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Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs

Opportunities linked
12

Records in this library attributed to this funder.

Recorded awards (total)
$988,500,465

Sum of the awards we hold for this funder. A floor on its giving, not a filing total.

Median recorded award
$925,000

The midpoint of the awards we hold, not a cap and not a filing median.

Data year
Not stated

The most recent fiscal year among the awards we hold, as the source wrote it.

Why there is no giving history here

Award listings from USASpending are not connected yet. What is missing here is a feed on our side, not a document this funder has failed to publish - the listings are public and we have not connected them.

Derived from awards

Computed from the 89 recipients we hold an award to. This is where money we can see went, which is not the same as a statement of what this funder sets out to fund — and the gap between the two is widest where our coverage is thinnest.

Programmes, by money awarded

  • 19.415$988,500,465433 awards

Where the recipients are

The recipient's own location, not where the work happens. A national body headquartered in Washington spends money everywhere.

  • DC $465,063,897
  • NC $24,862,470
  • CA $20,828,784
  • TN $10,687,102
  • IA $5,574,471
  • MT $4,901,156
  • MA $4,825,651
  • OR $4,280,176
  • OK $4,039,542
  • IL $2,950,983
  • MI $2,218,461
  • OH $1,923,837
  • IN $1,665,516
  • VA $1,241,135
  • HI $1,055,837
  • UT $668,320
  • MD $530,000
  • AR $375,000
  • NY $0

Award sizes

Fixed bands rather than this funder's own quantiles, so two funders can be compared. A per-funder split would make every distribution look the same shape.

  • 100k-500k 80
  • 25k-100k 14
  • 500k-2m 206
  • over-2m 123
  • under-25k 10

By fiscal year

A trend across the years we import, which is a bounded window. A year with no bar is a year outside it, not a year with no funding.

  • FY2013 $1,111,795 (1)
  • FY2014 $1,228,677 (1)
  • FY2015 $5,707,095 (4)
  • FY2016 $72,968,745 (27)
  • FY2017 $8,965,823 (9)
  • FY2018 $84,930,261 (44)
  • FY2019 $129,286,767 (50)
  • FY2020 $98,575,763 (37)
  • FY2021 $124,732,189 (48)
  • FY2022 $194,316,543 (75)
  • FY2023 $84,275,212 (43)
  • FY2024 $101,547,433 (47)
  • FY2025 $45,343,616 (27)
  • FY2026 $244,129 (1)

Giving history, from the awards we hold

No dated awards on file for this funder

This table takes one row per fiscal year, built from the awards we hold. We have connected none for this funder that state a year, so there is nothing to group. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that the funder gave nothing.

Who has received money from this funder

433 awards on file, largest first, ranging $0 to $20,570,000.

