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INSIDE THE MIDDLE EAST INC

EIN 82-0953061 STEVENSON, MD

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Revenue 2024
$728,576
Expenses 2024
$444,576

Program services were 80.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q20
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 279

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC - WITH AN EMPHASIS ON CURRENT AND FUTURE LEADERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD - ON CURRENT AFFAIRS IN THE ARAB AND MUSLIM WORLD AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE MIDDLE EAST.

  • LIVE AND ONLINE BRIEFINGS, CONFERENCES, FILM SCREENINGS, LECTURES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND INFORMAL MEETINGS

    Expenses $166,798

  • ORIGINAL ARTICLES, OP-EDS, PODCASTS, VIDEOS AND EXPERT COMMENTARY TO PRESS OUTLETS WORLDWISE

    Expenses $97,689

  • ARTICLES, BOOKS, EDUCATIONAL PORTALS, DOCUMENTARIES AND SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT

    Expenses $91,680

  • MELAMED & HOFFMAN CONSULTING LTD. PROVIDES CONSULTING AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO INSIDE THE MIDDLE EAST, INC. RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. INCLUDING THE PLANNING, COORDINATING, MARKETING, PRODUCING, AND EXECUTING OVERSEAS LECTURE AND TEACHING SERIES' FEATURING AVI MELAMED. THESE TASKS INCLUDE: PROGRAM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT; SPEAKER AND EDUCATOR COORDINATION; LOGISTICS AND TRAVEL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING AND PROMOTION; WORKING WITH PARTNER AND SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS; MATERIAL PREPARATION; BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FEEDBACK AND EVALUATION; NETWORKING AND PARTNERSHIPS; FOLLOW-UP AND REPORTING. MELAMED & HOFFMAN SPECIFICALLY SUPPORTS INSIDE THE MIDDLE EAST, INC'S. OBJECTIVES OF ENGAGING AUDIENCES WITH INSIGHTFUL EDUCATIONAL CONTENT ABOUT MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Eli Ovits

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $17,119
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,119
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joseph Mars

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Josh Fidler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Beth Goldsmith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Jeffrey Blavatt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Carl Chiappa

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ann Berdy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Ronnie Footlick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Diane Seegull

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $728,576
    Expenses
    $444,576
    Contributions
    $538,959
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $218,730
    Expenses
    $194,678
    Contributions
    $218,730
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $160,854
    Expenses
    $72,552
    Assets (EOY)
    $196,056

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $160,000
    Expenses
    $125,406
    Assets (EOY)
    $95,812

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Principal officer
Avi Melamed
Mailing address
7009 WALLIS AVENUEBALTIMORE MD 21215
Website
WWW.AVIMELAMED.COM/INSIDE-THE-MIDDLE-EAST-ITME/

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.