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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ARAB AMERICAN ACTION NETWORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,016,139
Total expenses
$860,984
Contributions and grants received
$1,016,139
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,272,169
Total liabilities, end of year
$121,414
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,150,755
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$657,774
Management and general expenses
$127,780
Fundraising expenses
$75,430
Program service expenses (Part III)
$657,774

Program services were 76.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $662,099

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $354,040

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $78,750 · program services $59,063 · management and general $11,812 · fundraising $7,875

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $468,264 · program services $351,197 · management and general $70,241 · fundraising $46,826

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $133,489 · program services $100,116 · management and general $20,024 · fundraising $13,349

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $65,026 · program services $48,819 · management and general $16,207

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,963 · program services $2,972 · management and general $594 · fundraising $397

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,673 · program services $2,204 · fundraising $1,469

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $55,142 · program services $41,357 · management and general $8,271 · fundraising $5,514

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,918 · program services $8,918

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,485 · program services $8,485

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program costs

    total $28,963 · program services $28,963

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions

    total $6,311 · program services $5,680 · management and general $631

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,108,263 · end of year $1,154,137

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $25,306 · end of year $118,032

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

    $32,065

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

    $32,065

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $137,969 · end of year $121,414

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $925,600 · end of year $1,077,505

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $70,000 · end of year $73,250

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Arab American Action Network (AAAN) strives to strengthen the Arab community in the Chicago area by building its capacity to be an active agent for positive social change. As a grassroots nonprofit, our strategies include community organizing, advocacy, education, providing social services, leadership development, cultural outreach and forging productive relationships with other communities.Our vision is for a strong Arab American community whose members have the power to make decisions about actions and policies that affect their lives and have access to a range of social, political, cultural and economic opportunities in a context of equity and social justice.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Improve quality of life for low income Arab immigrants and Arab Americans living in Chicago area.

  • Adult education, youth programs, social services, mediation and crisis intervention, cultural competency training, leadership development and community organizing programs.

    Expenses $657,774 · Revenue $53,250

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Souzan Naser

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bassem Kawar

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louise Cainkar

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laila Farah

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nesreen Hasan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nadine Naber

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hatem Abudayyeh

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $83,322
    From this org
    $78,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,572
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513029349300211

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