Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY
TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,775,050 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY ($1,480,242). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy does
Mission
The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) is a non-profit (501(c)(3)) that works to center advocates and experts from and in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the policy discourse to foster transparent, accountable, and just societies. TIMEP's programming, analysis, and advocacy interact to ensure that the perspectives of experts and advocates from and in the MENA region are heard, that their work is strengthened, and that they as individuals are protected.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Editorial/Media. In 2024, The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy solidified its commitment to serving as a connective tissue between local advocates and decision-makers, creating a space for the voices of experts and advocates from and in the MENA region to be heard, for their work to be strengthened, and for them as individuals, to be protected. Tahrir Institute was quoted and interviewed 93 times across numerous news outlets and published 86 analysis pieces in 2024.
$706,943 spentof which $199,330 as grants65% of program spendingAdvocacy/Events. The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy conducted 200+ advocacy meetings across US and International legislative bodies. The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy also hosted 7 events and round-tables and featured speakers at 15+ external speaking engagements.
$363,128 spent33% of program spendingLegal Unit. The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy conducted 7 legal interventions and facilitated 17 legal educational events/convenings. The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy use their legal unit as a tool for transformative change in the MENA region to foster transparent, accountable, and just societies.
$15,938 spent1% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,086,009.
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 2020 to 2021, from $977k to $344k (−65%).
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: 2022 13% · 2023 0% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Mai El-Sadany
Executive Director
Board chair
Ramy Yaacoub
President of the Board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $50k → $1.3M.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. 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
TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
32% 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 TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 52% · 2022 54% · 2023 77% — 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
TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY draws 72% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
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 TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY: 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 TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY?
- TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,775,050 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY ($1,480,242). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,775,050 in grants to TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY?
- FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $1,480,242 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TAHRIR INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY 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.
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 7 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