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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,618,725
Total expenses
$15,950,363
Contributions and grants received
$15,229,300
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$788,200
Investment income
$1,864,927
Other revenue
-$263,702
Total assets, end of year
$78,601,679
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,816,710
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$64,784,969
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,595,768
Management and general expenses
$1,789,330
Fundraising expenses
$1,565,265
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,595,768

Program services were 79.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,591,642

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $13,637,658

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $695,573

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE/TRIP REVENUE

    total $788,200 · related or exempt $788,200

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,459,551 · excluded $1,459,551

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $529,699

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $655,012

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$125,313

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$125,313 · excluded -$125,313

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,154,532

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,749,156

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $405,376

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $405,376 · excluded $405,376

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $31,110

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,591,642

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $169,747

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$138,637 · excluded -$138,637

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $248 · excluded $248

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $248

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,936,919 · program services $1,276,827 · management and general $341,722 · fundraising $318,370

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,569,100 · program services $5,392,568 · management and general $572,559 · fundraising $603,973

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $510,554 · program services $426,093 · management and general $36,733 · fundraising $47,728

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,064,259 · program services $885,112 · management and general $77,153 · fundraising $101,994

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $554,903 · program services $424,567 · management and general $73,983 · fundraising $56,353

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,169 · management and general $31,169

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $59,172 · management and general $59,172

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $60,000 · fundraising $60,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $717,319 · program services $630,125 · management and general $79,706 · fundraising $7,488

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $63,827 · program services $28,032 · management and general $30,795 · fundraising $5,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $330,896 · program services $188,117 · management and general $113,468 · fundraising $29,311

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $381,540 · program services $307,814 · management and general $33,436 · fundraising $40,290

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,370,242 · program services $1,095,352 · management and general $129,931 · fundraising $144,959

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,099,490 · program services $1,058,273 · management and general $4,244 · fundraising $36,973

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $405,945 · program services $346,900 · management and general $12,749 · fundraising $46,296

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $271,046 · program services $94,092 · management and general $164,800 · fundraising $12,154

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $211,857 · program services $171,390 · management and general $19,093 · fundraising $21,374

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING & PRODUCTION

    total $114,507 · program services $95,735 · fundraising $18,772

  • 24b · Other expenses: AUDIO VISUAL

    total $103,993 · program services $97,275 · management and general $3,160 · fundraising $3,558

  • 24c · Other expenses: RESEARCH MATERIALS

    total $48,051 · program services $48,051

  • 24d · Other expenses: BUSINESS RELATIONS

    total $32,440 · program services $26,406 · management and general $2,016 · fundraising $4,018

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,134 · program services $3,039 · management and general $3,441 · fundraising $6,654

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $356,876 · program services $243,661 · management and general $0 · fundraising $113,215

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $282 · end of year $282

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $18,441,795 · end of year $14,822,575

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,185,678 · end of year $7,953,757

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $310,475 · end of year $304,755

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $469,987 · end of year $213,689

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

    $1,712,163

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

    $1,487,701

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,368,668 · end of year $224,462

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $25,883,301 · end of year $20,136,485

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $23,717,096 · end of year $24,365,118

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,086,353 · end of year $10,580,556

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,250,740 · end of year $1,218,029

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,269,333 · end of year $12,598,681

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $63,718,989 · end of year $56,703,097

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,224,573 · end of year $8,081,872

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE SEEKS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE NEAR EAST THROUGH INSIGHT, ANALYSIS AND IDEAS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE A BALANCED AND REALISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

