Maryland · Nonprofit
MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT
MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $53,000 to it, the largest being NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE ($53,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $75k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $53k
- Net assets
- $0
What Maharat for Development does
Mission
Maharat for Development works to engage and inspire individuals by monitoring the freedom of expression and providing evidence-based news and information through creating and continuously updating a database of freedom of expression violations and challenges to identify potential interventions and solutions and through raising public awareness on the issues of the freedom of expression as a fundamental human right in the arab world. The activities aim at engaging and equipping a progressive community in lebanon and the middle east and north africa with the skills and knowledge necessary to create change, in addition to enhancing the culture of accountability in lebanon, strengthening the development of independent journalism within the region, and advocating for policies and practices that advance freedom of expression including internet freedom within lebanon and the middle east and north africa.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Maharat for Development supports its beirut based sister organization maharat foundation on engaging and inspiring citizens by monitoring the freedom of expression and providing evidence-based news and information through creating and continuously updating a database of freedom of expression violations and challenges to identify potential interventions and solutions and through raising public awareness on the issues of the freedom of expression as a fundamental human right in the arab world. The activities aim at engaging and equipping a progressive community in lebanon and the mena region with the skills and knowledge necessary to create change, in addition to enhancing the culture of accountability in lebanon, strengthening the development of independent journalism within the region, and advocating for policies and practices that advance freedom of expression including internet freedom within lebanon and the mena region.
$71,484 spentof which $71,484 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $71,484.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $330k to $607k (+84%).
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.
100% of MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% 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
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $23k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT’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.
Where its funders are
MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT is better cushioned than half of the 21,859 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT?
- MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $53,000 to it, the largest being NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE ($53,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $53,000 in grants to MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT?
- NATURAL RESOURCE GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $53,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAHARAT FOR DEVELOPMENT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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