Middle Eastern Immigrant and Refugee Alliance

Analysis

Middle Eastern Immigrant and Refugee Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Lincolnwood, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Middle Eastern Immigrant and Refugee Alliance reported income of $783k and spending of $750k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $338k to $783k (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Middle Eastern Immigrant and Refugee Alliance sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cup of Excellence ($783k), The Americas Association for the Care of Children ($784k) and Christian Light Ministries Inc ($782k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $510k. At year end it held assets of $226k against liabilities of $81k, net assets of $145k. It reported 13 employees.