MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOC OF NORTH: Form 990, tax year 2025

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Organization: MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOC OF NORTH (EIN 13-6220175)
Tax period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed: 2026-09-02
IRS object ID: 202602459349301215
Schema version: 2025v4.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2026-09-02T11:48:38-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2025-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	390974031	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WEGNER CPAS LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	419 N LEE ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	ALEXANDRIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	223142301	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2025-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	136220175	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	NORTH AMERICA INC	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	MIDD	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5203332577	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3542 N GERONIMO AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	TUCSON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85705	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JEFFREY D REGER	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5203332577	PhoneNum
Signature	2026-09-02	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	ADAM KUCZYNSKI CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01560606	PTIN
Phone	7035190990	PhoneNum
Preparation	2026-09-02	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2025	TaxYr

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JEFFREY D REGER	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3542 N GERONIMO AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	TUCSON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85705	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,648,165	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	MESANA.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1967	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	AZ	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND INSTRUCTION IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	9	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	9	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	6	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	13	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$11,210	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$446,895	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$486,141	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$462,209	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$845,952	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$1,681	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$121,639	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$5,682	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$27,288	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$916,467	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,481,020	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$147,177	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$333,726	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$439,832	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$502,432	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$32,356	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$205,947	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$446,337	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$792,956	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,282,495	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$123,511	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$198,525	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$3,566,677	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,060,083	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$147,420	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$177,091	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$3,419,257	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,882,992	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION (MESA) IS A NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION THAT FOSTERS THE STUDY OF THE MIDDLE EAST, PROMOTES HIGH STANDARDS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND TEACHING, AND ENCOURAGES PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE REGION AND ITS PEOPLES THROUGH PROGRAMS, PUBLICATIONS AND SERVICES THAT ENHANCE EDUCATION, FURTHER INTELLECTUAL EXCHANGE, RECOGNIZE PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTION, AND DEFEND ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS STATUS AS A 501(C)(3) SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, LITERARY, AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,095,891	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$333,726	GrantAmt
Revenue	$834,742	RevenueAmt
Desc	FROM ITS INCEPTION IN 1966 WITH 51 FOUNDING MEMBERS, MESA HAS INCREASED ITS MEMBERSHIP INTO THE THOUSANDS AND NOW SERVES AS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR DOZENS OF INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS AND AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS. THE ASSOCIATION IS A CONSTITUENT SOCIETY OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES, AND A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE AND THE COALITION FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION. AS PART OF ITS GOAL TO ADVANCE LEARNING, FACILITATE COMMUNICATION AND PROMOTE COOPERATION, MESA SPONSORS AN ANNUAL MEETING THAT IS A LEADING INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR SCHOLARSHIP, INTELLECTUAL EXCHANGE AND PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION. THE 59TH ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD IN WASHINGTON DC IN 2025.MESA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THREE PUBLICATIONS: THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, WHICH IS THE FLAGSHIP JOURNAL OF THE FIELD; THE REVIEW OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES; AND A BIANNUAL NEWSLETTER, ISSUES IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES.AN AWARDS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH A RANGE OF BOOK AND DISSERTATION AWARDS AS WELL AS SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION, EXEMPLARY UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION, AND GRADUATE STUDENT MENTORING.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,095,891	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (1)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (1)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	18	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	6	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	9	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	9	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (1)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	0	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JEFFREY D REGER	PersonNm
Phone	5203332577	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3542 N GERONIMO AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	TUCSON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85705	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
USSAMA MAKDISI
PRESIDENT (FROM NOVEMBER)	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ASLI U BALI
IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT (FROM NOVEMBER)	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANTHONY ALESSANDRINI
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ALDEN YOUNG
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MAYA MIKDASHI
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JESSICA WINEGAR
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SAMAR AL-SALEH
DIRECTOR (FROM NOVEMBER)	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
AMAHL BISHARA
DIRECTOR (FROM NOVEMBER)	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROSIE BSHEER
DIRECTOR (FROM NOVEMBER)	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
FIDA ADELY
DIRECTOR (THRU NOVEMBER)	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LARA DEEB
DIRECTOR (THRU NOVEMBER)	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ABRAR ALSHAMMARI
DIRECTOR (THRU NOVEMBER)	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JEFFREY D REGER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & TREASURER	40.00		Yes (X)	$174,135	$0	$18,152

