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← UNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$32,433,934
Total expenses
$24,991,921
Contributions and grants received
$32,420,744
Grants paid
$22,379,502
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$13,190
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$8,933,646
Total liabilities, end of year
$722,631
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,211,015
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$23,076,823
Management and general expenses
$459,826
Fundraising expenses
$1,455,272
Program service expenses (Part III)
$23,076,823

Program services were 92.3% 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

    $32,420,744

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $209,876

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,088 · excluded $12,088

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $175,876

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

    securities $174,774

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,102

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,102 · excluded $1,102

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $22,379,502 · program services $22,379,502

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $181,100 · program services $72,440 · management and general $54,330 · fundraising $54,330

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $633,803 · program services $289,623 · management and general $80,069 · fundraising $264,111

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,889 · program services $6,480 · management and general $1,344 · fundraising $6,065

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $63,038 · program services $28,590 · management and general $8,609 · fundraising $25,839

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $63,174 · program services $28,132 · management and general $10,215 · fundraising $24,827

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,977 · program services $8,451 · management and general $10,526

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $121,624 · program services $54,159 · management and general $67,465

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $2,700 · fundraising $2,700

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25,500 · program services $11,355 · management and general $12,984 · fundraising $1,161

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $350,443 · management and general $28,409 · fundraising $322,034

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $672,030 · program services $9,080 · management and general $12,214 · fundraising $650,736

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $260,566 · program services $124,988 · management and general $135,578

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,620 · program services $12,594 · management and general $19,026

  • 17 · Travel

    total $52,433 · program services $23,349 · management and general $8,478 · fundraising $20,606

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $19,586 · program services $19,586

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,817 · program services $1,255 · management and general $1,562

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,256 · program services $7,239 · management and general $9,017

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EVENT

    total $59,148 · fundraising $59,148

  • 24b · Other expenses: STATE REGISTRATIONS

    total $14,880 · fundraising $14,880

  • 24c · Other expenses: CULTIVATION/STEWARDSHIP

    total $8,255 · fundraising $8,255

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $580 · fundraising $580

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $261,124 · end of year $4,748,961

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $606,307 · end of year $2,539,122

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $426,144 · end of year $1,569,877

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $18,516 · end of year $14,301

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

    $13,553

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

    $12,777

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,593 · end of year $776

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $35,102

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $50,994 · end of year $25,507

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $93,116 · end of year $194,787

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $452,279 · end of year $500,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $52,281 · end of year $27,844

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $769,002 · end of year $7,827,334

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $383,681

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

UNRWA USA LIFTS UP THE VOICES, EXPERIENCES, AND HUMANITY OF PALESTINE REFUGEES TO SECURE AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR RESOURCES ESSENTIAL TO EVERY HUMAN BEING, FOR THE PROMISE OF A BETTER LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE A LIFE OF DIGNITY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES.

  • GRANT PROGRAM:UNRWA USA PRIORITIZES OUR PROGRAM FUNDING THROUGH FOUR TECHNICAL PILLARS: 1)EDUCATION + TRAINING, 2)HEALTH (INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH), 3)PROTECTION, AND 4)EMERGENCY RESPONSE. UNDER EDUCATION + TRAINING, GRANT FUNDS ENABLED NEARLY 100 UNIVERSITY AND POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS TO BENEFIT FROM UNRWA SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT AS WELL AS INSTALLING SOLAR POWERED DESALINATION UNITS FOR SIX SCHOOLS. UNDER EMERGENCY RESPONSE, GRANT FUNDING ENABLED 35,919 FULL FOOD PARCELS INCLUDING FLOUR, RICE, CHICKPEAS, LENTILS, MILK, AND COOKING OIL TO BE DELIVERED TO 7,184 REFUGEE FAMILIES IN GAZA. GRANT FUNDING ALSO ENABLED RECONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF 68 DAMAGED SHELTERS FROM PRIOR MILITARY ASSAULTS. GRANT FUNDING ALSO PROVIDED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO 5,038 YOUTH IN GAZA.

    Expenses $22,490,974 · Grants $22,379,502

  • OTHER PROGRAMS:BUILDING AWARENESS ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF PALESTINE REFUGEES AND THE ESSENTIAL FOOD, HEALTH, HOUSING, EDUCATION, AND PROTECTION SERVICES THAT UNRWA PROVIDES TO THIS POPULATION THROUGH EDUCATION AND AWARENESS BUILDING ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $585,849

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ghassan Salameh

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ambassador Philip C Wilcox Jr

    CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elias Aburdene

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Abuzayd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ambassador Maura Connelly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ambassador Ryan Crocker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Farah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lara Friedman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ambassador Richard Murphy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Imad Qasim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nadia Saah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Shibley Telhami

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mara Kronenfeld

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $181,100
    From this org
    $163,119
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,981
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,119
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,525
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,456
    Filer's total
    $181,100

  • Hani Almadhoun

    DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $166,620
    From this org
    $133,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,482
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,138
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,496
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,986
    Filer's total
    $166,620

  • Laila Mokhiber

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $131,854
    From this org
    $119,334
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,520
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jason Terry

    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $117,581
    From this org
    $108,343
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,238
    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. 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 · 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403199349310005

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