Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER
PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,513,104 to it, the largest being Council of American Overseas Research Centers ($937,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $500k
What Palestinian American Research Center does
Mission
To improve scholarship about palestinian affairs, expand the pool of experts knowledgeable about the palestinians, and strengthen linkages among palestinian, american, and foreign research institutions and scholars.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
United states office: publications - publishes a newsletter that reports on the research of fellowship grantees, functions of the organization, and on events and developments relevant to the field of palestinian studies; fellowships - administers and provides research fellowships and a field research base for advanced graduate students and established scholars. These fellowships have led to advanced scholarly degrees and accomplishments as well as professional development in the field of palestinian studies. Research website - parc maintains a website that provides a database of bibliographical literature relevant to palestinian studies and a chronology of events relating to palestine and palestinian issues.conferences - sponsors panels on palestine at the middle east studies association's annual meetings on palestine, bringing together prominent scholars to address a variety of topics.
$2,129,944 spentof which $2,006,960 as grants$78,820 earned by the program95% of program spendingPalestinian field office - Palestinian American Research Center aims to facilitate an academic research process in all aspects and to encourage academic interchange by providing support for scholarly activities in palestinian studies, assisting applicants from palestine to apply for parc's research competition, and developing archival and teaching resources in palestinian studies.
$119,539 spentof which $37,800 as grants5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,249,483.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $277k to $386k (+39%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 23% · 2018 38% · 2019 40% · 2020 23% · 2021 18% · 2022 22% · 2023 14% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Penelope Mitchell
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $35k → $192k.
7 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER’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
PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 85% · 2020 82% · 2021 59% · 2022 70% · 2023 69% — 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.
How long its funders stay
75% of PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
98% of PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $556k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $985k on record.
- Department of Education$502k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$482k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER
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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER?
- PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,513,104 to it, the largest being Council of American Overseas Research Centers ($937,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,513,104 in grants to PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER?
- Council of American Overseas Research Centers is the largest funder on record, with $937,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PALESTINIAN AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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