Public Charity

AMERICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE SERVICE

AMERICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE SERVICE is a Public Charity headquartered in Bellevue, WA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.0M revenue, $2.9M expenses, $2.5M total assets.

EIN: 710818518 Bellevue, WA Education N.E.C. NTEE: B99 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.0M
Total Expenses$2.9M
Total Assets$2.5M
Grant Records0
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The ACES mission is to provide high-quality international educational and cultural exchange experiences to individuals from the U.S. and foreign countries in order to promote global understanding. ACES believes that only through interaction can the peoples of the world truly understand each other, establish friendships and promote world peace.

Where $100 goes at American Cultural Exchange Service

How American Cultural Exchange Service divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$92 Programs the work itself
$8 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $92 for programs

$92
Hosted foreign high school and college students for either one academic semester or year
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Executive Director Debbie Li
Secretary Jennifer Maddox
Chair Paul Pfeifer
President, Treasurer Yongqian Li

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.0M $2.9M $2.5M
2024 $2.6M $2.4M $2.4M
2023 $2.6M $2.5M $2.0M
2022 $1.7M $1.7M $1.4M
2021 $848K $889K $1.3M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $848K to $3.0M (+251%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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