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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NEAR EAST FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$20,135,222
Total expenses
$19,135,786
Contributions and grants received
$19,689,746
Grants paid
$2,813,505
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$515,102
Other revenue
-$69,626
Total assets, end of year
$28,515,069
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,059,511
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,455,558
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,412,791
Management and general expenses
$964,525
Fundraising expenses
$758,470
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,412,791

Program services were 91.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $17,627,194

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,062,552

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $9,961

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $447,157 · excluded $447,157

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $954,762

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

    securities $886,817

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $67,945

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $67,945 · excluded $67,945

  • 11a · Other revenue: GAIN ON CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE OP

    total $26,565 · excluded $26,565

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISC. INCOME

    total $4,806 · excluded $4,806

  • 11c · Other revenue: FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE GAIN

    total -$100,997 · excluded -$100,997

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$69,626

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $2,813,505 · program services $2,813,505

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $760,459 · program services $643,107 · management and general $66,864 · fundraising $50,488

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,384,940 · program services $4,546,447 · management and general $476,077 · fundraising $362,416

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $111,901 · program services $96,372 · management and general $9,236 · fundraising $6,293

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,831,301 · program services $1,577,160 · management and general $151,155 · fundraising $102,986

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $138,592 · program services $119,359 · management and general $11,439 · fundraising $7,794

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $80,568 · program services $68,192 · management and general $3,247 · fundraising $9,129

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $219,506 · program services $185,786 · management and general $8,847 · fundraising $24,873

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $39,431 · management and general $39,431

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $523,832 · program services $443,362 · management and general $21,114 · fundraising $59,356

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $57,957 · program services $49,054 · management and general $2,336 · fundraising $6,567

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $485,744 · program services $411,126 · management and general $19,578 · fundraising $55,040

  • 17 · Travel

    total $841,302 · program services $690,784 · management and general $138,168 · fundraising $12,350

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $101,669 · program services $101,669

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

    total $4,764,946 · program services $4,741,725 · fundraising $23,221

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUB-AWARDS

    total $492,800 · program services $492,800

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER OPERATING EXPENSE

    total $293,710 · program services $248,590 · management and general $11,839 · fundraising $33,281

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT EXPENSE

    total $193,623 · program services $183,753 · management and general $5,194 · fundraising $4,676

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,519,222 · end of year $13,289,611

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $450,789 · end of year $2,638,684

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,145,877 · end of year $2,800,554

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $169,393 · end of year $206,722

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $367,472 · end of year $2,113,591

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $195,196 · end of year $241,368

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

    $1,350,264

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

    $1,228,217

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $190,800 · end of year $122,047

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,853,093 · end of year $6,258,530

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $326,832 · end of year $292,179

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $551,783

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $877,128 · end of year $2,080,494

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,003,152 · end of year $7,614,373

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $5,993,250 · end of year $9,824,991

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $250,223 · end of year $539,653

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,603,423 · end of year $1,160,702

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,491,498 · end of year $7,294,856

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO REALIZE MORE PROSPEROUS, INCLUSIVE, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, THE NEAR EAST FOUNDATION (NEF) WORKS WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO ENABLE INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE, COMMUNITY-LED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA, AND THE CAUCASUS. WE SUPPORT MARGINALIZED PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES TO CULTIVATE NEW SKILLS AND TO ACCESS RESOURCES, NETWORKS, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SHAPE A FUTURE WHERE THEY CAN OVERCOME VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INEQUITY, CONFLICT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE NEAR EAST FOUNDATION HELPS BUILD MORE SUSTAINABLE, PROSPEROUS, AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA THROUGH EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  • PROGRAMS TO ESTABLISH A REVOLVING CREDIT FUND TO ADVANCE THE GROWTH OF MICRO-ENTERPRISES OWNED AND OPERATED BY REFUGEES AND VULNERABLE JORDANIANS THROUGH LOANS AND NON-FINANCIAL SERVICES TAILORED TO THE CONDITIONS OF VULNERABLE ENTREPRENEURS

    Expenses $3,849,262

  • PROGRAMS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS THROUGH MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS TRAINING. NEF WORKS TO CREATE PERMANENT JOBS AND GENERATE INCOME FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS. NEF PROVIDES MATERIAL ASSISTANCE, TARGETED TRAINING AND OUTREACH SUPPORT AND MENTORING FOR REFUGEES AND THEIR HOST COUNTRY NEIGHBORS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS.

    Expenses $3,686,629 · Grants $2,813,505

  • PROGRAMS TO REDUCE THEIR RISK OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY THROUGH IMPROVED ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER, ADEQUATE SANITATION, GOOD HYGIENE IN SUDAN'S CENTRAL DARFUR & SOUTH KORDOFAN STATE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER, ADEQUATE SANITATION, GOOD HYGIENE IN SUDAN'S CENTRAL DARFUR & SOUTH KORDOFAN STATE

    Expenses $2,208,208

  • Expenses $7,668,692

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shant Mardirossian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Haig Mardikian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Johnson Garrett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Jacobs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mona Eraiba

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Simona Ceci

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $253,479
    From this org
    $235,184
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,295
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,184
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,295
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $253,479
  • Patrick Malkassian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Ashby

    CO-PRESIDENT & CFO

    Total calculated
    $255,410
    From this org
    $237,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,295
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,115
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,295
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $255,410
  • Carol B Aslanian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Habib

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nina Bogosian Quigley

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rana Gillmon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Osamah Khalil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randa El-Sayed Haffar

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Myrna Barakat

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elias Habayeb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Rosenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rabih Yazbeck

    VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $149,705
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $137,212
    Other
    $12,493
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related
  • Ban Saraf

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $156,478
    From this org
    $139,287
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,191
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,287
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,143
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,048
    Filer's total
    $156,478
  • Justin Pritchard

    ASSOCIATE VP OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $148,126
    From this org
    $123,972
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,154
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lezlie Blaski

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCE

    Total calculated
    $128,641
    From this org
    $119,759
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,882
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Abdella

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,489
    From this org
    $123,518
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,971
    Hours/week
    40
  • Charles Benjamin

    FORMER CEO

    Total calculated
    $233,184
    From this org
    $203,340
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,844
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,340
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,352
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,492
    Filer's total
    $233,184

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • NEFDEV LLC

    INACTIVE · NY

    Directly controlled by NEAR EAST FOUNDATION

  • NEAR EAST FOUNDATION UK LIMITED

    TO BUILD COMMUNITIES IN MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA THROUGH EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT · UK · income $7,772,203 · assets $12,814,544

    Directly controlled by NEAR EAST FOUNDATION

  • NEF BELGIUM SA

    TO BUILD COMMUNITIES IN MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA THROUGH EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT · BE · income $5,296,745 · assets $7,349,024

    Directly controlled by NEAR EAST FOUNDATION

  • NEF GLOBAL LLC

    TO OBTAIN US GOVERNMENT SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTS FOR NEF ORGANIZATION. · NY

    Directly controlled by NEAR EAST FOUNDATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
1 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411239349300026

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