EIN 03-0179592

World Learning

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
496
City
Brattleboro
State
Year formed
1932
Most recent tax filings
2025-06-01
Description
World Learning works globally to enhance the capacity and commitment of individuals, institutions and communities to create a more peaceful, just world through education, sustainable development and exchange.
Total revenues
$88,451,477
2025
Total expenses
$89,274,748
2025
Total assets
$72,044,584
2025
Num. employees
496
2025

Program areas at World Learning

Global development and exchange - for more than 90 years, World Learning has advanced american leadership at home and abroad by equipping students, professionals, and institutions with the skills, networks, and real-world experience needed to address today's most pressing challenges. Through dynamic, experiential education and exchange programs, we strengthen 21st-century competencies, foster innovation, and expand economic opportunitybuilding more secure and prosperous communities worldwide.our activities include supporting stem centers for youth in algeria; implementing in-person and virtual youth, professional, and academicexchanges; providing training to english language teachers; and working to support primary schools in lebanon to enhance literacy and numeracy skills. By connecting people through experiential Learning and opportunities to practice what the organization teaches, World Learning has created a vast global network of students, alumni, faculty, staff and local partners working together to inspire and lead change at the individual, community, and institutional levels. Learn more at: worldlearning.org.
International honors programs (ihp) - ihp offers undergraduate students a unique comparative Learning opportunity to analyze and contrast today's global conditions, evaluate issues and challenges, and compare solutions across countries and cultures. Ihp participants study issues relating to public health, environment, globalization, urban planning, governance, food security and agriculture, international relations, social justice, and human rights. Learn more at httpsstudyabroadsiteduprogramsihp...
Sit study abroad - a pioneer in experiential, field-based study abroad programs, offers accredited academic semester, summer and custom-term programs for undergraduate students in over 40 countries worldwide, as well as comparative honors programs in multiple locations. Our mission is to prepare student to be inter-culturally effective leaders, professionals, and citizens. In doing so, sit study abroad fosters a worldwide network of individuals and organizations committed to responsible global citizenship. The sit study abroad experience includes rigorous academic programs delivered through a field-based, experiential aprroach; undergraduate research through independent study project case studies; cultural immersion via fieldwork, intensive language classes, and urban and rural homestays with local families. A small group of students in each programs is supported by sit faculty and staff, homestay families, local experts, and community members, and a commitment to reciprocity as the foundation of our education philosphy. Sit independent study projects often lead to advanced research opportunities, including fulbright and watson fellowships. Learns more at https://studyabroad.sit.edu/about/.
The experiment in international living - the experiment, World Learning's founding program, has been a pioneer of youth exchange programs since 1932. Through abroad and virtual exchanges, the experiment empowers high school students to step off the beaten path, experience the World as a classroom, immerse themselves in other cultures, and build the knowledge and skills needed to solve the challenges of tomorrow. Learn more at experiment.org
Sit graduate institute - the sit graduate institute is a global university, oferring graduate students and professionals internationally focused full-time and part-time hybrid accredited master's degrees, as well as certificate and professional development programs. Program options are provided in the u.s. and globally, including argentina, ecuador, iceland, india, jordan, kenya, malawi, morocco, serbia, south africa, spain, switzerland, tanzania, turkey, and vietnam. The sit graduate institute's mission is to prepare students to be inter-culturally effective leaders, professionals, and citizens. In doing so, it fosters a worldwide network of individuals and organizations committed to responsible global citizenship. Programs include international education, sustainable development practice, tesol, climate change policy and advocacy, humanitarian assitance and crisis management, global health, and diplomacy and international relations. Sit graduate institute alumni and partners are engaged in creating, leading, and developming social justice, educational, and international development organizations around the World. Degree candidates include high-ranking government officials and leaders in civil society from the developing World. Sit graduate institue served as a training center for early peace corps volunteers and today attracts many returned volunteers as staff and students. Learn more at https://graduate.sit.edu/.
Other program services, including tesol, and auxilliary student services.

Grants made by World Learning

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Georgetown University (GU)Participant Exchanges$1,213,955
Amigos de las AmericasParticipant Exchanges$606,712
Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC)Refugee Resettlement$185,949
...and 68 more grants made totalling $3,991,851

Who funds World Learning

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$1,181,807
The Aspen InstituteSupport for Virtual Cultural Exchange With Students$857,439
Fhi 360International Development, Relief Services$331,754
...and 24 more grants received totalling $2,704,531

Financials for World Learning

RevenuesFYE 06/2025
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,520,038
Program services$84,613,313
Investment income and dividends$936,736
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$23
Net rental income$-1,636
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$476,407
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$906,596
Total revenues$88,451,477
Data update history
September 22, 2026
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $331,754 from Fhi 360
July 26, 2026
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $30,000 from Ann B and Thomas L Friedman Family Found
July 14, 2026
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025
July 1, 2026
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
June 21, 2026
Updated personnel
Identified 7 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsCampsInternational-focused organizationsSchoolsCharities
Issues
EducationForeign affairsInternational development
Characteristics
Legally formed as corporationPolitical advocacyLobbyingOperates internationallyNational levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringProvides scholarshipsTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
1 Kipling Rd PO Box 676
Brattleboro, VT 05301
County
Windham County, VT
Website URL
worldlearninginc.org 
Phone
(802) 257-7751
Facebook page
worldlearning 
Twitter profile
@worldlearning 
IRS details
EIN
03-0179592
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1932
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
Q20: International Exchanges, Cultural Understanding
NAICS code, primary
6116: Other Schools and Instruction
Parent/child status
Independent
California AB-488 details
AB 488 status
May Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes
Charity Registration status
Current - Probationary Registration
FTB status revoked
Not revoked
AG Registration Number
CT0173622
FTB Entity ID
2056412
AB 488 data last updated ("as-of") date
2026-08-19
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