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$174,135	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$18,152	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$486,141	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$486,141	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
ANNUAL MEETING	900099	$421,769	$421,769
MEMBERSHIP DUES	900099	$382,973	$382,973
PUBLICATIONS	900099	$30,000	$30,000
ADVERTISING	513120	$11,210		$11,210

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$845,952	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$113,784	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$113,784	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$24,257	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$24,257	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$175,000	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$167,145	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$7,855	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,855	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$7,855	ExclusionAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,031	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$3,031	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$3,031	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,481,020	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$834,742	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$11,210	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$148,927	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$137,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$137,500	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$196,226	TotalAmt
Program Services	$196,226	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$192,286	TotalAmt
Program Services	$164,294	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,727	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,265	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$226,561	TotalAmt
Program Services	$193,579	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$19,709	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,273	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,346	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,238	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,857	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,251	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,268	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,298	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,372	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,598	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,971	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,880	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,042	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,049	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,053	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,053	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$29,256	TotalAmt
Management And General	$29,256	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,315	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,315	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,144	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,938	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$123	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$83	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,450	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,450	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$76,776	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,069	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$42,021	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,686	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,302	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,962	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$203	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$137	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,038	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,261	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,062	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$715	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$270,765	TotalAmt
Program Services	$259,575	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,190	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,425	TotalAmt
Management And General	$15,425	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,028	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,286	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$443	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$299	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	PUBLICATIONS	Desc
Total	$12,470	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,470	ProgramServicesAmt

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,315	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,315	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,282,495	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,095,891	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$154,248	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$32,356	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$127,247	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,181	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$28,035	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,001	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$23,008	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,389	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,972	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,624	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$265,069	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$101,180	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$173,106	BOYAmt
EOY	$163,889	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,436,859	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,745,476	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$771,450	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,026,523	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,566,677	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,060,083	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$77,820	BOYAmt
EOY	$148,821	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$69,600	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,270	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$147,420	BOYAmt
EOY	$177,091	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,053,147	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,000,249	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$366,110	BOYAmt
EOY	$882,743	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,419,257	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,882,992	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,566,677	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,060,083	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$198,525	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$268,389	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$3,179	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$156,666	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$78,001	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$64,590	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$446,895	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$486,141	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,232,293	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$674,202	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$759,363	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$886,557	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$452,234	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$834,742	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,607,098	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$987	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,031	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,018	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$830,868	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$837,364	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$951,147	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$900,116	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,323,914	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,843,409	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$30,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$30,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$30,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$90,000	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$20,835	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,268	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$36,103	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$30,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$30,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$30,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$20,835	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,268	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$126,103	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$4,717,306	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$60,187	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$60,161	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$86,096	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,376	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$138,041	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$350,861	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$60,187	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$60,161	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$86,096	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,376	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$138,041	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$350,861	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,975	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$11,210	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$21,185	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$483	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$680	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,073	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$2,236	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$891,538	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$898,205	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,038,316	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$916,467	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,473,165	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,217,691	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.90410	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.91330	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.06720	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.05940	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$60,489	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$7,079	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$67,568	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$57,742	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,747	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$60,489	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$49,149	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$3,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$5,593	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$57,742	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$52,842	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$3,693	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$49,149	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$44,372	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$8,470	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$52,842	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.46144	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.53855	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$40,974	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$40,974	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$127,647	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$34,173	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$93,474	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$10,533	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$6,954	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$3,579	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$85,915	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$60,053	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$25,862	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$163,889	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	$870,523	F
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT	$156,000	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$1,026,523	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,776,660	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$268,389	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$28,566	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	-$1,315	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$295,640	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,481,020	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,481,020	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,309,746	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$28,566	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$28,566	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,281,180	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$1,315	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$1,315	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,282,495	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

