Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $149,212 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($52,536). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $395k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $149k
- Net assets
- $177k
What Institute for Research Middle Eastern Policy Inc does
Mission
IRmep researches US Middle East foreign policy. It publishes books reports and engages in public discussions about its research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
US MIDDLE EAST POLICY RESEARCH: Examined impact of us policy on trade regional development. provided research analysis and engaged in legal initiatives to encourage advancement of applicable US law to uphold rule of law and governance.
$36,847 spent50% of program spendingPUBLICATIONS: published research reports surveys books and provided expert analysis for distribution to policy stakeholders lawmakers law enforcement and news media about improving policy outcomes. Presentation and organization of annual conference webinars and public event participation.
$18,424 spent25% of program spendingINTERNET OUTREACH: Delivery of findings via online reports social media video audio podcasts.
$18,424 spent25% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $73,695.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $28k to $177k (+539%).
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.
99% of INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (76% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $11k → $7k.
5 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC’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
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 88% · 2020 80% · 2021 100% · 2022 56% · 2023 97% — 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 INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC'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 $400 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $149k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 169 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 169 social science nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC?
- INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $149,212 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($52,536). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $149,212 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $52,536 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 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