Since 2005, PIIC has partnered with over 80 NGOs and social enterprises across the globe to tackle global problems in their local communities.

After participating in a Wharton International Volunteers Program consulting trip to Cameroon in summer 2004, Valerie Tsai (W ’06) founded Penn International Business Volunteers (later became Penn International Impact Consulting) as an undergraduate consulting organization. Tsai felt that undergraduate students could personally benefit from working with NGOs in developing countries and also positively impact their clients as well. The next summer, a team of twelve students traveled to Guatemala City for PIIC's first official project with Safe Passage, an NGO that provides educational services to underprivileged children. 

Since the founding of PIIC, we’ve made good on our mission to create long-lasting global change. We have visited more than 40 countries on every continent aside from Oceania and Antarctica. We have partnered with more than 80 NGOs with specialties ranging from peace-building, HIV transmission prevention, to rural development. We have had the pleasure of scoping, completing, and analyzing the impact of more than 85 unique onsite and offsite consulting engagements.

In addition to our hands-on consulting work, we aim to raise student awareness about the importance of international development and pursuing socially conscious careers. To this end, we hold speaker events on social impact themes, conduct site visits to consulting firms and philanthropic organizations, and host social and educational events in collaboration with other on-campus organizations.

We strive to:

Utilize financial, management, and marketing skills and resources to identify and provide business solutions for global NGOs and social enterprises on short-term consulting projects.

Provide undergraduates with non-traditional applications for business knowledge in the global context and exposure to international culture and impact.

Educate the Penn community and promote awareness of international economic development through speaker events and site visits