Hawaii · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC
CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,058,185 to it, the largest being DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ART ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $31M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $35M
What Center for Cultural & Technical Interchange Btwn East & West Inc does
Mission
Promote security, stability, and prosperity in america's indo-pacific backyard through policy engagement, influential networks,high-level convenings, and extensive partnerships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Since 1960, the east-west center (center) is located midway between asia and the us mainland and serves as a us-based institution for public diplomacy in the indo-pacific region. The center serves as a resource for information and analysis on critical issues of common concern, bringing people together to exchange views, build expertise, and develop policy options. In fy'25 the center provided approximately 1,000 participant awards to people from 43 countries and us states and territories. While more information on the center and its programs may be found at our website (www.eastwestcenter.org), the following is a highlight of the program activities during the year. Education program: the education program prepares the next generation to meet the complex challenges facing asia, the pacific, and the united states. In fy 2025, there were approximately 550 participant awards for long term degree students, student affiliates, etc. Other students participated in conferences such as the ewc international graduate student conference.
$4,623,483 spentof which $2,107,326 as grants$115,449 earned by the program21% of program spendingProfessional development program: the professional development program conducts capacity building, leadership training, professional exchanges, and career development for academics, journalists, and young leaders from asia, the pacific,and the united states. There were 260 participant awards for the various professional development program events including the indo-pacific futures fellowship.
$4,464,566 spentof which $954,999 as grants$1,477,032 earned by the program20% of program spendingResearch program: the research program executes policy-relevant, actionable research projects in regional geopolitics; economics and demographic change, the environment and more. During the year, there were 218 participant awards for events that included the ewc research speaker series.
$3,952,350 spentof which $243,079 as grants$417,015 earned by the program18% of program spendingOther programs: other programs include east-west center in washington, communications and external relations, pacific islands development program, and the auxiliary enterprise services. East-west center in washington provides us and regional government stakeholders and program partners with innovative training, analytical anddialogue exchange, and public diplomacy products to meet us policy priorities and expressed needs in the indo-pacific region. It also continues the successful asia matters for america/america matters for asia initiative to organize and disseminate information, data, and analysis on u.s.-asia interactions. In fy 2025 the washington office had 55 participants awards. Communications and external relations advances the center's mission through policy-relevant publications, convening events and briefings, and crossprogrammatic outreach and engagement projects. In fy 2025 it hosted activities such as the ongoing china seminar and arts outreach programs. The pacific islands development program serves the nations and peoples of the pacific through innovative capacity building, interchange among regional leaders, and policy-relevant research on priority issues. Pidp…
$8,785,789 spentof which $307,808 as grants$4,266,842 earned by the program40% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $21,826,188.
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 2024 to 2025, from $49M to $58M (+17%).
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 59% · 2018 60% · 2019 61% · 2020 64% · 2021 64% · 2022 78% · 2023 81% · 2024 67% · 2025 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $27k → $270k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $6.5M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest East-West Center Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC raised.
From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST 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
CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
29% 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 CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 93% — diversifying over time.
“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
CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 174 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 174 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $218.2M on record.
- Department of State$211.2M
- Department of Commerce$4.3M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$959k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$643k
- Department of the Interior$362k
- Department of Agriculture$299k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST 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 Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- East-West Center Foundation · exempt
- East-West Center Trust · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC?
- CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,058,185 to it, the largest being DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ART ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,058,185 in grants to CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC?
- DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION FOR ISLAMIC ART is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR CULTURAL & TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST & WEST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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