Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER
MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 81 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,257,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($558,018). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $44M
- Funders on record
- 81
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $23M
What Meridian International Center does
Mission
Meridian International Center empowers the next era of diplomacy for a better future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Center for global leadership - international visitor leadership programfor more than 65 years, meridian has been a principal partner in implementing the international visitor leadership program (ivlp), the u.s. Department of state's premier professional exchange program. Between october 1, 2024, and september 30, 2025, meridian developed 114 ivlp projects for 1,081 emerging international leaders. Topics ranged from sports diplomacy and u.s. Foreign policy to ai. 1) in meridian's 30th year administering the british american parliamentary group (bapg), eight members of parliament began their program in washington, d.c., with meetings at key policy institutions and a luncheon hosted by meridian's corporate council. They then completed bipartisan district shadowing visits in nebraska, alabama, new york, and illinois before reconvening in boston to conclude the project. 2) meridian also designed exchange programs in honor of the nation's semi-quincentennial, including we the people: military education in america, which examined the u.s. Military education system and its role in strengthening excellence across the armed forces while strengthening the military capacity of key partners…
$19,623,184 spentof which $159,238 as grants62% of program spendingCenter for global leadership - customized exchangesbeyond ivlp, meridian implemented 62 projects for 403 participants from 104 countries. These partnerships give global changemakers opportunities to expand collaborative networks, drive innovation, and create lasting impact. 1) science, innovation & technology: through initiatives such as the nea space exchange program, meridian convened emerging leaders, policymakers, and technical experts from across the near east and north africa to strengthen collaboration in space science and technology, build regional capacity, and expand partnerships with u.s. Institutions and industry. 2) youth & leadership: meridian's three flagship programs in partnership with the u.s. Department of state-the study of the u.s. Institutes for global student leaders, the pan africa youth leadership program, and the u.s. Congress-republic of korea national assembly exchange-brought together emerging leaders from the united states and around the world for immersive exchanges focused on leadership development and mutual understanding of governance systems and cultures. Through academic residencies, travel, skills training, and collaborative projects,…
$6,787,322 spentof which $1,484,822 as grants$90,602 earned by the program21% of program spendingCenter for culture and sports diplomacythrough music diplomacy exchanges, visual art exhibitions, and high impact convenings, meridian's center for culture and sports diplomacy builds connections among global communities by using culture and sports to bridge divides and highlight shared values. In 2025, key programs include 1) the annual flagship cultural diplomacy convening, culturefix, brought together the culture and sports diplomacy community through a dialogue series and awards ceremony celebrating achievement and thought leadership. The 2025 honorees included nfl commissioner roger goodell, playwright and actor anna deavere smith, and visual artist sanford biggers. 2) meridian partnered with the smithsonian institution and the u.s. Consulate in chennai, india, to manage the traveling exhibition city of hope, which highlighted cultural and philosophical connections between the united states and india. 3) meridian led the international hip-hop artist residency program in uruguay through next level, a partnership with the u.s. Department of state's bureau of educational and cultural affairs. 4) meridian managed the smithsonian national museum of the american indian exchange…
$2,777,265 spentof which $30,908 as grants9% of program spendingAlso during 2025, meridian's center for diplomatic engagement hosted more than 70 dialogues, workshops, and roundtables, engaging over 800 diplomats from 129 embassies, along with leaders from government, business, and civil society. Topics included security alliances, emerging technologies, aerospace innovation, and federalism. The flagship meridian summit focused on major global challenges such as great-power competition, cybersecurity, ai, energy resilience, and economic cooperation. The north capital meridian diplomacy forum brought together more than 200 leaders from business, government, and civil society across the united states, mexico, and canada to explore trilateral cooperation.diplomacyrise, meridian's initiative to develop the next generation of global affairs professionals, offers career training, mentorship, and fellowship opportunities. In 2025, the meridian cox foreign service fellowship introduced 30 college students to careers in diplomacy through a week-long immersion in washington, d.c. In addition, a seven-part hybrid diplomatic skills course trained 15 emerging scientists in public diplomacy, cultural competence, protocol, and negotiation.meridian's center…
$2,506,467 spentof which $35,502 as grants8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $31,694,238.
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 $27M to $35M (+32%).
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 91% · 2018 85% · 2019 86% · 2020 77% · 2021 67% · 2022 79% · 2023 81% · 2024 69% · 2025 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER’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. 0 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.
Chief executive
The Honorable Stuart Holliday
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $180k → $732k.
14 of 81 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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: $292k from 7 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America). These are real filings, and they are not money MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER raised.
From the IRS filings of MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 81 funders by total. 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
MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
46% 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 MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 16% · 2018 21% · 2019 15% · 2020 27% · 2021 27% · 2022 40% · 2023 14% — 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.
How long its funders stay
39% of MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER runs a healthier operating margin 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 MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $283.6M on record.
- Department of State$274.6M
- United States Trade and Development Agency$8.0M
- Smithsonian Institution$572k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$425k
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation$73k
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 MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 14 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Meridian Global Leadership Institute · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER: 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 MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER?
- MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 81 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,257,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($558,018). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 81 organizations giving $5,257,000 in grants to MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $558,018 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 81 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