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NEAR EAST FOUNDATION

EIN 13-1624114 SYRACUSE, NY

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Revenue 2023
$26,881,633
Expenses 2023
$21,547,040

Program services were 91.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q300
Classification
1000
Street
110 WEST FAYETTE STREET

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 · 2023

Mission

TO REALIZE MORE PROSPEROUS, INCLUSIVE, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, THE NEAR EAST FOUNDATION (NEF) WORKS WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO ENABLE INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE, COMMUNITY-LED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA, AND THE CAUCASUS. WE SUPPORT MARGINALIZED PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES TO CULTIVATE NEW SKILLS AND TO ACCESS RESOURCES, NETWORKS, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SHAPE A FUTURE WHERE THEY CAN OVERCOME VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INEQUITY, CONFLICT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE NEAR EAST FOUNDATION HELPS BUILD MORE SUSTAINABLE, PROSPEROUS, AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA THROUGH EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  • PROGRAMS TO ESTABLISH A REVOLVING CREDIT FUND TO ADVANCE THE GROWTH OF MICRO-ENTERPRISES OWNED AND OPERATED BY REFUGEES AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE THROUGH LOANS AND NON-FINANCIAL SERVICES TAILORED TO THE CONDITIONS OF VULNERABLE ENTREPRENEURS

    Expenses $6,544,671

  • PROGRAMS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS THROUGH MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS TRAINING. NEF WORKS TO CREATE PERMANENT JOBS AND GENERATE INCOME FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS. NEF PROVIDES MATERIAL ASSISTANCE, TARGETED TRAINING AND OUTREACH SUPPORT AND MENTORING FOR REFUGEES AND THEIR HOST COUNTRY NEIGHBORS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS.

    Expenses $5,329,337 · Grants $1,219,708

  • PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE FOOD SECURITY AND RESILIENCE OF RURAL POPULATIONS IN THE MOPTI REGION OF MALI IN THE FACE OF SHOCKS RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIAL CRISES BY STRENGTHENING THE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES BY SUSTAINABLY INCREASING THE PRODUCTIVITY AND FOCUS OF VALUE CHAINS IN THE RURAL SECTOR.

    Expenses $2,013,455

  • Expenses $5,792,994

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Shant Mardirossian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Haig Mardikian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Johnson Garrett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Jacobs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mona Eraiba

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Ashby

    CEO, PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $276,721
    From this org
    $254,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,298
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $254,423
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,298
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $276,721
  • Carol B Aslanian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Habib

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nina Bogosian Quigley

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rana Gillmon

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Rosenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sebouh Nahabedian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liz Aslanian Lorenzoni

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elias Habayeb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Simona Ceci

    CO-PRESIDENT, RESIGNED 12/31/2023

    Total calculated
    $307,612
    From this org
    $282,928
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,684
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $282,928
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,684
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $307,612
  • Rabih Yazbeck

    VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $186,547
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $165,686
    Other
    $20,861
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $165,686 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,740 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,121 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $186,547 related
  • Justin Pritchard

    ASSOCIATE VP OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $156,022
    From this org
    $130,043
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,979
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,043
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,940
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,039
    Filer's total
    $156,022
  • Lezlie Blaski

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCE

    Total calculated
    $145,411
    From this org
    $134,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,749
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Abdella

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $134,366
    From this org
    $122,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,719
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $26,881,633
    Expenses
    $21,547,040
    Contributions
    $26,429,362
    Grants paid
    $1,219,708
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $20,135,222
    Expenses
    $19,135,786
    Contributions
    $19,689,746
    Grants paid
    $2,813,505

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
    $15,526,282
    Expenses
    $15,527,457
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,218,674
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,064,454
    Expenses
    $16,685,602
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,936,502
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,936,380
    Expenses
    $13,385,120
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,542,171
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,989,876
    Expenses
    $16,511,368
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,259,076
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,129,078
    Expenses
    $16,168,594
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,136,077
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,129,078
    Expenses
    $16,168,594
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,136,077
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,660,023
    Expenses
    $14,619,159
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,290,048
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,900,174
    Expenses
    $9,777,744
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,304,557
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,018,688
    Expenses
    $7,613,073
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,033,294
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,138,624
    Expenses
    $6,952,948
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,688,049

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2023 return

  • NEFDEV LLC

    INACTIVE · NY · income $0 · assets $0

  • NEAR EAST FOUNDATION UK LIMITED

    TO BUILD COMMUNITIES IN MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA THROUGH EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT · UK · income $6,230,471 · assets $12,157,465

  • NEF BELGIUM SA

    TO BUILD COMMUNITIES IN MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA THROUGH EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT · BE · income $8,505,967 · assets $6,169,335

  • NEF GLOBAL LLC

    TO OBTAIN US GOVERNMENT SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTS FOR NEF ORGANIZATION. · NY · income $0 · assets $0

  • SIRAJ FINANCIAL SERVICES

    TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE FINANCING TO SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES · BE · income $0 · assets $2,110,932

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.