Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION
GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,010 to it, the largest being BETSY GORDON FOUNDATION ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2019
- $41k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $-67316
What Global Ties Foundation does
Mission
Global Ties Foundation (the foundation) was organized for: (I) the advancement of citizen diplomacy and public diplomacy as a means to strengthen relationships between individuals and nations, (ii) the advancement of cultural, educational and sports programs in the united states and elsewhere, and (iii) the advancement of cultural, educational, professional and sports exchange programs for academics, artists, athletes, professionals, students and others, in the united states and elsewhere.
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The foundation's primary initiative, the xchangelab, is a social innovation lab designed to blend technology, metrics and design thinking to explore the future of international exchange. Together, we aim to develop new programs, foster collaboration between participants and organizations, and promote exchange as a key driver of social change.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
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 2017 to 2018, from $124k to $26k (−79%).
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.
94% of GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $5.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION’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
GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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
34% 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 GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k 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
GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION's revenue fell 72% between 2017 and 2019.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,099 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2019
Organizations like GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION?
- GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,010 to it, the largest being BETSY GORDON FOUNDATION ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $38,010 in grants to GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION?
- BETSY GORDON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL TIES FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2019 (financials across 2017–2019), 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