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PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER

EIN 52-2131143 BETHESDA, MD

Largest nonprofits in Maryland

Revenue 2024
$2,381,001
Expenses 2024
$2,345,695

Program services were 95.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q052
Classification
1000
Street
6520 E HALBERT RD

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 IMPROVE SCHOLARSHIP ABOUT PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS, EXPAND THE POOL OF EXPERTS KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE PALESTINIANS, AND STRENGTHEN LINKAGES AMONG PALESTINIAN, AMERICAN, AND FOREIGN RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND SCHOLARS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENHANCE AMERICAN AND PALESTINIAN SCHOLARSHIP AND ACADEMIC EXCHANGE.

  • UNITED STATES OFFICE: PUBLICATIONS - PUBLISHES A NEWSLETTER THAT REPORTS ON THE RESEARCH OF FELLOWSHIP GRANTEES, FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND ON EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS RELEVANT TO THE FIELD OF PALESTINIAN STUDIES; FELLOWSHIPS - ADMINISTERS AND PROVIDES RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AND A FIELD RESEARCH BASE FOR ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENTS AND ESTABLISHED SCHOLARS. THESE FELLOWSHIPS HAVE LED TO ADVANCED SCHOLARLY DEGREES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF PALESTINIAN STUDIES. RESEARCH WEBSITE - PARC MAINTAINS A WEBSITE THAT PROVIDES A DATABASE OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE RELEVANT TO PALESTINIAN STUDIES AND A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS RELATING TO PALESTINE AND PALESTINIAN ISSUES.CONFERENCES - SPONSORS PANELS ON PALESTINE AT THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL MEETINGS ON PALESTINE, BRINGING TOGETHER PROMINENT SCHOLARS TO ADDRESS A VARIETY OF TOPICS.

    Expenses $2,129,944 · Grants $2,006,960 · Revenue $78,820

  • PALESTINIAN FIELD OFFICE - PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER AIMS TO FACILITATE AN ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROCESS IN ALL ASPECTS AND TO ENCOURAGE ACADEMIC INTERCHANGE BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES IN PALESTINIAN STUDIES, ASSISTING APPLICANTS FROM PALESTINE TO APPLY FOR PARC'S RESEARCH COMPETITION, AND DEVELOPING ARCHIVAL AND TEACHING RESOURCES IN PALESTINIAN STUDIES.

    Expenses $119,539 · Grants $37,800

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.

  • Prof Julie Peteet

    PRESIDENT UNTIL NOVEMBER 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prof Judith Tucker Secretary

    UNTIL NOVEMBER 2024, THEN PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Ilana Feldman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prof Heidi Morrison Director

    UNTIL NOVEMBER 2024, THEN SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prof Sherene Seikaly

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prof Amahl Bishara

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prof Brian Boyd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prof Andy Clarno

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prof Terry Regier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maha Nassar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prof Anaheed Al-Hardan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prof Rebecca Stein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prof Helga Tawil-Souri

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leena Dallasheh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Penelope Mitchell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $70,417
    From this org
    $60,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,000
    Hours/week
    30

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
    $2,381,001
    Expenses
    $2,345,695
    Contributions
    $2,277,045
    Grants paid
    $2,044,760
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $610,075
    Expenses
    $582,572
    Contributions
    $577,828
    Grants paid
    $265,649
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $683,664
    Expenses
    $563,576
    Contributions
    $665,121
    Grants paid
    $256,132

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

    Revenue
    $437,564
    Expenses
    $457,021
    Assets (EOY)
    $371,172
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $444,998
    Expenses
    $363,918
    Assets (EOY)
    $385,632
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $361,099
    Expenses
    $469,037
    Assets (EOY)
    $277,151
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $522,305
    Expenses
    $405,494
    Assets (EOY)
    $361,780
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $370,078
    Expenses
    $427,006
    Assets (EOY)
    $253,764
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $360,698
    Expenses
    $417,952
    Assets (EOY)
    $297,544
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $406,907
    Expenses
    $262,630
    Assets (EOY)
    $350,246
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $350,536
    Expenses
    $343,083
    Assets (EOY)
    $205,930
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $239,683
    Expenses
    $242,317
    Assets (EOY)
    $196,375
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $300,363
    Assets (EOY)
    $175,117

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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.