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$45,428,610

Department of State·Department of State

to MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER

diplomacyactive
WORK BEGAN2024-01-08·LATEST ACTION·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_SECAGD24CA0020_019
Award description

THIS AWARD SUPPORTS MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE FY 2024 INTERNATIONAL VISITORS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. THIS AWARD SUPPORTS $833,179 IN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS AND $152,210 IN PROGRAM FUNDS TOTALING $985,389 TO DATE OF FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Funds Meridian International Center's FY 2024 International Visitors Leadership Program, supporting administrative and program operations.

Sub-sectors
international-exchangecultural-diplomacyleadership-development
Why this matters

Builds U.S. soft power and diplomatic relationships by developing foreign leaders' understanding of American values and governance.

U.S.–China competition angle

Counters Chinese influence-building efforts by strengthening U.S. relationships with emerging international leaders through cultural and educational exchange.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002089.

Period of performance
Start
2024-01-08
End
2027-03-31
Status
activein 316 days
Sources

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