The Foundation for Independent Higher Education (FIHE) is the national office for a network of state-based private college fundraising associations in the United States.

[2] FIHE today supports 38 state consortia through member services programs, professional development workshops, collaborative initiatives, and grant programs made possible by gifts from corporations as well as from its own endowment.

Based in Washington, DC, FIHE has provided nearly $100 million in grants to and through its member state consortia, and has had a tangible impact on the growth and development of the private college sector in America.

[3] For over 50 years, FIHE's efforts have been focused on: Including all state-generated support, direct FIHE grants and its challenge grant components, more than $1.6 billion has been secured for the private college sector for such purposes as budget support, scholarship programs, faculty development, the enhancement of science and mathematics education (see STEM fields), career services program, curriculum development, and minority student educational achievement.

[4][2] Among FIHE's current signature programs are:[5] To help strengthen the nation's private college sector, FIHE works through, and provides financial support for, state-based associations of private colleges and universities.