Virginia · Nonprofit
THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $166,462 to it, the largest being AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES ($149,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $166k
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What The International Student Exchange Programs does
Mission
Isep empowers higher education institutions to expand the perspectives and potential of students around the world through our wide range of accessible, authentic academic intercultural programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Isep direct and global programs - isep arranges for students to attend certain institutions on a fee for service basis. Generally, students pay fees directly to isep and the organization pays tuition, housing and other fees to the host institutions. Isep also offers advice to students prior to their departure and additional support while on site. These programs are available to members and affiliates.isep supports programs combining elements of the reciprocal exchange and isep direct programs and provides operating assistance to host institutions. In-country community services is an integral part of these programs. Isep provides academic advising and serves as a liaison to local host institutions while students are in-country. These programs allow students to perform supervised volunteer service at affiliated non-governmental organizations and other local organizations.
$8,356,377 spentof which $115,943 as grants$12,670,256 earned by the program68% of program spendingIsep exchange program - isep promotes and facilitates student exchanges among member institutions in the united states and abroad. Isep provides a suite of advising, training, and support services to its members. Isep offers individual students' academic and travel advice prior to departure and additional support while on site. The exchange programs are only available to dues-paying members.
$328,520 spent$1,514,361 earned by the program3% of program spendingGrants - isep receives periodic grants from foundations, member institutions and others to support its mission by providing student scholarships.
$80,050 spent$67,594 earned by the program1% of program spendingEvents
$6,717 spent$31,063 earned by the program0% of program spendingOther programs
$3,603,563 spent$1,052,401 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,375,227.
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 $6.2M to $10M (+61%).
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: 2020 5% · 2021 24% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS’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. 3 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
John S Lucas
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $149k → $89.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS’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
THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% 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 THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $287 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
THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 174 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 174 international nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% 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 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS: 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 THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS?
- THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $166,462 to it, the largest being AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES ($149,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $166,462 in grants to THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS?
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES is the largest funder on record, with $149,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 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