Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
GLOBAL TIES US
GLOBAL TIES US (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $470,846 to it, the largest being THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ($343,060). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $471k
- Net assets
- $975k
What Global Ties US does
Mission
Global ties u.s. (global ties) powers individuals, communities, and nations to build trust and advance peace and prosperity through international exchange.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The international visitor leadership program (ivlp) is the u.s.' foundational professional exchange program implemented by gtus' member organizations. It is designed to build trust and collaboration between u.s. And international counterparts and support u.s. Foreign policy goals. Through a 60-year partnership with the u.s department of state, gtus supports a network of u.s.-based exchange organizations that design and implement short-term, professional exchange programs that connect u.s. Citizens and the world's emerging leaders. Ivlp exchanges enable participants to experience the u.s. Firsthand, connect with u.s. Counterparts, and share their respective cultures with american communities. Since inception the ivlp has introduced more than 225,000 global participants and thousands of leaders in their respective fields to counterparts in communities in all 50 states. Each of these visits was supported by the members and the ivlp alumni have built or grown their careers through connections and ideas gained on the ivlp.
$9,473,044 spentof which $7,492,280 as grants84% of program spendingU.s. Exchange alumni network and capacity building program: the u.s. Exchange alumni network and capacity building program is designed to support enterprising u.s. Alumni as they build on their exchange experiences through professional development and citizen diplomacy opportunities. Key to this effort is the global ties network and our longstanding partnership with the u.s. Department of state. As local hubs for global engagement, global ties network members are the domestic infrastructure for u.s. Public diplomacy efforts and helped us to identify and connect diverse and geographically dispersed exchange alumni. We worked with them to connect with diverse alumni from across the united states. Through our activities, we built on the global skills of u.s. Citizen exchange alumni, elevated them as leaders in their communities, and advanced u.s. Foreign policy goals through citizen diplomacy.
$788,851 spentof which $349,395 as grants7% of program spendingGlobal ties u.s. Implements the exchange program to professionalize mexican law enforcement agencies, thereby increasing individual security in mexico. In order to achieve this goal, global ties provides high quality training to members of mexican law enforcement and security agencies on topics such as community policing, internal affairs, gender-based violence prevention, and leadership.
$691,232 spentof which $6,900 as grants6% of program spendingOther programs
$266,196 spentof which $60,945 as grants$404,634 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,219,323.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.5M to $5.6M (+60%).
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 90% · 2018 96% · 2019 95% · 2020 97% · 2021 98% · 2022 97% · 2023 97% · 2024 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of GLOBAL TIES US’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Katherine Brown
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $15k → $174k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 US’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 US leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% 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 US.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 87% · 2022 84% · 2023 84% — 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
81% of GLOBAL TIES US's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $48k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 US has grown faster than half of the 363 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding GLOBAL TIES US receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $119.2M on record.
- Department of State$119.2M
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 GLOBAL TIES US
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.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Global Ties Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GLOBAL TIES US: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GLOBAL TIES US?
- GLOBAL TIES US (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $470,846 to it, the largest being THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ($343,060). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLOBAL TIES US have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $470,846 in grants to GLOBAL TIES US, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL TIES US?
- THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC is the largest funder on record, with $343,060 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL TIES US 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.
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 6 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