US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Q40

Classification

1000

Street

641 LEXINGTON AVE SUITE 1501

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

• CRITICAL ANALYSES OF U.S./MIDDLE EAST POLICY TOWARDS CONFLICT DE-ESCALATION AND RESOLUTION IN THE REGION THE U.S./MIDDLE EAST PROJECT (USMEP) HELD AN IN-PERSON MEETING DURING THIS PERIOD. GIVEN THE EVENTS UNFOLDING AFTER OCTOBER 7TH, ONLY ONE IN-PERSON MEETING WAS HELD DURING THIS TIMEFRAME AS IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR MANY BOARD MEMBERS FROM THE REGION TO TRAVEL. HOWEVER, USMEP PRESIDENT, DANIEL LEVY, CONTINUED TO BRIEF BOARD MEMBERS ON A ONE-ON-ONE BASIS THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD. ON NOVEMBER 27, 2023, THE USMEP ORGANIZED AN IN-PERSON CONVENING IN WASHINGTON D.C. WITH USMEP BOARD MEMBERS AND SENIOR ADVISORS PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED USMEP BOARD MEMBERS AND SENIOR ADVISORS AS WELL AS OTHER RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING BY LEADING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND MIDDLE EAST EXPERTS FROM VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THE U.S. AND BEYOND. ATTENDEES INCLUDED: HANAN ASHRAWI, FORMER MEMBER, P.L.O. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (ATTENDED VIRTUALLY) SETH ANZISKA, USMEP VISITING FELLOW; MOHAMED S. FARSI-POLONSKY LECTURER IN JEWISH-MUSLIM RELATIONS AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON SAWSAN ASFARI, USMEP BOARD MEMBER; CO-FOUNDER AND TRUSTEE, ASFARI FOUNDATION; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GALILEE FOUNDATION (ATTENDED VIRTUALLY) EFRAIM HALEVY, CHAIRMAN, ISRAEL NATIONAL CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY MUSTAFA HAMARNEH, PRESIDENT, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OF JORDAN JERRY HIRSCH, FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE LODESTAR FOUNDATION DANIEL LEVY, PRESIDENT OF THE U.S./MIDDLE EAST PROJECT FRANK LOWENSTEIN, FORMER U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE ANNE PATTERSON, FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA THOMAS R. PICKERING, SENIOR COUNSELOR, ALBRIGHT STONEBRIDGE GROUP MARK SEDWILL, FORMER UK NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HENRY SIEGMAN, PRESIDENT EMERITUS, U.S. /MIDDLE EAST PROJECT (ATTENDED VIRTUALLY) THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MEETINGS IS TO REVIEW U.S.- MIDDLE EAST POLICY AND THAT OF OTHER ACTORS AND OPTIONS FOR MITIGATING OR ADVANCING RESOLUTIONS OF CRISES AND CONFLICTS IN EACH OF THE MAJOR AREAS OF INTEREST IN THE REGION, NOTABLY WORKING TO RESOLVE THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT, AS WELL AS ISSUES RELATED TO AFGHANISTAN, YEMEN, IRAN, IRAQ, SYRIA, LEBANON, THE GULF AND EGYPT. AT THIS MEETING, THE DISCUSSION POINTS WERE FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON EVENTS SINCE OCTOBER 7TH AND INCLUDED SOME OF THE FOLLOWING HEADLINES: HOW TO BRING THE WAR IN GAZA TO AN END. CURRENT DYNAMICS AROUND A CEASEFIRE. BEYOND GAZA-WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WEST BANK AND EAST JERUSALEM. ASSESSING THE ISRAELI POLITICAL SCENE AND ITS SHIFTING DYNAMICS. HOW THE CRISIS IS IMPACTING THE PALESTINIAN POLITICAL SCENE AND WHAT MIGHT COME NEXT? U.S. POLITICAL, CONGRESSIONAL AND PUBLIC DYNAMICS AROUND THE GAZA CRISIS. REGIONAL ACTORS AND POSSIBLE NEW APPROACHES. THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A FUTURE WAY FORWARD ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE. ISRAEL/PALESTINE AS A GLOBAL CRISIS-RETHINKING THE INTERNATIONAL ROLE.