RecipientStateAmountFiscal year
AYUSA INTERNATIONALNot stated$2,361,1242016
FILM INDEPENDENT, INCNot stated$2,342,0002023
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXCHANGES BOARD INC.Not stated$2,334,3382018
YOUTH FOR UNDERSTANDING USA INCNot stated$2,302,5002024
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$2,300,0002020
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXCHANGES BOARD INC.Not stated$2,283,890Not stated
THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF YOUNG POLITICAL LEADERSNot stated$2,265,837Not stated
AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION: ACTR/ACCELS, INC.Not stated$2,250,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$2,250,0002018
AFS-USA, INCNot stated$2,240,9982021
PROJECT HARMONY INCNot stated$2,225,0002021
AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION: ACTR/ACCELS, INC.Not stated$2,211,0442019
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN VOICESNot stated$2,175,0002023
GREENHEART INTERNATIONALNot stated$2,156,6462019
AFS-USA, INCNot stated$2,146,2002024
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXCHANGES BOARD INC.Not stated$2,137,5562019
WORLD LEARNING INC.Not stated$2,125,488Not stated
AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION: ACTR/ACCELS, INC.Not stated$2,111,9462016
AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION: ACTR/ACCELS, INC.Not stated$2,100,0002023
FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONALNot stated$2,030,0002025
PROJECT HARMONY INCNot stated$2,000,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$2,000,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$2,000,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$1,999,4352017
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$1,989,3492019
WORLD LINK INC.Not stated$1,958,6062025
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN VOICESNot stated$1,950,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$1,938,0002024
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN VOICESNot stated$1,937,0002020
CULTURAL VISTAS, INC.Not stated$1,928,0002024
BANG ON A CAN INC.Not stated$1,914,0002024
FILM INDEPENDENT, INCNot stated$1,900,0002021
AFS-USA, INCNot stated$1,886,0152022
GREENHEART INTERNATIONALNot stated$1,866,1502022
FILM INDEPENDENT, INCNot stated$1,850,0002024
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN VOICESNot stated$1,840,0002023
ASSE INTERNATIONAL, INCNot stated$1,818,0002021
YOUTH FOR UNDERSTANDING USA INCNot stated$1,818,0002021
AIFS FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,816,4932016
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEESNot stated$1,815,0002020
AFS-USA, INCNot stated$1,807,6382018
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN VOICESNot stated$1,800,0002022
THE MAUREEN AND MIKE MANSFIELD FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,768,0002022
THE MAUREEN AND MIKE MANSFIELD FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,768,0002023
THE MAUREEN AND MIKE MANSFIELD FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,768,0002024
WORLD LEARNING INC.Not stated$1,756,9362018
ASSE INTERNATIONAL, INCNot stated$1,751,6102018
AMERICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE SERVICENot stated$1,735,5382022
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEESNot stated$1,734,5962016
FILM INDEPENDENT, INCNot stated$1,650,0002020
AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION: ACTR/ACCELS, INC.Not stated$1,641,0002023
YOUTH FOR UNDERSTANDING USA INCNot stated$1,632,0252018
NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, INCORPORATEDNot stated$1,630,7952020
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN VOICESNot stated$1,625,0002019
NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, INCORPORATEDNot stated$1,582,0002022
AIFS FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,556,4952022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANot stated$1,540,0002025
THE INSTITUTE OF THE NORTHNot stated$1,500,0002024
BANG ON A CAN INC.Not stated$1,493,5532022
AFS-USA, INCNot stated$1,470,3552019
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$1,459,6632017
COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE, INCNot stated$1,427,8522019
THE MAUREEN AND MIKE MANSFIELD FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,415,1392020
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN VOICESNot stated$1,400,0002022
PROJECT HARMONY INCNot stated$1,400,0002025
WORLD LEARNING INC.Not stated$1,399,8322018
THE MAUREEN AND MIKE MANSFIELD FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,391,2132021
Recipient name withheldNot stated$1,378,8602017
COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE, INCNot stated$1,368,3752022
WORLD LEARNING INC.Not stated$1,346,6162022
COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE, INCNot stated$1,333,8562019
MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTERNot stated$1,320,0002023
MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTERNot stated$1,320,0002024
THE MAUREEN AND MIKE MANSFIELD FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,319,3092019
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEESNot stated$1,307,0272016
FILM INDEPENDENT, INCNot stated$1,300,0002022
GREENHEART INTERNATIONALNot stated$1,292,4702019
AIFS FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,289,8502019
THE MAUREEN AND MIKE MANSFIELD FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,275,3352018
WORLD LINK INC.Not stated$1,257,7832022
LEGACY INTERNATIONALNot stated$1,230,0002022
LEGACY INTERNATIONALNot stated$1,230,0002023
Recipient name withheldNot stated$1,228,6772014
WORLD LEARNING INC.Not stated$1,224,6772016
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS CENTER OF CHICAGONot stated$1,216,9592020
MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTERNot stated$1,200,0002022
WORLD LEARNING INC.Not stated$1,199,9992021
MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTERNot stated$1,198,4662019
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,174,2712020
GREENHEART INTERNATIONALNot stated$1,172,7652016
LEGACY INTERNATIONALNot stated$1,172,5682020
AIFS FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,165,9922022
MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTERNot stated$1,144,9162020
AMERICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE SERVICENot stated$1,124,9912022
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$1,119,1022017
AIFS FOUNDATIONNot stated$1,111,7952013
WORLD LEARNING INC.Not stated$1,105,0002024
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITYNot stated$1,100,0002022
AFS-USA, INCNot stated$1,088,1812025
FILM INDEPENDENT, INCNot stated$1,085,0002025

Source: USASpending.gov federal award records. Federal awards only. Last synced 2026-09-15.

What this funder funds

Derived from how this funder's 12 linked opportunities are classified, not from a funding strategy the funder published.

  • Other9
  • Libraries & Arts3

Currently open opportunities

Verified against each record's own source. The date on every row is the day we last checked that record — not the day this page was built.

What this funder’s awards look like

Counted over the award rows we hold for this funder. These are statistics over published records, not a model’s reading of them, and not a prediction.

Awards on file433
Distinct recipients90
Median award$925,000

Included with Studio

The counts and the median above stay free, because they are the evidence for everything else. Studio adds the breakdowns: which states the awards went to, what kind of organisation received them, and how the amounts are distributed.

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Where this came from

Source page
grants.gov
Retrieved
Oct 3, 2026
Data source
The funder's own published figures
Award listing
usaspending.gov

The portal page the recipient rows were read from.

Awards synced
2026-09-15

When the recipient rows were last confirmed against that listing.

The official page is authoritative. Agency and foundation pages change without notice, and the retrieval date above is the only claim we make about currency. Figures we have not connected are labelled as ours to connect, never as facts about the funder.

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