Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1957.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
36 people listed on the 990-T; $1.9M paid to officers and key staff.
Sophia Howlett’s $383K as President, Sit (thru 12/25) is at the 76th percentile of top reported officer pay among 345 $10–100M international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Jenkins | $296,122 | $473,388 | $298,316 | $298,561 | $305,565 | $297,666 |
| Sophia Howlett | $383,462 | $281,775 | $278,229 | $247,954 | $244,391 | $235,982 |
| Konstantin Lomidze | $354,670 | $277,691 | $274,129 | $277,763 | $274,818 | $273,264 |
| Lisa Rae | $218,025 | $211,896 | $201,796 | $192,319 | $190,287 | $184,056 |
| Lisa Posner Olocco | — | — | $192,329 | $201,201 | $204,192 | $198,428 |
| Alexandre Lambert | $199,348 | $190,738 | — | — | — | — |
| Gyula Csurgai | $198,962 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Melissa M Oppenheimer | — | $197,077 | $171,149 | — | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See World Learning INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Empowers global citizens and institutions through international education, study abroad programs, and exchange opportunities to foster a more peaceful, sustainable, and just world.
Questions for World Learning INC
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Global Development and Exchange
For more than 30 years, World Learning has worked to bridge the gap between the desire for human development and the ability to achieve that goal. We work globally to build the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to take ownership of their own development, secure just and effective policies and structures, and create…
Sit Study Abroad
A pioneer in experiential, field-based study abroad, SIT offers semester, summer, and custom term programs for undergraduate students in over 40 countries worldwide, as well as comparative programs in multiple locations. Our program mission: Prepare students to be inter-culturally effective leaders, professionals, and citizens.
Sit Graduate Institute
The SIT Graduate Institute offers graduate students and professionals internationally focused full-time and hybrid degrees accredited master's degrees, as well as certificate and professional development programs. Program options are provided in U.S.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 21 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 20 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 19 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 19 smaller programs.
The auditor reported 143 findings: a weakness in money controls, questioned costs.
By the numbers
The FY2022 990-T, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 14, 2026 | $88.5M | $89.3M | −$823K | $51.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 14, 2025 | $110.9M | $110.5M | $324K | $48.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 | $108.7M | $112.5M | −$3.8M | $45.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $92.8M | $92.5M | $261K | $47.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 6, 2022 | $48.7M | $49.5M | −$807K | $54.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 14, 2021 | $107.1M | $106.6M | $431K | $47.9M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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