The Open World Leadership Center awards grants to a wide range of U.S.-based nonprofit and governmental organizations to host Open World delegations. The Center selects its host organizations annually through a competitive grants process conducted according to federal guidelines. All successful candidates have expertise in implementing professionally oriented foreign exchange programs. Some grantees carry out Open World visits themselves or through their local affiliates; others develop and oversee a network of local organizations to provide this hosting. These local organizations include civic associations, academic institutions and centers, and nonprofit international training providers.

2020 Local Host Organizations
Open World thanks the following organizations, institutions, and judges for hosting our delegations and supporting our Members of Parliament, Rule of Law, and Civic programs in 2020:

Alabama
Birmingham Sister Cities Commission
Global Ties Alabama

• Arizona
• Citizan Diplomacy Alliance for International Visitors
• Empower International
• People to People

Arkansas
Global Ties Arkansas

• California
• Concord Rotary Club
• International Visitors Council of Los Angeles
• Long Beach - Sochi Sister City Association
• Modesto Sister States
• Moscow Sister County Commission Santa Clara
• North California World Trade Center
  Paso Robles Rotary Club
• People to People International

• San Leandro Rotary Club
• Sunrise Rotary Club
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• Colorado
• Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities
• Friendship Force of Denver
• Longmont Rotary Club
• Pagosa Springs Rotary Club
• WorldDenver
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• Connecticut 
• Rotary Club of New Haven
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• Florida
• Friendship Force, The Villages
• GlobalJax
• Gulf Coast Citizan Diplomacy Council 
• Rotary Club of Tallahassee
• World Affairs Council of Center Florida
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• Georgia
• Friendship Force Big Canoe
• Georgia to Georgia Foundation
• Hall Booth Smith, P.C
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• Illinois
• Carbondale Rotary Club
• Council of International Programs Chicago
• International Cultural Education Association
• Springfield Commission on International Visitors
• Supporters of Civil Society in Russia
• Vladimir - Canterbury Sister Cities
• WorldChicago
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• Indiana
• Lafayette Rotary Club
• United Religious Community
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• Iowa
• Friendship Force Cedar Rapids
• Iowa Sister States
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• Kansas
• Friendship Force Kansas
• Global Ties Kansas City
• Kiwanis Club of Lansing
• Rotary Club of East Wichita
• Winfield Rotary Club

Kentucky
World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana

Maine
The Archangel Committee

• Maryland
• Maryland Leningrad Sister State Commission
• University of Maryland Baltimore Country
• World Trade Center Institute 
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• Massachussets
• Bridgewater Rotary Club
• Friendship Force of Boston
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• Michigan
• Colleagues International
• Global Ties Detroit
• Hillsdale Rotary Club

Minnesota
White Bear Lake Rotary Club

Missouri
Supporters of Civil Society in Russia
World Affairs Council of St. Louis

• Montana
• Advisory Commission in International Relationships
• WorldMontana
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• Nebraska
• Alma Rotary Club
• Friendship Force of Lincoln
• Lincoln Council for International Visitors
• University of Nebraska Medical Center

Nevada
Friendship Force of Reno-Tahoe
Northern Nevada International Center

• New Hampshire 
• Frienship Force of New Hampshire Seacoast
• Friends Forever International
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• New Mexico
• Albuquerque Sister Cities Foundation
• Santa Fe Council on International Relations
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• New York
• International Center of Syracuse
• International Institute of Buffalo
• Linkages of Rochester
• Minisink Valley Rotary Club
• Rochester Global Connections
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• North Carolina
• Carolina Village
• International Focus
• International House
• Sister Cities of Durham
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• North Dakota
• Dacotah Territory International Visitor Program
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• Ohio
• Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Partnership
• Council of International Programs USA
• Friendship Force Greater Cincinnati 
• Global Ties Akron
• Great Lakes Consortium for Training and Internaitonal Development
• International Visitors Center of Columbus
• World Affairs Council of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
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• Oklahoma
• Rotary Club of Oklahoma City
• Tulsa Global Alliance

Oregon
Grants Pass Sister City Committee

• Pennsylvania
• Chambersburg Rotary Club
• Citizen Diplomacy International
• GlobalPittsburgh
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• Rhode Island
• World Affairs Council of Rhode Island

South Carolina
The Palmetto Council for International Visitors

• South Dakota
• South Dakota World Affairs Council

Tennessee
Friendship Force of Memphis
Sister City Support Organization of Blount County

• Texas
• Combined Arms
• East Texas Friends of Ukraine
• Fort Worth Sister Cities International
• Frienship Force Houston
• GlobalAustin
• Mid-Cities Pacesetters Rotary Club
• San Antonio Council for International Visitors
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• Utah
• Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy

Vermont
Vermont Council on World Affairs

Virginia
Norfolk Sister Cities Association
Virginia Commonwealth University

• Washington
• Columbia Center Rotary Club
• Frienship Force Olympia and Friendship Force Lower Columbia 
• Seattle - Tashkent Sister Cities Association 
• World Affairs Council of Seattle
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• West Virginia
• West Virginia Council of International Programs
• Center for International Understanding, Inc.
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• Wisconsin
• Friendship Force Madison
• Friendship Force of Greater Milwaukee
• Fox Valley Technical College
• Waupaca Rotary Club

Wyoming
Friendship Force of Cheyenne