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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL POLICY AND UNDERSTANDING.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,454,023
Total expenses
$1,319,995
Contributions and grants received
$1,406,416
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$38,113
Investment income
$23,613
Other revenue
-$14,119
Total assets, end of year
$2,591,387
Total liabilities, end of year
$22,126
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,569,261
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$935,159
Management and general expenses
$106,036
Fundraising expenses
$278,800
Program service expenses (Part III)
$935,159

Program services were 70.8% 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

    $59,191

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,347,225

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SPEAKING FEES

    total $38,113 · related or exempt $38,113

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24,844 · excluded $24,844

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

    other assets $1,231

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$1,231

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,231 · excluded -$1,231

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

    $59,191

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $16,795

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$16,795

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,676 · excluded $2,676

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,676

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $154,524 · program services $74,372 · management and general $49,247 · fundraising $30,905

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $672,604 · program services $522,532 · management and general $2,584 · fundraising $147,488

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $44,473 · program services $27,914 · management and general $2,608 · fundraising $13,951

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $64,046 · program services $46,759 · management and general $3,645 · fundraising $13,642

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,267 · program services $1,703 · management and general $17,056 · fundraising $508

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $56,930 · management and general $4,000 · fundraising $52,930

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $861 · program services $499 · management and general $232 · fundraising $130

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,215 · program services $2,370 · management and general $226 · fundraising $9,619

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $37,088 · program services $35,462 · fundraising $1,626

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,750 · program services $2,187 · management and general $2,563

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,515 · program services $111 · management and general $7,379 · fundraising $25

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,446 · program services $17,061 · management and general $385

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $775 · management and general $775

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,802 · management and general $9,802

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT PROGRAM COSTS

    total $200,110 · program services $200,110

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $6,252 · program services $79 · management and general $420 · fundraising $5,753

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $5,788 · program services $4,000 · management and general $65 · fundraising $1,723

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES AND PERMITS

    total $5,049 · management and general $5,049

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $500 · fundraising $500

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,754,537 · end of year $1,898,848

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $694 · end of year $829

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $24,000 · end of year $500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $14,973 · end of year $13,045

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

    $5,503

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

    $2,854

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,355 · end of year $2,649

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $640,194 · end of year $675,516

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,232 · end of year $22,126

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,853,564 · end of year $2,088,578

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $564,957 · end of year $480,683

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ISPU PROVIDES OBJECTIVE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ABOUT AMERICAN MUSLIMS TO SUPPORT WELL-INFORMED DIALOGUE AND DECISION-MAKING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ISPU PROVIDES OBJECTIVE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ABOUT AMERICAN MUSLIMS TO SUPPORT WELL-INFORMED DIALOGUE AND DECISION-MAKING. ISPU IS A NONPARTISAN, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT BUILDS UNDERSTANDING AND STRENGTHENS COMMUNITIES BY LAYING A FOUNDATION OF FACTS.

  • DISCOVER: ISPU DISCOVERS NEW DATA THROUGH RIGOROUS RESEARCH. OUR PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING OUR AMERICAN MUSLIM POLL, PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED INSIGHT INTO ISSUES IMPACTING NOT JUST AMERICANS WHO ARE MUSLIM BUT ALL OF US.

    Expenses $513,846

  • EDUCATE: ISPU USES WHAT WE LEARN TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND RAISE AWARENESS. WE REACH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EVERY YEAR THROUGH IN-PERSON AND DIGITAL EDUCATION EVENTS, EXHIBITS, CONVENINGS, MEDIA COVERAGE, AND MORE. TO MULTIPLY OUR IMPACT, WE PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS TO INCREASE OUR REACH TO AUDIENCES WHO MAY NOT BE IMMEDIATELY FAMILIAR WITH ISPU.

    Expenses $241,377 · Revenue $38,113

  • EQUIP: ISPU EQUIPS JOURNALISTS, POLICYMAKERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, TEACHERS, ADVOCATES AND OTHERS BY PROVIDING EVIDENCED-BASED RESOURCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO USE IN THEIR OWN WORK. THROUGH WORKSHOPS, TOOLKITS, INFOGRAPHICS, VIDEOS AND MORE, WE HELP CHANGEMAKERS DO THEIR WORK SMARTER AND MORE EFFECTIVELY. EQUIPPING OTHERS MULTIPLIES OUR IMPACT AS THE DATA LIVES ON IN THE WORK OF THOSE WHO JOIN US IN CATALYZING CHANGE.

    Expenses $179,936

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tuqa Nusairat

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $122,013
    From this org
    $108,669
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,344
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nadia Ahmed

    FINANCE DIRE

    Total calculated
    $61,855
    From this org
    $45,855
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,000
    Hours/week
    20
  • Saher Selod

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $137,753
    From this org
    $120,504
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,249
    Hours/week
    40
  • Marwa Zohdy

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Colleen Ezzeddine

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mohammad Khalil

    TREASUER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hakim Dyer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Luna Banuri

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Branaman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Muqtadar Ahmed

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan Fair

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yvonne Maffei

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Oussama Mezoui

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nahela Morales

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Faye Nemer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kashif Poshni

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monem Salam

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ahsan Shaikh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mo Smaidi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
16 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202511119349300216

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