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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by IDEAS BEYOND BORDERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,686,886
Total expenses
$4,477,838
Contributions and grants received
$7,583,359
Grants paid
$1,541,766
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$103,527
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,669,581
Total liabilities, end of year
$241,393
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,428,188
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,598,075
Management and general expenses
$552,889
Fundraising expenses
$326,874
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,598,075

Program services were 80.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,583,359

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $103,527 · excluded $103,527

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0 · unrelated business $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $738,441 · program services $738,441

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $803,325 · program services $803,325

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $303,527 · program services $96,632 · management and general $116,581 · fundraising $90,314

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $310,187 · program services $97,273 · management and general $119,138 · fundraising $93,776

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,862 · management and general $1,351 · fundraising $2,511

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $23,753 · program services $7,213 · management and general $9,255 · fundraising $7,285

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,575 · program services $14,919 · management and general $18,274 · fundraising $14,382

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $275 · management and general $275

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,360 · management and general $31,360

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,156,227 · program services $1,086,339 · management and general $46,929 · fundraising $22,959

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $281,175 · program services $182,993 · management and general $98,182

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $656,744 · program services $552,598 · management and general $84,811 · fundraising $19,335

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,527 · program services $5,105 · management and general $10,211 · fundraising $10,211

  • 17 · Travel

    total $63,532 · program services $7,979 · management and general $8,032 · fundraising $47,521

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,234 · program services $2,039 · management and general $2,052 · fundraising $12,143

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,094 · program services $3,219 · management and general $6,438 · fundraising $6,437

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $183,047 · end of year $1,252,268

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,950,781 · end of year $3,684,602

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $48,000 · end of year $48,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,034 · end of year $2,034

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

    $8,101

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

    $8,101

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $145,735 · end of year $678,527

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,150 · end of year $4,150

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $88,501

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $147,627 · end of year $152,892

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,080,524 · end of year $5,040,944

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $105,596 · end of year $387,244

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IDEAS BEYOND BORDERS IS A NONPROFIT WITH SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS TO THE UNITED NATIONS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING CRITICAL THINKING, SCIENCE AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST REGION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Ideas Beyond Borders is a global network of more than 250 translators and changemakers who empower people with good ideas to generate positive impact in their societies.

  • TRANSLATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON-FICTION WORK(BOOKS, ARTICLES, WEBSITES) ON SCIENCE, REASON, PHILOSOPHY FROM ENGLISH TO ARABIC WITH FREE DISTRIBUTION IN ARABIC SPEAKING REGIONS. THE PURPOSE IS TO COMBAT ILLIBERALISM AND TO GENERATE AWARENESS OF AND ENTHUSIASM FOR SCIENCE, CRITICAL THINKING AND KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE FACE OF INTOLERANCE, XENOPHOBIA AND EXTREMISM ALL FORCES THAT ALIGN WITH ILLIBERALISM. THE ORGANIZATION HAS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO RECOMMEND THE MOST APPROPRIATE WORKS. (SEE SCHEDULE O)

    Expenses $3,598,075 · Grants $1,541,766

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Faisal AL Mutar

    President

    Total calculated
    $189,806
    From this org
    $173,435
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,371
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,435
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,121
    Filer's total
    $189,806

  • David Reis

    Chief Strategy Officer

    Total calculated
    $113,721
    From this org
    $110,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,371
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sam Hershey

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melissa Chen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dan Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Steven Pinker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brady Forrest

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nick Gillespie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423189349310007

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