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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “exchange”
Where the money went
World LearningBrattleboro, VTCharity · may take applications
334 matching grants · $20.5M · through 2024Largest: $6,250 to PAX Program of Academic Exchange — participant exchanges
Institute of International EducationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
229 matching grants · $168.4M · through 2023Largest: $12.0M to UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA — education exchange
Pennsylvania Association ofWormleysburg, PACharity · may take applications
138 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $39,708 to AMBULATORY HEALTH SERVICES — state based exchange
The Aspen InstituteWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
82 matching grants · $18.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & EXCHANGES BOARD INC — stevens initiative virtual exchange program
Largest: $430,000 to INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION — for the china studies center's interdisciplinary research, teaching programs and fellowships to strengthen academic knowledge and understanding of china in india and facilitate exc…
Largest: $10,000 to HEALTHSHARE EXCHANGE — 77496 providing data for a covid-19 registry research network -- healthshare exchange
Largest: $2.4M to INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC — to allow the grantee to create and manage a travel and learning fund for latin american individuals and organizations to participate in convenings, exchanges, education, global lea…
Largest: $180,000 to HONOLULU FESTIVAL FOUNDATION — cultural exchange (honolulu festival)
National Exchange Club FoundationToledo, OHCharity · may take applications
35 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $301,616 to THE NATIONAL EXCHANGE CLUB — support for the child abuse prevention and other programs of the national exchange club.
Largest: $150,000 to MISSION INVESTORS EXCHANGE — support mission investors exchange 2022 conference being held in baltimore, md december 5 - 7, 2022
Largest: $2.6M to T1D EXCHANGE INC — equitable health and psychosocial outcomes for individuals living with t1d through the t1d exchange quality improvement collaborative and registry
Largest: $600,000 to International Research and Exchanges Board Inc — as a final grant for improving university research administration in sub-saharan africa
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →