Where Adventure Meets Purpose
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1500+
The number (and counting) of students who have traveled with us to date
“This fundamentally altered the way I look at my fellow citizens.”
—Jake
(Wellesley, Massachusetts → Kilgore, Texas)
3
Average number of new friends students make on an American Exchange Project adventure
100%
American Exchange Project participants who would recommend us to a friend
22k+
Total number of photos and videos uploaded to summer 2025’s shared Google albums
Our Impact
Creating Connection Across Lines of Difference
American Exchange Project is so much more than two weeks of activities, exploration, and service projects. It’s a shared experience that sits at the intersection of adventure and purpose. Explore some of the ways we’re having an impact on students, schools, and communities below.
Student Impact
For Students,
We Offer…
So much more than a once-in-a-lifetime free adventure (although that’s pretty great, too). Participating in the American Exchange Project gives you the chance to learn what it means to be a civically-engaged citizen while exploring new parts of the country. It’s also an opportunity to build meaningful and lasting relationships with people from all over America that you never may have met otherwise.
School Impact
For schools,
We Offer…
An initiative that can improve mental health, increase social mobility, and open new civic, social, and professional dialogues among students. We also offer a path to fostering growth and leadership at a formative time in students’ lives.
Community Impact
for Communities,
We Offer…
Ample volunteer opportunities in support of hometown students and traveling students, a way to create lifelong bonds with young adults from varied walks of life, and the unique gift of building a new civic rite of passage.
![“[This] gets you to the core of what being friends with someone is all about.”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68c04e24bc2cd1562a3e3a08/1761807091081-RLUDS25664XKOJ5RZ1FD/Horizon+Ember.jpg)
Support Our Work
Help Us Build America’s Next Civic Rite of Passage
We believe that the impact of American Exchange Project adventures will transform the lives of generations of young Americans. Your generosity makes every free, all-American adventure possible. Explore your options for giving, or donate now.