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INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE

INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $238,609 to it, the largest being The Happy Way Foundation ($169,250). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$197k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$239k
Net assets
$154k
5/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 37%
01What it does

What Indiana Center for Middle East Peace does

Mission

Indiana Center for Middle East Peace (icmep) is an independent non-sectarian center dedicated to educating for peace with justice and providing opportunities for inter-cultural encounters locally and globally. Through its programs, icmep: (1) provides critical analysis of the cultures, movements, and issues in the middle east that impact the entire globe, as well as the us political, economic, social and religious impact on those cultures, movements, and issues; (2) breaks down stereotypes; (3) challenges intolerance, injustice, and prejudice in all its forms; and (4) promotes strategies of non-violent conflict resolution, social transformation, and sustainable peace. We are a voice of conscience for peace, justice, human rights, and intercultural understanding.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Special event: the special event known as icmep gala is a yearly fundraising event for icmep, as well as inviting people to donate to support palestine-based non-profits and organizations.

    $62,298 spentof which $49,200 as grants
    40% of program spending

  2. Gaza support: raising funds to give grants to organizations in palestine and gaza for humanitarian aid. This generally focuses on the needs of women and children.

    $22,037 spentof which $22,037 as grants
    14% of program spending

  3. Holy land trip: supporting grants for individuals to make the holy land trip to learn about palestine and meet friends and partner organizations there.

    $9,373 spent
    6% of program spending

  4. General programs: other general supporting activities.

    $61,832 spentof which $3,663 as grants$470 earned by the program
    40% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $155,540.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($110k) Expenses 100 ($97k) Net assets 100 ($87k)2018 Revenue 99 ($108k) Expenses 117 ($114k) Net assets 94 ($82k)2019 Revenue 85 ($93k) Expenses 111 ($107k) Net assets 78 ($68k)2020 Revenue 69 ($75k) Expenses 65 ($63k) Net assets 92 ($80k)2021 Revenue 110 ($121k) Expenses 89 ($86k) Net assets 132 ($115k)2022 Revenue 94 ($103k) Expenses 113 ($109k) Net assets 125 ($109k)2023 Revenue 108 ($118k) Expenses 108 ($104k) Net assets 142 ($123k)2024 Revenue 180 ($197k) Expenses 174 ($168k) Net assets 176 ($154k)
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Revenue (180)Expenses (174)Net assets (176)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $125k to $161k (+29%).

$87k
$84k
$68k
$101k
$120k
$113k
$125k
$161k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,945 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$13k
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−$6k
’18
−$14k
’19
$13k
’20
$35k
’21
−$6k
’22
$14k
’23
$29k
’24
7.7
months of
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

Leonard Michael Spath

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $17k → $22k.

Funder
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total
funders
2
2
1
4
3
2
2
4
1

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 INDIANA CENTER 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

INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

71%
largest funder
94%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 78% · 2019 100% · 2020 58% · 2021 60% · 2022 90% · 2023 72% — 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.

Where its funders are

100% of INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE's grant income comes from Indiana funders.

MI
IN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve7.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like INDIANA CENTER 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 Indiana

Indiana Progressive Collaborative Inc78%Peace Learning Center Inc77%Indiana Museum of Art Inc76%The Immigrant Welcome Center Inc76%Independent Colleges of Indiana Inc75%East Central Indiana Regional Partnership Inc75%Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute Inc75%Muslim Community Center Corp75%

Nationally

Alliance for Middle East Peace Inc80%Inside the Middle East Inc80%Institute Middle East Understanding Policy Project79%Scholars for Peace in the Middle East78%Institute for Climate and Peace78%Indiana Progressive Collaborative Inc78%Intercommunity Justice & Peace Cent Er78%Peace Learning Center Inc77%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 7%Fundraising 1%

Governance

11
board members
91%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

70%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE?
INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $238,609 to it, the largest being The Happy Way Foundation ($169,250). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $238,609 in grants to INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE?
The Happy Way Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $169,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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 5 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