  Expenses $276,862

• CO-HOSTED WORKSHOP WITH THE DOHA FORUM THE USMEP CO-HOSTED A TWO-DAY PRIVATE WORKSHOP PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MIDDLE EAST COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE DOHA FORUM ON DECEMBER 11&12, 2023. THE WORKSHOP BROUGHT TOGETHER POLICYMAKERS, PRACTITIONERS AND EXPERTS TO EXPLORE NEW INITIATIVES ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE. DURING THE DOHA FORUM ITSELF, THE USMEP CO-HOSTED A PLENARY PANEL AT THE MAIN FORUM ENTITLED "PALESTINE HAS BECOME A GLOBAL CRISIS; DOES IT HAVE A GLOBAL SOLUTION?" USMEP PRESIDENT, DANIEL LEVY, SPOKE AT THAT PANEL WHICH CAN BE VIEWED HERE: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=THOTLGZ_ND4 FUTURES PROJECT THE FUTURES PROJECT WHICH COMMENCED IN 2018 WITH A ROUND OF WORKSHOPS CONVENED BY THE USMEP AT STOKE PARK IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENTITLED "MOVING BEYOND EXISTING PARADIGMS ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE," HAS CONTINUED ITS WORK. THE USMEP SERVES IN AN OVERSIGHT, COORDINATING AND GUIDING CAPACITY FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT. THE PROJECT WHICH FOCUSES ON RESHAPING THE POLICY AND STRATEGY FRAMEWORKS THROUGH WHICH THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN ISSUE IS THOUGHT WAS ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON THE IMPACT OF THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING LANDSCAPE IN THE REGION SINCE OCTOBER 7TH. THIS WAS REFLECTED IN SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE IN-PERSON MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE IN MADRID, SPAIN DURING JANUARY 21-23, 2024. PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED MEMBERS FROM THE REGION AND BEYOND. AS WITH PREVIOUS MEETINGS, THERE WAS NO STRUCTURED AGENDA, BUT RATHER A LESS PRESCRIPTIVE AND MORE FLUID OUTLINE. INSTEAD OF FORMAL PRESENTATIONS, THE FLUID AGENDA FACILITATED DISCUSSIONS WITHIN THE GROUP ENABLING MEMBERS TO BE ENGAGED AND TO GRAPPLE WITH IDEAS THAT EMERGED OVER THE COURSE OF THE 2-DAY MEETING. THE FLUID AGENDA INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: - WHAT IS GOING ON AND HOW DID THE PRESENT EMERGE IN THIS WAY AND WHERE IS IT HEADING INTO THE FUTURE? - ASSESSMENT OF THE PALESTINIAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE/STATE OF PLAY/KEY DEVELOPMENTS. - ASSESSMENT OF THE ISRAELI POLITICAL LANDSCAPE/STATE OF PLAY/KEY DEVELOPMENTS. - THE REGIONAL POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AFTER OCTOBER 7TH: KEY FAULT-LINES; BALANCE OF FORCES; STATE OF NORMALIZATION. - HOW GLOBAL GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS AND FAULT-LINES ARE PLAYING OUT ON PALESTINE/ISRAEL; THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SHIFTS; NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE; HOW TO WORK IN THESE SPACES.

  Expenses $233,542

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $233,542

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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.

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

  $1,112,933

  Expenses

  $1,069,212

  Contributions

  $1,112,862

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,622,533

  Expenses

  $1,247,763

  Contributions

  $1,622,470

  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

  Revenue

  $1,115,437

  Expenses

  $1,320,051

  Assets (EOY)

  $276,370

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $909,799

  Expenses

  $1,009,354

  Assets (EOY)

  $480,984

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,234,393

  Expenses

  $848,863

  Assets (EOY)

  $582,758

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $960,259

  Expenses

  $872,578

  Assets (EOY)

  $208,687

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $750,239

  Expenses

  $887,671

  Assets (EOY)

  $408,405

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $898,435

  Expenses

  $833,607

  Assets (EOY)

  $547,422

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $898,435

  Expenses

  $833,607

  Assets (EOY)

  $547,422

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $804,760

  Expenses

  $631,400

  Assets (EOY)

  $898,592

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $665,392

  Expenses

  $593,755

  Assets (EOY)

  $795,770

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $620,330

  Expenses

  $773,170

  Assets (EOY)

  $629,017

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

• BEYOND IMPACT

  $252,612

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $150,000

  2022 · EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

• BEYOND IMPACT

  $103,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $90,000

  2023 · EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

• GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $80,000

  2024 · COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS

• JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER PHOENIX

  $50,000

  2023 · OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

• JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER PHOENIX

  $50,000

  2022 · OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $50,000

  2023 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $50,000

  2022 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $40,000

  2023 · COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS

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

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