Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Middle East Policy Council
Middle East Policy Council (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $286k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $912k
What Middle East Policy Council does
Mission
The Middle East Policy Council is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan eductional organization. Founded in 1981, the mission of the council is to foster public discussion of the political, economic, cultural and security issues that affect the policies of the united states
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Quarterly journal - middle east policy - is the flagship of the council's efforts to broaden the debate of critical issues and u.s. Interests in the middle east region
$285,012 spent59% of program spendingCapitol hill conference series - consists of quarterly public forums in which a panel of experts discusses critical policy issues as they pertain to the middle east. An edited version of the conference is published in the publication - middle east policy.
$77,966 spent16% of program spendingPublic outreach and education program - this program helps a broad range of interested citizens nationwide to better understand the middle east, primarily through free presentations for elementary, secondary and post-secondary students and educators. The council also tailers this program for media outlets, civic organizations and corporations.
$117,014 spent24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $479,992.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $238k to $966k (+305%).
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.
62% of Middle East Policy Council’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. 5 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Middle East Policy Council’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
Middle East Policy Council draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
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
Middle East Policy Council is better cushioned than half of the 4,463 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,463 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like Middle East Policy Council
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
44% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Middle East Policy Council Foundati · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Middle East Policy Council: 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 Middle East Policy Council?
- Middle East Policy Council (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Middle East Policy Council have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to Middle East Policy Council.
- Who is the largest funder of Middle East Policy Council?
- ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Middle East Policy Council 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 FY2023 (financials across 2019–2023), 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