Funding search · EIN 131624046 · New York, NY

Institute of International Education

Name: Institute of International Education grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

229
grants reported: $168.4M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $394,941
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education exchange

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

University-hosted international education exchange programs, all grants coded identically
Large multi-year language and area studies hubs at public universities
Intensive language institutes run by flagship state universities
Small international visitor and community hosting nonprofits in DC and Boston
Token $25,000 awards to campuses across many states

Typical grant

The median grant is about $395,000 and the middle half runs from roughly $82,000 to $737,000, but the distribution is extremely top heavy. A handful of institutions take checks over $1 million, with the University of Montana receiving more than $11 million in both 2022 and 2023, while dozens of campuses get $25,000 or less. Giving repeats almost perfectly year over year: the same top recipients appear at similar amounts in consecutive filings, so this is renewal money rather than a rotating slate.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“EDUCATION EXCHANGE”

Positioning adjacent work

Every grant carries the same purpose line, so frame any work explicitly as international education exchange, not as research.
Understand the money flows through institutional agreements; approach via your university's international programs or sponsored research office.
Small entry points exist at the $25,000 level; a first award there is more realistic than a seven-figure ask.
Emphasize language training, area studies, or hosting international participants, the activities the largest recipients clearly run.

Worth knowing: This is a pass-through operator, not a discretionary grantmaker: IIE administers federally funded exchange programs and the payments follow existing program agreements with a stable set of universities, with the top ten recipients absorbing most of the $168 million. California, Virginia, New York and Georgia show the most recipients, but the biggest dollars go to Montana, Indiana, Hawaii, Arizona and San Diego State, which points to specific long-running program hubs rather than geographic preference.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

University of Montana3 grants · $32.2M
Indiana University3 grants · $13.6M
University of Wisconsin3 grants · $7.8M
University of Hawaii3 grants · $7.6M
University of Arizona3 grants · $5.8M
San Diego State University Fdn2 grants · $5.2M
University of Maryland3 grants · $5.0M
University of Mississippi3 grants · $4.8M
Arizona State University3 grants · $4.3M
Bryn Mawr College3 grants · $4.0M

Giving over time

$51.5M

2021

$60.4M

2022

$56.6M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 229 grants.

