Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2023. IRS ruling in Nov 2018.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
82 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
9 people listed on the 990.
Eli Ovits’s $4K as President is at the 2nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1637 $100K–1M 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.
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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 15aNo
- Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed
Programs and updates
Educates leaders globally on Arab and Muslim world affairs impacting the Middle East.
Questions for Inside the Middle East INC
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Educational programsproviding students, professionals, and leaders with apolitical, nuanced education about the middle east transforms their ability to understand complex geopolitics while enhancing critical thinking and media literacy. At itme, we believe there is no substitute for authentic, informed education.
Press and media outreachwe engage with traditional and digital media to provide accurate, context-rich, apolitical analysis of middle east developments, ensuring that diverse audiences receive fact-based, nuanced information often absent in mainstream coverage.
Resources & toolsitme provides resources and tools to students, educators, communal professionals, lay leaders, next generation leadership, civic and interfaith leaders, business professionals, journalists, influencers, philanthropists, and the general community.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $177K | $163K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $52K | $52K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $229K | $217K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $61K | $69K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $167K | $148K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $15K | $15K | ||
| Management feesLn 11a | $5K | $5K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $4K | $4K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $76K | $76K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $334 | $334 | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $1K | $1K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $20K | $20K | $103 | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $746 | $746 | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $118K | $106K | $6K | $6K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $10K | $3K | $20 | $7K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $251K | $205K | $32K | $13K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 Latest Viewing | $231K | $251K | −$20K | $148K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $219K | $195K | $24K | $167K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $161K | $144K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $230,928 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 4 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $230,928 across 4 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $250,558 across 10 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $216,805 assets, 9 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $147,564 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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