  • PROGRAM ON ARAB POLITICS: THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE'S PROGRAM ON ARAB POLITICS FOCUSES ON POLITICAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND SECURITY-RELATED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARAB WORLD, A GEOGRAPHIC AREA STRETCHING FROM NORTH AFRICA TO IRAQ, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE GULF STATES (WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE INSTITUTE'S PROGRAM ON GULF AND ENERGY).IN 2022, THE PROGRAM FOCUSED ON POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR THE US RELATED TO CROSS BORDER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO SYRIA; IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIAS AND POLITICAL PARTIES' INFLUENCE IN IRAQ, THE FUTURE OF FEDERALISM IN IRAQ, AND THE DISPOSITION OF IRAQI KURDISTAN; HEZBOLLAH'S GROWING CONTROL OVER LEBANON, BEIRUT'S EFFORTS TO EXPLOIT OFFSHORE GAS RESOURCES, AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN THAT STATE; THE ONGOING POLITICAL DEADLOCK IN WAR TORN LIBYA; FOOD INSECURITY AND DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING IN TUNISIA; COMPLICATED BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH ALGERIA; HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR A WAR BETWEEN MOROCCO AND ALGERIA IN WESTERN SAHARA; THE POOR STATE OF US-SAUDI RELATIONS, AND; EGYPTIAN VIOLATIONS OF THE CAMP DAVID PEACE TREATY WITH ISRAEL IN THE SINAI PENINSULA. DAVID SCHENKER DIRECTED THE PROGRAM WITH THE SUPPORT OF 5 FULL-TIME SENIOR FELLOWS, CROSS-COLLABORATION WITH FELLOWS FROM OTHER PROGRAMS, VISITING FELLOWS, AND NON-RESIDENT ASSOCIATES. ALL TOLD, IN 2022, SOME TWO DOZEN INSTITUTE SCHOLARS, ASSOCIATES, AND CONSULTANTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORK OF THE ARAB POLITICS PROGRAM. PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS APPEARED FREQUENTLY ON TELEVISION AND RADIO. THE INSTITUTE PUBLISHED MORE THAN 100 ARTICLES/PUBLICATIONS BY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ON ITS WEBSITE AND MANY OF THE ARTICLES APPEARED IN OTHER ONLINE PUBLICATION SITES AND NEWS OUTLETS. IN ADDITION TO THE WRITINGS, PROGRAM SCHOLARS ENGAGED VIA ZOOM AND IN PERSON WITH US GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS AND CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS. THE PROGRAM HELD FREQUENT EVENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WEEKLY VIRTUAL SESSIONS CONVENED ON IRAQ, AND CONVENED 21 ROUNDTABLES ON A BROAD RANGE OF TOPICS ATTENDED BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH PERSONNEL, NGO STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE WASHINGTON POLICYMAKING COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, THE INSTITUTE ALSO HOSTED SEVEN VIRTUAL POLICY FORUM PANELS.

    Expenses $2,728,799 · Revenue $14,273

  • THE KORET PROJECT ON ARAB-ISRAEL RELATIONS: THE KORET PROJECT ON ARAB-ISRAEL RELATIONS FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL AND ARAB COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, INCLUDING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. PROGRAM DIRECTOR, DAVID MAKOVSKY WORKS WITH AMBASSADOR DENNIS ROSS, DAVID POLLOCK, AND GHAITH AL-OMARI AND IN CROSS-COLLABORATION WITH FELLOWS FROM OTHER PROGRAMS, VISITING FELLOWS, AND NON-RESIDENT ASSOCIATES. THIS YEAR, THE INSTITUTE HOSTED FORMER HEAD OF THE MOSSAD INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE ZOHAR PALTI AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE IDF, MAJ. GEN. EYAL ZAMIR AS INTERNATIONAL MILITARY FELLOWS, AS WELL AS FORMER PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT. PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS APPEARED FREQUENTLY ON TELEVISION AND RADIO. THE INSTITUTE PUBLISHED MORE THAN 40 ARTICLES/PUBLICATIONS BY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ON ITS WEBSITE AND MANY OF THE ARTICLES ALSO APPEARED ON OTHER ONLINE PUBLICATION SITES AND NEWS OUTLETS. THE PROGRAM HELD 2 IN-PERSON STRATEGIC DIALOGUES, 7 ONLINE POLICY FORUMS, AND 8 IN-HOUSE ROUNDTABLES. THE PROGRAM ALSO PRODUCED A PODCAST SERIES AND MAINTAINS AN INTERACTIVE WEBSITE TRACKING JEWISH SETTLEMENTS IN THE WEST BANK.

