Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc

Analysis

Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boston, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1984, 42 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, Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc reported income of $6.2m and spending of $5.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.9m to $6.2m (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rural California Broadcasting Corp Krcb-Tv Channel 22 ($6.2m), Precision Development Inc ($6.2m) and American Himalayan Foundation ($6.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $437k (7.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.4m. At year end it held assets of $14.9m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $13.7m. It reported 37 employees.