THE INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST UNDERSTANDING: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization
THE INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST UNDERSTANDING (EIN 20-2389388)
Tax period
2011-07-01 to 2012-06-30
Filed
2012-11-13
IRS object ID
201203189349301440
Schema version
2011v1.2
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2012-11-13T08:06:58-08:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-06-30TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1GRUBER AND LOPEZ INCBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line115151 SPRINGDALEAddressLine1
CityHuntington BeachCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code92649ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2011-07-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN202389388EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1INSTITUTE MIDDLE EAST UNDERSTANDINGBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlINSTNameControl

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line12913 EL CAMINO REALAddressLine1
CityTUSTINCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code92782ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameSAM JADALLAHName
TitleCHAIRMANTitle
Date Signed2012-11-13DateSigned
Authorize Third PartytrueAuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameDAVID L GRUBER CPAName
Phone7149011760Phone
Date Prepared2012-11-13DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2011TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonSAM JADALLAHNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line12913 El Camino Real Suite 436AddressLine1
CityTustinCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code92782ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts1010835GrossReceipts
Group Return For AffiliatesfalseGroupReturnForAffiliates
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Year Formation2005YearFormation
State Legal DomicileCAStateLegalDomicile
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Nbr Voting Members Governing Body0NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members0NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees9TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year526149ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
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Program Service Revenue CY0ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year3628InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year0InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year0OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year529777TotalRevenuePriorYear
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Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Salaries Etc Current Year607319SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year1375TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year83160TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year167153OtherExpensePriorYear
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Total Expenses Prior Year461912TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year931100TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year67865RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
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Significant ChangefalseSignificantChange
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DescriptionPROVIDE JOURNALISTS AND THE PUBLIC QUICK ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT PALAESTINE AND PALESTINIANS MAINTAIN AND UPDATED PANEL OF CREDIBLE EXPERTS AND ANALYSIS COMPILE AN EXTENSIVE LIBRARY OF IMAGES MAPS STUDIES REPORTS AND POLLS SUPPLY LINKS TO WEBSITES AND OTHER ONLINE MATERIALS THAT OFFER JOURNALISTS AND THE PUBLIC A WIDE RANGE OF INFORMATION ON THE PALESTINIAN EXPERIENCEDescription
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SchoolfalseSchool
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Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl OrgfalseTransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted PartnershipfalseActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O RequiredtrueScheduleORequired
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Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
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Employment Tax Returns FiledtrueEmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
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Foreign Financial AccountfalseForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party NotificationfalseTaxablePartyNotification
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Quid Pro Quo ContributionsfalseQuidProQuoContributions
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Funds To Pay PremiumsfalseFundsToPayPremiums
Premiums PaidfalsePremiumsPaid
Excess Business HoldingsfalseExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable DistributionsfalseTaxableDistributions
Distribution To DonorfalseDistributionToDonor
Indoor Tanning ServicesfalseIndoorTanningServices
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Family Or Business RelationshiptrueFamilyOrBusinessRelationship
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Minutes Of Governing BodytrueMinutesOfGoverningBody
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Officer Mailing AddressfalseOfficerMailingAddress
Local ChaptersfalseLocalChapters
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Conflict Of Interest PolicyfalseConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower PolicyfalseWhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention PolicyfalseDocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEOfalseCompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process OtherfalseCompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint VenturefalseInvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is FiledCAStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon RequestXUponRequest

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonMARGARET ZAKNOEN DEREUSNamePerson
Telephone Number7145680035TelephoneNumber

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Address Line12913 EL CAMINO REAL 436AddressLine1
CityTustinCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code92782ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons CompensatedXNoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (4 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensationOfficerOfficer
ABBAS F ZUAITER
BOARDMEMBER1.00X000
JALEH BISHARAT
PRESIDENT1.00X000
LENA KHALAF TUFFAHA
SECRETARYTREAS1.00X000
SAM JADALLAH
CHAIRMAN1.00X000X
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Related Or Exempt Function Income0RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

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Total534273Total
Program Services373991ProgramServices
Management And General122883ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising37399Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

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Management And General16800ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising12418Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

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Total250Total
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Advertising Advertising

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Total6000Total
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Management And General2000ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising2000Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

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Total73414Total
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Management And General18419ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising8010Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

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Total124Total
Program Services87ProgramServices
Management And General35ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising2Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

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Fundraising1909Fundraising

Travel Travel

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Total110483Total
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Management And General15468ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising11048Fundraising

Interest Interest

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Total25Total
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Insurance Insurance

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Total2290Total
Program Services1374ProgramServices
Management And General802ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising114Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

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PAYROLL FEES500035001250250
TECHNICALIT FEES6155241240123108002

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Management And General198551ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising83160Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

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BOY294393BOY
EOY418045EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

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BOY117698BOY
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Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

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BOY3192BOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

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BOY415283BOY
EOY567204EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

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EOY1555EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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BOY0BOY
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Follow SFAS117XFollowSFAS117

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Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

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BOY415283BOY
EOY565649EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

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BOY415283BOY
EOY567204EOY
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIXInfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses79735ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes70631ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting CashXMethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReview
FS AuditedfalseFSAudited
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org170b1 AviXPubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

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Current Tax Year1010835CurrentTaxYear
Total1536984Total

Total170 Total170

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year1010835CurrentTaxYear
Total1536984Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total409481AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total1701127503PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year3628CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total3628Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support1540612TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage1700.73190PublicSupportPertcentage170
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

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Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierExplanationExplanation
01. Officer, directors, etc. family relationship (Part VI, line 2)Two boardmembers are related by marriage
02. Form 990 governing body review (Part VI, line 11)01 Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 At the monthly board meeting the treasurer was presented a copy of the current year Form 990 for review and approval prior submission
03. Conflict of interest policy compliance (Part VI, line 12c)02 Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c Boardmembers are in the process of developing a conflict of interest policy
04. CEO, executive director, top management comp (Part VI, line 15a)03 CEO Executive Director top managemenet comp Part VI Line 15a The organizations by-laws require the Executive Directors compensation package to be reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors when the term of employment is renewed extended or modified
05. Governing documents, etc, available to public (Part VI, line 19)04 Governing documents etc available to public Part VI Line 19 Financial statements governing documents tax forms and policies are disclosed upon request
06. Explanation of other changes in net assets or fund balances (Part XI, line 5)Prior period adjustment to beginning net assets for understatement of prior year revenues

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