FOUNDATION FOR GLOBAL POLITICAL EXCHANGE INC

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2023 · Form 990EZ · revenue $61K · expenses $64K · assets $271

EIN
84-3833345
Address
138 E 94TH ST APT 6E, NEW YORK, NY 10128-1776
NTEE code
Q20 Promotion of International Understanding (International, Foreign Affairs and National Security) published (IRS Business Master File)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
May 2020 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Nicholas Noe (its 2025 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2025 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

The Exchange Foundation is an effort by the non-profit 501c3 Foundation for Global Political Exchange to promote professional and academic enrichment through a variety of small group direct engagement conferences in Western Asia and North Africa. During their stay typically lasting five days to one week participants from around the world listen to and question leading intellectuals activists and politicians representing an array of different points of view in a specific country. The first Exchange was launched in June 2008 in Beirut Lebanon. Now more than a decade later 1,500+ people from 51 different countries have attended 50 different Exchanges in the region. Crucially all funding for the Exchange comes from only two sources: The participants themselves who pay the participation fee or scholarship recipients who benefit from individual charitable contributions designed specifically to broaden the social political and geographic diversity of each Exchange table.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Nicholas Noe Director and President of the Board2020-2023 $5,000$25,200 1
Joshua Andresen Vice President of the Board2020-2023 $1,000$2,000 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Ekow Yankah Secretary of the Board2023 0 $0 reported 1
Baybars Orsek (former) Secretary2020-2021 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2023 · 3 people listed · 2 paid, $6K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Nicholas Noe Director and President of the Board5 $5,000-$0 $5,0001
Joshua Andresen Vice President of the Board5 $1,000-$0 $1,0001
Ekow Yankah Secretary of the Board0 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 3 people listed · 2 paid, $5K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Nicholas Noe President & Co-Founder10 $3,900-$0 $3,9001
Joshua Andresen Vice-President1 $1,000-$0 $1,0001
Baybars Orsek Secretary0 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $16K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Nicholas Noe President & Co-Founder10 $16,300-$0 $16,3001
Joshua Andresen Vice-President0 $0-$0 $01
Baybars Orsek Secretary0 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$61,150$63,750 $271$271 -$61,150 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$43,255$43,194 $1,192$1,192 -$43,255 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$77,800$76,669 $1,131$1,131 $4,000$73,800 ---

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Who funds organizations like this

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JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF S F MARIN PENINSULA & SONOMA COUNTIES $1,175,0006 2DAF sponsor2016–2020 ALLIANCE FOR ISRAEL'S FUTURE INC; NORTH AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORANIM INC
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2023 · Form 990EZ · $63,750 spent · pay $5,000 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $53,250 83.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $5,500 8.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $5,000 7.8%
Total$63,750100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $43,194 spent · pay $4,900 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $38,082 88.2%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $4,900 11.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $212 0.5%
Total$43,194100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $76,669 spent · pay $16,300 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $60,010 78.3%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $16,300 21.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $359 0.5%
Total$76,669100%

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Federal grants and contracts

Awards from USAspending.gov to a recipient with this organization's name and zip code. Obligations by federal fiscal year (October to September); each award links to its page on usaspending.gov.

Fiscal yearGrants and other assistanceContractsAwards
2020$4,000$01
Largest awards · 1 shown
YearAgencyKindProgramDescriptionObligated
2020Small Business AdministrationGrant or other assistanceECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN EMERGENCY ADVANCE 59.072ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER GRANT$4,000

State business registration

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