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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOC OF NORTH.

Totals

Total revenue
$916,467
Total expenses
$792,956
Contributions and grants received
$446,895
Grants paid
$147,177
Program service revenue
$462,209
Investment income
$1,681
Other revenue
$5,682
Total assets, end of year
$3,566,677
Total liabilities, end of year
$147,420
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,419,257
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$685,896
Management and general expenses
$75,308
Fundraising expenses
$31,752
Program service expenses (Part III)
$685,896

Program services were 86.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $446,895

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $276,394 · related or exempt $276,394

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ANNUAL MEETING

    total $145,840 · related or exempt $145,840

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PUBLICATIONS

    total $30,000 · related or exempt $30,000

  • 2d · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $9,975 · unrelated business $9,975

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,681 · excluded $1,681

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $4,695 · excluded $4,695

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $987 · excluded $987

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $987

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $140,427 · program services $140,427

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,750 · program services $6,750

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $180,775 · program services $154,093 · management and general $15,944 · fundraising $10,738

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $188,970 · program services $161,078 · management and general $16,667 · fundraising $11,225

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,253 · program services $15,559 · management and general $1,610 · fundraising $1,084

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $23,735 · program services $20,232 · management and general $2,093 · fundraising $1,410

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,099 · program services $23,952 · management and general $2,478 · fundraising $1,669

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,635 · management and general $2,635

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,340 · management and general $24,340

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,186 · management and general $1,186

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,188 · program services $4,991 · management and general $118 · fundraising $79

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $59,730 · program services $50,913 · management and general $5,269 · fundraising $3,548

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,176 · program services $1,855 · management and general $192 · fundraising $129

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,105 · program services $9,466 · management and general $979 · fundraising $660

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $48,567 · program services $48,567

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,248 · program services $12,997 · management and general $1,345 · fundraising $906

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,120 · program services $4,364 · management and general $452 · fundraising $304

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS

    total $30,652 · program services $30,652

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $83,012 · end of year $127,247

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $643,207 · end of year $28,035

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $9,350 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $9,455 · end of year $23,008

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,789 · end of year $6,972

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $258,861

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $85,755

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $177,221 · end of year $173,106

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,188,478 · end of year $2,436,859

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $771,450

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $107,297 · end of year $77,820

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $37,860 · end of year $69,600

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,617,628 · end of year $3,053,147

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $349,727 · end of year $366,110

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION (MESA) IS A NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION THAT FOSTERS THE STUDY OF THE MIDDLE EAST, PROMOTES HIGH STANDARDS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND TEACHING, AND ENCOURAGES PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE REGION AND ITS PEOPLES THROUGH PROGRAMS, PUBLICATIONS AND SERVICES THAT ENHANCE EDUCATION, FURTHER INTELLECTUAL EXCHANGE, RECOGNIZE PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTION, AND DEFEND ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS STATUS AS A 501(C)(3) SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, LITERARY, AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND INSTRUCTION IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES.

  • FROM ITS INCEPTION IN 1966 WITH 51 FOUNDING MEMBERS, MESA HAS INCREASED ITS MEMBERSHIP INTO THE THOUSANDS AND NOW SERVES AS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR DOZENS OF INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS AND AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS. THE ASSOCIATION IS A CONSTITUENT SOCIETY OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES, AND A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE AND THE COALITION FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION. AS PART OF ITS GOAL TO ADVANCE LEARNING, FACILITATE COMMUNICATION AND PROMOTE COOPERATION, MESA SPONSORS AN ANNUAL MEETING THAT IS A LEADING INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR SCHOLARSHIP, INTELLECTUAL EXCHANGE AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION. THE 58TH ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD VIRTUALLY IN 2024. MESA IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THREE PUBLICATIONS: THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, WHICH IS THE FLAGSHIP JOURNAL OF THE FIELD; THE REVIEW OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES; AND A BIANNUAL NEWSLETTER, ISSUES IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES. FINALLY, MESA HAS AN AWARDS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH A RANGE OF BOOK AND DISSERTATION AWARDS AS WELL AS SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION, EXEMPLARY UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION, AND GRADUATE STUDENT MENTORING.

    Expenses $685,896 · Grants $147,177 · Revenue $452,234

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ASLI U BALI

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • USSAMA MAKDISI

    PRESIDENT-ELECT (FROM NOVEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EVE TROUTT POWELL

    IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT (THRU NOVEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FIDA ADELY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANTHONY ALESSANDRINI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LARA DEEB

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALDEN YOUNG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ABRAR ALSHAMMARI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MAYA MIKDASHI

    DIRECTOR (FROM NOVEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JESSICA WINEGAR

    DIRECTOR (FROM NOVEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SENEM ASLAN

    DIRECTOR (THRU NOVEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ARZOO OSANLOO

    DIRECTOR (THRU NOVEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEFFREY D REGER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $180,776
    From this org
    $163,686
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,090
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,686
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $690
    Filer's total
    $180,776

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533159349305593

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