Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE
CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,818,404 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($1,000,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $968k
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $326k
What Churches for Middle East Peace does
Mission
To encourage us policies that actively promote a comprehensive resolution to conflicts in the middle east with a focus on the israeli-palestinian conflict. Cmep works to mobilize us christians to embrace a holistic perspective and to be advocates of equality, human rights, security, and justice for israelis, palestinians, and all people of the middle east. Cmep helps church organizations, leaders, and individuals nationwide advocate in a knowledgeable, timely, holistic, and effective way to express their concerns about justice and peace for all peoples in the region. Cmep activists, board, and staff engage directly with policymakers at every level.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educate: Churches for Middle East Peace (cmep) provides opportunities to learn about the middle east with a holistic approach to advocating for peace. Elevate: cmep serves to elevate diverse voices of christians and peacemakers who are advocating for equality, security, & human rights for all people in the middle east. Advocate: cmep advocates for just u.s. Policies in the middle east by contacting members of congress, participating in government meetings, & attending advocacy summits.
$481,747 spent$95,539 earned by the program99% of program spendingAnnual advocacy summit - typically held once a year in person in dc, cmep's annual advocacy summit brings together christians interested in advocating on behalf of peace and justice for all in the middle east. They learn from experts on the issue and are trained to speak to the offices of their elected officials in order to promote peace and justice.
$3,303 spent1% of program spendingSpeaking engagements including; 1. "pilgrimage to peace" - domestic speaking tours with cmep staff and other experts on an organized 1-3 week tour. Venues are customarily partner churches. 2. Smaller regional events where cmep staff speak at partner churches, schools, and other organizations throughout the us. 3. Cmep also participates in various conferences in the us and internationally - through exhibit tables, leading breakout groups, and sponsoring events to inform people about the work of cmep. 4. Throughout the year we host webinars focused on educate, elevate, and advocate to educate christians about issues related to the middle east.
Cmep 1835 - outreach towards cmep's missions and goals focused on students and young professionals (aged 18-35).
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $485,050.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $50k to $293k (+482%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 10% · 2021 10% · 2022 0% · 2023 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Mae Elise Cannon
Executive director
Board chair
Russ Testa
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $23k → $130k.
7 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
68% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 40% · 2019 34% · 2020 66% · 2021 91% · 2022 66% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
40% of CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
64% of CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $648k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE?
- CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,818,404 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($1,000,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,818,404 in grants to CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHURCHES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 25 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing