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← UNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by UNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$83,572,485
Total expenses
$84,117,448
Contributions and grants received
$83,463,098
Grants paid
$82,290,839
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$109,105
Other revenue
$282
Total assets, end of year
$5,278,170
Total liabilities, end of year
$887,307
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,390,863
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$82,987,470
Management and general expenses
$726,240
Fundraising expenses
$403,738
Program service expenses (Part III)
$82,987,470

Program services were 98.7% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $17,400

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $83,445,698

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $80,368,593

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $155,736 · excluded $155,736

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $276,647

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

    securities $323,278

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$46,631

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$46,631 · excluded -$46,631

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $282 · excluded $282

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $282

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $82,290,839 · program services $82,290,839

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $182,036 · program services $74,289 · management and general $54,446 · fundraising $53,301

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $835,982 · program services $390,181 · management and general $244,563 · fundraising $201,238

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,104 · program services $4,610 · management and general $2,968 · fundraising $2,526

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $104,088 · program services $47,491 · management and general $30,572 · fundraising $26,025

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $59,479 · program services $27,137 · management and general $17,471 · fundraising $14,871

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,358 · management and general $31,358

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $22,588 · management and general $22,588

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $40,569 · management and general $40,569

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $115,048 · program services $42,451 · management and general $34,185 · fundraising $38,412

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $96,217 · program services $43,898 · management and general $28,261 · fundraising $24,058

  • 17 · Travel

    total $64,839 · management and general $64,839

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,715 · program services $2,062 · management and general $337 · fundraising $316

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $26,427 · program services $12,057 · management and general $7,764 · fundraising $6,606

  • 24a · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND SHIPPING

    total $115,703 · program services $13,009 · management and general $87,601 · fundraising $15,093

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING AND ADVERTISIN

    total $67,934 · program services $39,446 · management and general $7,196 · fundraising $21,292

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $51,522 · management and general $51,522

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $852,905 · end of year $809,135

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $651,123 · end of year $31,659

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $175,921 · end of year $272,267

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,180

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $38,593 · end of year $54,736

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

    $854,937

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

    $271,096

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $294,130 · end of year $583,841

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,228,523 · end of year $3,526,532

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $284,776 · end of year $650,090

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $244,314 · end of year $237,217

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,690,763 · end of year $4,376,568

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $33,522 · end of year $14,295

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

UNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL, INC. (UPA) IS A NEW YORK NOT-FOR-PROFIT, NON-POLITICAL, TAX EXEMPT CHARITY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES TO IMPOVERISHED PALESTINIANS RESIDING IN THE WEST BANK, JORDAN, GAZA STRIP AND IN LEBANESE REFUGEE CAMPS. FOUNDED IN 1978, UPA HAS SUPPORTED WIDE-RANGING HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS THAT CATERED TO NEEDY PALESTINIANS WITHIN THESE REGIONS. ITS PROGRAMS FALL INTO FOUR MAIN AREAS: HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION & UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS, CHILD SPONSORSHIP, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OF PALESTINIANS; ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN THE WEST BANK, GAZA STRIP AND IN REFUGEE CAMPS.

  • HEALTH AND WELFARE - ALL EXPENSES INCURRED FOR HEALTH PROJECTS INCLUDING MOBILE CLINICS, PRIMARY CARE CLINICS AS WELL AS SERVICES INCLUDING EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION, MEDICAL VISITS, PHARMACEUTICALS, AND TRAUMA COUNSELING FOR PALESTINIANS IN THE WEST BANK, GAZA AND REFUGEE CAMPS IN THE ARAB COUNTRIES. EXPENSES INCURRED ALSO INCLUDE PROJECTS THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT HANDICAPPED, ORPHANED, OR EXTREMELY DEPRIVED CHILDREN THROUGH PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY UPA'S PARTNERS.

    Expenses $81,915,380 · Grants $81,704,399

  • COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - ALL EXPENSES INCURRED TO REBUILD AND REHABILITATE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURES AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS, AND TO IMPLEMENT MICRO-ENTERPRISE, MICRO-FINANCE AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT STIMULATE EMPLOYMENT.

    Expenses $399,458 · Grants $253,393

  • EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIPS - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS, WORK STUDY OPPORTUNITIES, FELLOWSHIPS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROVIDED TO NEEDY PALESTINIAN STUDENTS WHO ARE LIVING IN OR INTEND TO RETURN TO PALESTINE.

    Expenses $466,333 · Grants $333,047

  • OUTREACH AND PUBLIC INFORMATION - ALL EXPENSES INCURRED TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT PALESTINIAN HISTORY, LANGUAGE, AND CULTURE.

    Expenses $206,299

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Isam Salah

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • George Salem

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Frederick T Hadeed

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Salma El-Yassir

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Francis Barhoum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eyad H Abed

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Saleem Zaru

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $182,036
    From this org
    $155,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,203
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,833
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,403
    Filer's total
    $182,036

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

None.

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
2022
Filed
29 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312489349301011

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