Mensa Foundation

Investing in our future

With the exciting news of our new STEM Scholarship, the Foundation is taking steps toward scholarship increases that recognize the soaring costs of higher education. Online donations, legacy funding and development initiatives will all help build future funding to increase scholarships.

With first-year funding by five Foundation trustees, the $2,000 STEM scholarship is just the start of exciting things to come.

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Who makes you think?

We need your nominations for the Foundation’s Copper Black, Distinguished Teacher and Intellectual Benefits to Society awards. (They’re due March 1, so hurry!) Some awards are specifically for Mensans contributing to the Foundation’s mission, and others recognize the advancement of knowledge and education without membership limits.

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Make a difference

Foundation programs exist only as a result of your support. Consider donating to the Foundation today.

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Mensa Research Journal

The winter 2016 issue of the MRJ, When Gifted Children Grow up, is now available.

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Explore Colloquium!

Tickets for Colloquium 2016: Nature of Genetics: Flora, Fauna and the Future are available online. Don't miss this one-of-a-kind event!

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New: TED Connection

"The Power of Body Language" explores social psychologist Amy Cuddy's research behind the power of nonverbal communication.

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Who we Impact

Scholarship winner Andy Renwick
Grosswirth-Salny (2010-11) | Khunel (2011-12)

“I’m currently finishing up my final year at U.C. Davis in Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering and plan on graduating this June. After completing a NASA Pathways Co-op, I’ve … just recently accepted a full-time civil servant job at NASA! Specifically, I’ll be training to become an ADCO flight controller…. It’s a dream come true, as seen in my scholarship essays.”