared to steward economic opportunity responsibly, strengthen civic cooperation, and turn CaliBaja’s interdependence into resilience, innovation, and inclusive prosperity.
Major support for Academy programming, experiential learning, and regional convenings.
Program Sponsor
$25,000
Support for core curriculum delivery, Fellow experiences, and program implementation.
Capstone Project
$20,000
Fund one binational team’s CaliBaja Policy Lab project and public presentation.
Sponsor a Fellow
$11,000
Cover the full program cost for one Fellow.
Academy Ambassador
Custom Gift
Flexible support for Fellows, programming, site learning, or special initiatives.
Friend of the Academy
$1,000
Join the community helping build the region’s next generation of cross-border leaders.
Mexican donors
Mexican individual and corporate donors wishing to receive Mexican tax deductibility for their support of the Academy may do so via fiscal sponsorship provided by the U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership (BPP). Contact Chris Nyce at cnyce@iamericas.org for details.
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Mentor
Help the Next Generation Lead Across Borders
Share experience. Expand a Fellow's horizon.
Mentors connect Fellows with practical perspective, candid feedback, and trusted relationships across sectors and jurisdictions. The mentoring experience is intended to complement-not replace-the Academy’s formal curriculum and capstone work.
Potential mentor contributions
Career and leadership guidance.
Capstone project advising and introductions to relevant practitioners.
Perspective on navigating institutions, sectors, and cross-border relationships.
Constructive feedback on leadership challenges and professional growth.
Mentor interest
We welcome senior leaders and practitioners from business, government, academia, philanthropy, and civil society with relevant CaliBaja or North American experience.