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AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $177,595 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($123,600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $178k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What American Institute for Foreign Study Foundation Inc does
Mission
Our exempt purpose is to further international understanding through cultural exchange. The organization operates cultural programs whereby teenagers and students are brought to the united states under the auspices of the united states deparment of state and are introduced to the american way of life. An effort is also made to send teenage americans abroad to complement the foundation's activities within the united states.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Operated student exhange programs sanctioned by the u.s. Department of state for foreign students wishing to visit the u.s.a.
$2,628,179 spentof which $247,455 as grants$2,366,484 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,628,179.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.7M to $1.4M (−22%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 20% · 2018 22% · 2019 21% · 2020 25% · 2021 29% · 2022 28% · 2023 24% · 2024 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Melanie French
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $33k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 85% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
75% of AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $44k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $134k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Institute for Foreign Study Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC?
- AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $177,595 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($123,600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $177,595 in grants to AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $123,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing