Grants for foreign exchanges

Name: Top 25 grants made to international cultural and student exchange programs
Creator: Cause IQ
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

492 international cultural and student exchange programs received at least $72.0 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 619 grants made from 501 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 501 foundations, 90% made just a single grant to foreign exchanges, and 1% made grants to four or more foreign exchanges. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$71,954,213

Total grant dollars given to foreign exchanges

619

Number of grants made annually to foreign exchanges

501

Number of grantmakers funding foreign exchanges

$1,500

Median grant size to foreign exchanges

Foundations that support international cultural and student exchange programs

Out of all grants made to foreign exchanges, 74% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 98% of the dollar-value of grants to foreign exchanges. Foundations funding foreign exchanges also made grants to universities, colleges, international humanitarian organizations, high schools, and educational service providers.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	373
Medium	61
Large	67

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	19
Private	416
Corporate	31
Other	35

Grants made

Grants made to foreign exchanges	Number of grantmakers
1	452
2-3	39
4-10	8
11+	2

Top 10 foundations supporting international cultural and student exchange programs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to foreign exchanges	Number of grants made to foreign exchanges	Median grant size
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	15	$900
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.1%	12	$2,500
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.2%	8	$250
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	8	$50
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	7	$500
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	7	$998
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	6	$5,000
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.0%	6	$150
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	5	$618
W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)	MI	National	0.0%	4	$1,250

See all grantmaking to foreign exchanges

International cultural and student exchange programs grantees

Foreign exchanges with more than $5 million in total revenues received 71% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 34% of all foreign exchanges.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	610
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	9

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,050
$100k-$500k	$1,500
$500k-$1M	$2,000
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	145
California	123
District of Columbia	56
Colorado	28
Other	267

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	153
Washington DC	68
San Francisco	57
Los Angeles	38
Other	279

Top 25 grants made to foreign exchanges

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations US	$20,000,000	Vaccine Development	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
American Center for International Labor Solidarity	$17,972,804	Pluralism	National Endowment for Democracy
American Friends of the Israel Democracy Institute	$6,580,000	Donations	Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
International Medical Corps (IMC)	$5,246,400	Disaster Response	California Community Foundation
Tsinghua Education Foundation North America (TEFNA)	$5,000,000	Schwarzman Scholars Program	Starr Foundation
Institute of International Education	$5,000,000	For the Global Travel and Learning Fund To Administer Travel Awards Small Grants To Organizations and Other Program Related Learning Activities	The Ford Foundation
American Councils for International Education	$4,618,149	Foreign Language Training	Bryn Mawr College
Pyxera Global	$3,180,607	International Development	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Onward Israel USA	$3,137,083	Program Support	Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
Denver Sister Cities International	$5,000	Charitable	Kohn Family Corporation
AFS Intercultural Programs	$5,000	General Operating Support	Robert W and Gladys S Meserve Char Trust Hemenway and Barnes LLP
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh	$5,000	Global Leadership	James Frances Mccandless Trust
Valueusa	$5,000	Adult Literacy Partner	Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Cleveland Council on World Affairs	$5,000	Global Impact Award Support	The Haslam 3 Foundation
Greenheart International	$5,000	Urban Affairs	The Columbus Foundation
Pacific & Asian Affairs Council	$5,000	High School Global Education Outreach Programs	The Kosasa Foundation
Japan-America Society of Hawaii	$5,000	Japan Wizards Program	The Kosasa Foundation
Rotary Youth Exchange Yesscanex	$5,000	Educational Grant	Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale N Beach Scholarship Fund
USA Homestays	$5,000	General Support for Work in St Paul and Minneapolis	InFaith Community Foundation (ICF)
International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)	$5,000	Provide Funds To Sponsor A Charitable Event, the 2020 Impact Fellowships Summit, That Will Focus on Equitable Leadership for A Changing World Through Intentionally Fostering Diverse Networks and Understanding of Geographic/sectoral Approaches That Contribute To Lasting Systemic Change	W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)
Jerusalem Peacebuilders	$5,000	Matching Gift for Unrestricted Operating Support	Houston Endowment
Creative Connections	$5,000	To Support Transition Funding for the Us/japan Artlink Program	United States Japan Foundation
Engageasia	$5,000	To Support Funding for the Selection of the 2020 and 2021 Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Awards.	United States Japan Foundation
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship	$5,000	Program Support	The Zoe Foundation
Sri Aurobindo Sadhana Peetham	$5,000	Driveway Repairs	Foundation for World Education

See all grants to foreign exchanges

Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Foreign exchanges" category for this page is determined by the "Q20: International Exchanges, Cultural Understanding" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.