Middle East Forum
EIN 23-7749796 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 4 grants · $94.2k
Who it funds most
9 of its 15 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Middle East Forum's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 15 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202523219349314117
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
A year with no bar has no grants on file yet: its returns may not be loaded. It is not a year without giving.
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $4.0m | — | $4.6m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $4.1m | — | $4.3m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns7 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202523219349314117 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202413209349304326 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202333199349320608 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202233199349312273 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202103579349301030 | IRS batch file |
| 2019 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202133129349300138 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 201943179349301599 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Middle East Forum made 27 grants across 2018–2024, totalling $904.2k as filed.
- Grants
- 27
- Total, as filed
- $904.2k
- Years
- 2018–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| CAMERA | 3 | $501.0k |
| DAFKA | 2 | $76.0k |
| CENTER FOR SECURE FREE SOCIET | 2 | $52.0k |
| MID EAST CTR REPORTING & ANAL | 2 | $45.0k |
| ENDOWMENT FOR ME TRUTH | 1 | $25.0k |
| CAMERA NATIONAL OFFICE | 1 | $24.0k |
| PHYLLIS CHESLER ORGANIZATION | 1 | $24.0k |
| REPORT INC | 1 | $20.0k |
| INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORI | 2 | $17.5k |
| AMCHA COALITION FOR JEWISH CO | 1 | $15.0k |
| JEWISH NEWS SERVICE | 1 | $12.5k |
| CTR FOR DEMO AND HUMAN | 2 | $12.0k |
| PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUND INC | 1 | $12.0k |
| THE PHYLLIS CHESLER ORGANIZAT | 1 | $12.0k |
| AMCHA | 1 | $10.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 12 | $234.0k |
| 2019 | 9 | $141.0k |
| 2020 | 3 | $28.2k |
| 2022 | 1 | $151.0k |
| 2023 | 1 | $300.0k |
| 2024 | 1 | $50.0k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-237749796. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified