American Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East

Analysis

American Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East is a registered charity in United States, based in Afton, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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 December 2023, American Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East reported income of $396k and spending of $246k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $712k to $396k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, American Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gate of Hope Ministries International Inc ($396k), Fne International Inc ($396k) and Zacchaeus International Inc ($395k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $136k (55% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $146k against liabilities of $59k, net assets of $87k.