New York · Nonprofit
NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INC
NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,600,000 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($2,550,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What North American Arab Council for the Social Sciences Inc does
Mission
Provide research grants to individual researchers, research teams and institutions on specific themes of relevance to the arab region. Provide fellowships to postdoctoral scholars, create working groups and workshops on arab region topics
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Convenings Conference Convening for 400 participants working on topics of Social Science and humanity in the Arab Region
$286,031 spentof which $40,376 as grants$663,062 earned by the program32% of program spendingFellowships Provide fellowships to junior postdoctoral scholars (0-3 years out of the Phd) to further their dissertation research and publish as well as to begin planning additional research projects.
$303,905 spentof which $58,250 as grants$648,894 earned by the program34% of program spendingWorking Groups and Workshops Working groups around specific themes of importance in the Arab Region. Groups of up to 15 scholars will be multi-disciplinary, transregional and will bring together senior and junior scholars to work on synthesizing knowledge of particular issues and open new horizons for research. Scholar workshops for grantees that promote collaboration and exhange of knowledge.
$300,369 spentof which $54,713 as grants$633,444 earned by the program34% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $890,305.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $1.0M to $1.6M (+58%).
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.
1% of NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Seteney Shami
Executive director
Board chair
Mohammed Bamyeh
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
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 NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 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
NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
98% of NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
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
NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 174 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 174 social science nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INC?
- NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,600,000 to it, the largest being CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK ($2,550,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,600,000 in grants to NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INC?
- CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK is the largest funder on record, with $2,550,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH AMERICAN ARAB COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 2 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