Syriana

Analysis

Syriana is a registered charity in United States, based in Ellicott City, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2016, 10 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Syriana reported income of $164k and spending of $79k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $57k to $164k (+191%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Syriana sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shabbot Shalom Fax of Life Inc ($164k), Joy in Haiti ($164k) and Last Frontiers Mission NFP ($164k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $161k against liabilities of $3,650, net assets of $158k.