Coffee creates opportunities. CQI’s Global Coffee Fund invests in scholarships and fellowships to expand access to those opportunities, with a focus on the places where coffee is produced.

Invest in the future of coffee quality.

Coffee creates opportunities. The CQI Global Coffee Fund works to ensure equal access to them.

It is focused on smallholder producers and members of groups that are underrepresented or marginalized, including women, youth, indigenous people, and members of the African diaspora.

Your tax-deductible investment in the CQI Global Coffee Fund expands opportunity for everyone in the supply stream by helping more of the people who produce and process our coffees meet the rising demand for quality.

CQI provides seed funding for the Global Coffee Fund, and seeks partnerships with leaders in the public, private, and non-profit sectors to leverage additional support in the form of funding, in-kind contributions, and/or volunteers.

For 2025, CQI is prioritizing two types of support:

Scholarships for students seeking access to CQI training, and
Fellowships for educators in coffee-producing countries seeking the skills and certifications they need to teach the offerings in the CQI catalog.

There are four ways to invest in the Fund:

· Grants,

· the CQI Pennies-per-Pound Program,

· Contract Courses and Special Initiatives, and

· Volunteering.

Coffee creates opportunities for all of us. Together, we can ensure that the people who produce and process our coffee build the skills they need to meet the rising demand for high-quality coffee, and to seize the opportunities coffee creates for themselves and their families.

See highlights from CQI's 2024 Global Coffee Fund investments.Learn how you can invest in the future of coffee quality.

CQI GLOBAL COFFEE fund

Coffee creates opportunities. CQI’s Global Coffee Fund invests in scholarships and fellowships to expand access to those opportunities, with a focus on the places where coffee is produced.

Invest in the future of coffee quality.

Coffee creates opportunities. The CQI Global Coffee Fund works to ensure equal access to them.

It is focused on smallholder producers and members of groups that are underrepresented or marginalized, including women, youth, indigenous people, and members of the African diaspora.

For 2025, CQI is prioritizing two types of support:

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