American Advising Center

American Advising Center, an international non-profit organization headquartered in Pristina, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering EducationUSA advising and student recruitment services to the Department of State. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime recipient (100% of awards) with no federal contract footprint and no subcontract relationships; all work flows through two State Department bureaus.

American Advising Center's mission centers on expanding Kosovar student enrollment at accredited U.S. colleges and universities through educational advising, outreach, and alumni engagement. The vendor's service portfolio includes hosting information sessions and presentations titled "Study in the USA: Five Steps to Study in the US" at schools, universities, and organizations across Kosovo; supporting the everyday operation and staffing of an official EducationUSA Advising Center; and promoting U.S. higher education to Kosovar students and scholars. Recent award work includes a project grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (awarded August 2026, completion September 2027) to increase Kosovan student enrollment at U.S. colleges while advancing national security priorities; a project grant from the same bureau (awarded February 2025, completion September 2026) to continue hosting study-in-the-USA information sessions and implement Executive Order 14173 on merit-based opportunity; a project grant from the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (awarded August 2024, completion September 2026) to promote U.S. higher education to Kosovar students and scholars; and a no-cost extension from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (awarded May 2024, completion September 2025) to complete the original EducationUSA advising program.

Customer concentration is split evenly between two State Department bureaus. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs holds four awards, and the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs holds two awards, covering 100% of the vendor's recent federal portfolio. Combined federal dollars obligated across all six awards total $280 thousand. Activity has remained modest and episodic—two awards in both 2023 and 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026—with one award (the May 2024 no-cost extension with an ultimate completion date of September 2025) facing completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore recompete within that window. The vendor carries no contract vehicles, GSA Schedule seats, or parent IDIQs and operates entirely within the State Department's grant apparatus serving the Kosovo education-promotion mission.