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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN LEADERSHIP PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$471,736
Total expenses
$274,070
Contributions and grants received
$471,736
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$533,597
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,107
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$523,490
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$176,054
Management and general expenses
$71,906
Fundraising expenses
$26,110
Program service expenses (Part III)
$176,054

Program services were 64.2% 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

    $471,736

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $187,771 · program services $124,122 · management and general $48,826 · fundraising $14,823

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,375 · program services $9,407 · management and general $4,874 · fundraising $1,094

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,890 · program services $720 · management and general $9,170

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $19,535 · program services $18,776 · management and general $759

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $371 · program services $371

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,203 · program services $1,847 · management and general $3,390 · fundraising $5,966

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,298 · program services $4,069 · management and general $229

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,223 · program services $5,437 · management and general $2,138 · fundraising $648

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,720 · program services $5,582 · management and general $123 · fundraising $3,015

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,127 · program services $5,595 · management and general $93 · fundraising $439

  • 20 · Interest

    total $39 · management and general $39

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,140 · management and general $2,140

  • 24a · Other expenses: REGISTRATION AND LICENS

    total $125 · management and general $125

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $253 · program services $128 · fundraising $125

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $137,337 · end of year $200,408

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $186,192 · end of year $324,558

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,028

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $169

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,769 · end of year $2,319

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,115 · end of year $2,115

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,589 · end of year $10,107

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $182,112 · end of year $367,689

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $143,712 · end of year $155,801

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN LEADERSHIP PROJECT'S MISSION IS TO MOBILIZE, EMPOWER, AND UNITE YOUNG LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA TO BUILD RESILIENT, INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES THAT ARE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION, PERSECUTION, AND VIOLENT COERCION, AND TO ADVOCATE SUPPORTING POLICIES.

  • AMEL INSTITUTE - TRAINED HUNDREDS OF YOUNG CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS IN SUDAN AND ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA THROUGH ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAMS COVERING TOPICS SUCH AS HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT, PEACE & CONFLICT, NONVIOLENT MOVEMENT-BUILDING, LEVERAGING NEW MEDIA. KEY LESSONS ABOUT THESE TOPICS WERE ALSO SPREAD TO THOUSANDS OF SUDANESE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING SESSIONS. ALUMNI FROM THESE AND PREVIOUS TRAINING PROGRAMS WERE CONTINUALLY ENGAGED THROUGH WEBINARS, NETWORKING AND AWARENESS INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $111,036

  • AMEL ALLYSHIP - BROUGHT TOGETHER VIRTUALLY YOUNG LEADERS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA (MEA) WITH PEERS, DIASPORA AND OTHER LEADERS TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER, COLLABORATE ON ISSUES OF MUTUAL CONCERN AND INCREASE SAFETY OF MEA ACTIVISTS. RAISED AWARENESS AMONG U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL LEADERS AND THE PUBLICS ABOUT MEA-RELATED ISSUES IN ORDER TO ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS. EMPOWERED MEA ACTIVISTS AND DIASPORA TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISCOURSE ABOUT THIS REGION AND ITS PEOPLE. PROVIDED INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS ABOUT THE YOUTH-LED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN SUDAN, UGANDA, ETC. TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE. PROVIDED SUPPORT TO ACTIVISTS FACING DISCRIMINATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA AND NEARBY REGIONS. BUILT AND NURTURED RELATIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS SEEKING TO BRIDGE DIVIDES, COOPERATE ON SHARED VALUES AND CHALLENGES.

    Expenses $62,472

  • AMEL INCUBATING INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES - AMEL HELPS INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES FOR POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE MEA REGION AND IN RELATED COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. TO GROW FROM IDEA TO ACTION. WE PROVIDE INNOVATIVE CHANGE-MAKERS AND INITIATIVES WITH GUIDANCE, MENTORING AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIP SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP THEIR UNIQUE INITIATIVES INTO SUCCESSFUL AND SUSTAINABLE ENTITIES. IN 2021 AMEL CONCLUDED INCUBATION OF THE ADVOCATES FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA-AGE), WHICH SPUN OFF INTO AN INDEPENDENT INITIATIVE. AMEL CONTINUED TO SERVE AS INCUBATOR FOR THE INTER JEWISH MUSLIM ALLIANCE (IJMA) ALTHOUGH ITS ACTIVITIES WERE PAUSED FOR MOST OF THE YEAR.

    Expenses $2,546

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mohamed Abubakr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $93,971
    From this org
    $86,422
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,549
    Hours/week
    40
  • Megan Hallahan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $93,800
    From this org
    $82,655
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,145
    Hours/week
    40
  • Justin Hefter

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jenna Gebel-Chaiken

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Richard Weir

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dodie McCracken

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Saul Gorman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303199349308585

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