$12.0M
University of Montana · Missoula, MT · 2023
Education exchange
$11.3M
University of Montana · Missoula, MT · 2022
Education exchange
$9.0M
University of Montana · Missoula, MT · 2021
Education exchange
$4.8M
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2021
Education exchange
$4.5M
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2022
Education exchange
$4.2M
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Education exchange
$3.0M
University of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Education exchange
$2.8M
San Diego State University Fdn · San Diego, CA · 2022
Education exchange
$2.7M
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Education exchange
$2.6M
University of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Education exchange
$2.5M
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Education exchange
$2.5M
San Diego State University Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2021
Education exchange
$2.5M
San Diego State University Fdn · San Diego, CA · 2023
Education exchange
$2.4M
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Education exchange
$2.3M
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Education exchange
$2.3M
University of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education exchange
$1.9M
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Education exchange
$1.9M
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
Education exchange
$1.8M
Research Foundation Cuny · Newyerk, NY · 2023
Education exchange
$1.8M
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2023
Education exchange
$1.8M
University of Mississippi · University, MS · 2022
Education exchange
$1.6M
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Education exchange
$1.6M
U of Ks Center for Research · Lawrence, KS · 2022
Education exchange
$1.6M
Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2021
Education exchange
$1.5M
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Education exchange
$1.5M
University of Mississippi · University, MS · 2023
Education exchange
$1.5M
University of Mississippi · University, MS · 2021
Education exchange
$1.5M
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Education exchange
$1.4M
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Education exchange
$1.4M
Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2022
Education exchange
$1.4M
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2021
Education exchange
$1.3M
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2022
Education exchange
$1.3M
Concordia College · Moorhead, MN · 2022
Education exchange
$1.3M
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2021
Education exchange
$1.3M
University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2022
Education exchange
$1.3M
Concordia College · Moorhead, MN · 2023
Education exchange
$1.2M
U of Ks Center for Research · Lawrence, KS · 2021
Education exchange
$1.2M
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2021
Education exchange
$1.2M
Research Foundation Cuny · Newyerk, NY · 2021
Education exchange
$1.1M
Concordia College · Moorhead, MN · 2021
Education exchange
$1.1M
University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2021
Education exchange
$1.0M
Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2023
Education exchange
$1.0M
University of North Georgia · Dahlonega, GA · 2023
Education exchange
$936,793
University of North Georgia · Dahlonega, GA · 2022
Education exchange
$923,030
James Madison University · Harrisonburg, VA · 2022
Education exchange
$917,539
George Washington University · Ashburn, VA · 2022
Education exchange
$869,638
George Washington University · Ashburn, VA · 2023
Education exchange
$860,256
Research Foundation Cuny · Newyerk, NY · 2022
Education exchange
$855,039
Va Polytechnic Ins and State Univ · Blacksburg, VA · 2023
Education exchange
$815,051
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Education exchange
$812,105
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ · Daytona Beach, FL · 2022
Education exchange
$806,828
George Washington University · Ashburn, VA · 2021
Education exchange
$786,209
U of Ks Center for Research · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Education exchange
$777,306
Virginia Military Institute · Lexington, VA · 2023
Education exchange
$753,574
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2022
Education exchange
$745,025
The Citadel · Charleston, SC · 2022
Education exchange
$744,413
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Education exchange
$737,018
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2021
Education exchange
$718,857
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2023
Education exchange
$715,737
University of North Georgia · Dahlonega, GA · 2021
Education exchange
$702,419
Brigham Young University · Provo, UT · 2021
Education exchange
$700,509
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Education exchange
$697,970
California State University Long Beach · Long Beach, CA · 2022
Education exchange
$697,006
Brigham Young University · Provo, UT · 2023
Education exchange
$691,311
Va Polytechnic Ins and State Univ · Blacksburg, VA · 2022
Education exchange
$673,556
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2022
Education exchange
$667,085
Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA · 2022
Education exchange
$640,011
Western Ky Univ Research Foundation · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
Education exchange
$635,355
Brigham Young University · Provo, UT · 2022
Education exchange
$627,028
James Madison University · Harrisonburg, VA · 2023
Education exchange
$620,279
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Education exchange
$588,356
San Francisco State University · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Education exchange
$582,986
Virginia Military Institute · Lexington, VA · 2022
Education exchange
$579,370
University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2023
Education exchange
$577,150
College of William and Mary · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
Education exchange
$566,923
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education exchange
$564,281
James Madison University · Harrisonburg, VA · 2021
Education exchange
$541,284
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Education exchange
$535,097
College of William and Mary · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
Education exchange
$527,650
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Education exchange
$526,400
The Citadel · Charleston, SC · 2023
Education exchange
$519,736
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2023
Education exchange
$511,923
Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Education exchange
$510,497
University of Oregon · Eugene, OR · 2023
Education exchange
$509,868
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2021
Education exchange
$509,253
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2021
Education exchange
$493,796
University of Georgia Research Foundation · Athens, GA · 2023
Education exchange
$491,779
Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Education exchange
$484,522
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Education exchange
$484,129
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University · Daytona Beach, FL · 2021
Education exchange
$479,298
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania · Bloomsburg, PA · 2023
Education exchange
$476,384
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Blacksburg, VA · 2021
Education exchange
$469,786
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Education exchange
$467,974
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Education exchange
$467,381
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
Education exchange
$465,001
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2021
Education exchange
$461,415
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Education exchange
$455,504
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2021
Education exchange
$455,301
California State University Long Beach · Long Beach, CA · 2021
Education exchange
$451,065
Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Education exchange

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.