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FEATURED MAP: The Ford Foundation recently announced a $1 million grant toward an initiative to encourage more U.S. students to spend part of their academic year in China as exchange students. Create a grant map to find out:

• Plot grantmaker and recipient location pins and select "All" under Grant Indicator
• Under Subjects, find "International exchange, students" under "International Affairs/Goodwill Promotion"
• Click "Refresh Map" and review the map to see where this funding is concentrated
• Click "View Data" to learn more about the foundations that made grants for exchange programs and the organizations they funded

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