New York · Nonprofit
US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC
US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,646,572 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY ($1,010,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $483k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $173k
What US Middle East Project Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. Foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the larger international community with balanced policy analysis and policy options to prevent conflict and promote stability, democracy, modernization and economic development throughout the region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Critical analyses of u.s./middle east policy towards conflict de-escalation and resolution in the region the u.s./middle east project (usmep) held an in-person meeting during this period in london. Given the ongoing intensity of post-october 7th events, only one in-person meeting was held during this timeframe as it continued to be difficult for many board members from the region to travel. However, throughout this period, usmep president, daniel levy, continued to brief board members on a one-on-one basis. On april 29-30, 2025, the usmep organized an in-person convening in london with usmep board members and senior advisors participants included usmep board members and senior advisors as well as other relevant stakeholders including leading government officials and middle east experts from various institutions in the u.s. And beyond. Attendees included: fouad alghanim, chairman, fouad alghanim & sons group of companies hanan ashrawi, former member, p.l.o. Executive committee (attended virtually) seth anziska, usmep visiting fellow; mohamed s. Farsi-polonsky lecturer in jewish-muslim relations at university college london sawsan asfari, usmep board member; co-founder and trustee,…
$281,260 spent41% of program spendingCo-hosted workshop with the doha forum the usmep co-hosted a two-day private workshop program in collaboration with the middle east council on global affairs during the doha forum on december 8-9, 2024. The workshop brought together policymakers, practitioners and experts to explore new initiatives on israel-palestine. During the doha forum itself, the usmep co-hosted a plenary panel at the main forum entitled "preventing another year of tragedy in palestine: shaping a way forward." usmep president, daniel levy, spoke at that panel which can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skbsxpl1fpe
$206,593 spent30% of program spendingExamples of international engagements and interventions on september 20-22, 2024, usmep helped the leadership of georgetown university in qatar's center for international and regional studies (cirs) curate a 3-day symposium working closely with dean safwan masri. That was entitled the hiwaraat symposium in which the usmep leadership also participated and spoke and co-led a post-symposium workshop. On october 15, 2024, usmep leadership was invited to address a one-day meeting at the european parliament on the two-state solution arranged by the s&d in brussels, belgium. On november 7-8, 2024, usmep leadership helped facilitate, invite speakers and address the octagon 2024 meeting in madrid, spain, hosted by the common action forum. On february 25, 2025, daniel levy briefed the un security council during a session entitled, "the situation in the middle east including the palestinian question." on june 10-12, 2025, leadership addressed a panel on middle east peace issues during a two-day program entitled "oslo forum 2025", in finstadjordet, norway, hosted by the norwegian foreign ministry and the centre for humanitarian dialogue. Leadership also helped arrange other speakers for that…
$206,592 spent30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $694,445.
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 2024 to 2025, from $695k to $181k (−74%).
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.
100% of US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Thomas Pickering
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $50k → $643k.
5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT 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
US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
57% 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 US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 35% · 2021 63% · 2022 38% · 2023 39% — 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 US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 89% 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
76% of US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% 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 US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC: 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 US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC?
- US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,646,572 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY ($1,010,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $2,646,572 in grants to US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT INC?
- FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $1,010,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like US MIDDLE EAST PROJECT 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 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