    Expenses $2,307,196 · Revenue $364,010

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,297,074 · Revenue $14,260

  • BERNSTEIN PROGRAM ON GULF AND ENERGY POLICY

    Expenses $1,133,120 · Revenue $324,360

  • MILITARY AND SECURITY STUDIES PROGRAM

    Expenses $1,125,115 · Revenue $14,260

  • PROJECT FIKRA (ARABIC-ENGLISH ANALYTICAL AND POLICY EXCHANGE PROGRAM)

    Expenses $1,014,375 · Revenue $14,260

  • VITERBI PROGRAM ON IRAN AND U.S. POLICY

    Expenses $1,259,632 · Revenue $14,257

  • TURKISH RESEARCH PROGRAM

    Expenses $710,135 · Revenue $14,260

  • GLAZER FOUNDATION PROGRAM ON GREAT POWER COMPETITION AND THE MIDDLE EAST

    Expenses $1,020,322 · Revenue $14,260

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jay Bernstein

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Shelly Kassen

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Howard P Berkowitz

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Martin J Gross

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • James Schreiber

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Barbi Weinberg

    FOUNDING PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN EMERITA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Moses S Libitzky

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • John Shapiro

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Walter P Stern

    SENIOR VP (UNTIL 2/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Lynn Levy Peseckis

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Lief D Rosenblatt

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ralph Gerson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Susan Wagner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jeffrey I Abrams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Gregg Abramson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Anthony Beyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Richard Borow

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 9/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Philip Friedmann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Robert Fromer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • David Fuente

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Michael Gelman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Bruce Lane

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Robin Chemers Neustein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jeanette Garretty Reinhard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Zachary Schreiber

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mike Segal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Merryl Tisch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Diane Troderman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Gary Wexler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Richard S Ziman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Robert Satloff

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $629,939
    From this org
    $556,934
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,005
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $556,934
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,720
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,285
    Filer's total
    $629,939
  • Laura Hannah

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $299,175
    From this org
    $228,437
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $70,738
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,437
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,540
    Nontaxable benefits
    $48,198
    Filer's total
    $299,175
  • Michael Singh

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $425,469
    From this org
    $333,702
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $91,767
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $333,702
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,720
    Nontaxable benefits
    $61,047
    Filer's total
    $425,469
  • Daniel Heckelman

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $298,505
    From this org
    $235,266
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,239
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,266
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,235
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,004
    Filer's total
    $298,505
  • Patrick Clawson

    DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $283,830
    From this org
    $238,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,230
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,600
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,843
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,387
    Filer's total
    $283,830
  • Dennis Ross

    COUNSELOR

    Total calculated
    $425,835
    From this org
    $345,425
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $80,410
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $345,425
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,720
    Nontaxable benefits
    $49,690
    Filer's total
    $425,835
  • David Makovsky

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $411,349
    From this org
    $321,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $90,191
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $321,158
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,720
    Nontaxable benefits
    $59,471
    Filer's total
    $411,349
  • Matthew Levitt

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $338,277
    From this org
    $249,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $88,360
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,917
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $62,460
    Filer's total
    $338,277
  • Michael Eisenstadt

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $294,222
    From this org
    $220,594
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,628
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,594
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,466
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,162
    Filer's total
    $294,222
  • David Schenker

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $293,303
    From this org
    $247,428
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,875
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $247,428
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,452
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,423
    Filer's total
    $293,303

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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
A CHARTER FLIGHT WAS USED FOR LOGISTICAL REASONS ON A TRUSTEE MISSION TRIP IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 11 OFFICERS AND 1 HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE WERE PASSENGERS ON THE FLIGHT. THE FULL COST OF THE FLIGHT WAS REIMBURSED BY THE TRUSTEES AND NONSTAFF OFFICERS WHO WERE PASSENGERS.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323149349303182

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