Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE
THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $747,106 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $747k
- Net assets
- $571k
What The Munathara Initiative does
Mission
The Munathara Initiative seeks to build and strengthen a new arab public sphere in the middle east and north africa through using online and in-person debates targeting youth, women, and other marginalized communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Working in tunisia and across the arab world to promote open and inclusive debates. Debating our destiny is now the largest-ever program of its kind in north africa and the middle east. Television shows have reached millions of viewers across the region and are playing an active role influencing policy making towards more democratic, inclusive and accountable governance in the arab region. Zaama has established itself as tunisia's most popular political talk show, bringing together young citizens with leading politicians and experts. Jeel al jay launched as a web tv program for gen z, enjoying broad popularity across the region.
$1,713,309 spent80% of program spendingMunathara further expanded its viewership and engage in new partnerships with media organizations in the region.
$235,580 spent11% of program spendingThe organization's work was profiled in a major documentary that aired in france and germany. It also started a new program on public interest media, supporting local radio stations in tunisia.
$192,747 spent9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,141,636.
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 $202k to $916k (+353%).
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 80% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 81% · 2022 85% · 2023 81% · 2024 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Belabbes Benkredda
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $100k → $400k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE’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
THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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
33% 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 THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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
THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $247k 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
THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE: 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 THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE?
- THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $747,106 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY ($500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $747,106 in grants to THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE?
- FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MUNATHARA INITIATIVE 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 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