PART V, LINE 4:

THE ORGANIZATION'S PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED FUNDS CONSIST OF FOUR INDIVIDUAL DONOR-RESTRICTED FUNDS. THE BACHARACH SERVICE AWARD IS NAMED FOR PROFESSOR JERE L. BACHARACH. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO MESA OR THE ACADEMIC PROFESSION. SERVICE IS DEFINED BROADLY TO INCLUDE WORK IN DIVERSE AREAS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, OUTREACH, LIBRARIANSHIP, AND FILM. EACH YEAR THE MESA BOARD OF DIRECTORS SELECTS THE WINNER WHO RECEIVES A CASH AWARD OF $1,000. THE KERR DISSERTATION AWARD HONORS THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION OF MALCOLM H. KERR TO MIDDLE EAST STUDIES. TWO AWARDS WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1982 TO RECOGNIZE EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN RESEARCH AND WRITING FOR/OF DISSERTATIONS IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES. A $1,000 CASH AWARD IS GIVEN YEARLY TO THE WINNER IN EACH CATEGORY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES. THE HOURANI BOOK AWARD HONORS ALBERT HOURANI FOR HIS LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS A TEACHER AND MENTOR. THE AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1991 TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING PUBLISHING IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES. EACH YEAR THE WINNER OF THIS AWARD RECEIVES $1,000 (IN THE CASE OF SHARED AWARD, EACH RECIPIENT RECEIVES $500). THE MENTORING AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1995 TO RECOGNIZE EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT RETIRED FACULTY HAVE MADE TO THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF OTHERS. EACH YEAR THE MESA BOARD OF DIRECTORS SELECTS THE WINNER WHO RECEIVES AN AWARD CERTIFICATE.

PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:

INVESTMENT EXPENSES REPORTED ON PART IX LINE 11F -1,315.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	365 FIFTH AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10016	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN	133219419	RecipientEIN
IRC Section	501(C)(3)	IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant	$137,500	CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance	$0	NonCashAssistanceAmt
Purpose Of Grant	GENERAL SUPPORT	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (14 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
DISSERTATION AWARD	2	$1,000
HOURANI BOOK AWARD	1	$1,000
KEDDIE BOOK AWARD	1	$1,000
BACHARACH SERVICE AWARD	1	$1,000
STUDENT PAPER PRIZE	1	$500
MERNISSI BOOK AWARD	1	$1,000
OWEN BOOK AWARD	1	$2,000
ROMES EDITORIAL GRANT	2	$12,269
WADID KADI TRAVEL GRANT	7	$3,500
STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT	43	$21,500
SUAD JOSEPH TRAVEL GRANT	2	$1,000
UNDERGRAD STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT	9	$2,500
PRECARITY TRAVEL GRANT	23	$11,500
ACLS MICROGRANT AWARDS	4	$4,586

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	AWARDS TO INDIVIDUALS ARE GRANTED BASED ON OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES AS DESCRIBED IN THE ENDOWMENTS SECTION (SCHEDULE D, PART V) OF THIS RETURN.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JEFFREY D REGER	PersonNm
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & TREASURER	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$174,135	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$17,446	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$706	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$192,287	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6	THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION. ONLY FULL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE BY BALLOT. FULL MEMBERS INCLUDE HONORARY FELLOWS, FELLOWS, AND STUDENT MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE PRESIDENT-ELECT ARE ELECTED BY A PLURALITY OF VOTES CAST BY THE ASSOCIATION'S MEMBERSHIP.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B	ANY TIME THE BOARD ISSUES A REFERENDUM, IT IS SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MEMBERS. THE RESULT OF THE VOTE BY MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING WITH VOTING RIGHTS SHALL BE DECIDED BY A MAJORITY OF THOSE VOTING, OR TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE VOTING FOR AMENDMENTS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT CPA AND REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRIOR TO FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS CONDUCTED BY THE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT-ELECT WITH INPUT FROM THE PAST-PRESIDENT. THE REVIEW INCLUDES COMPARABILITY DATA FROM PEER GROUPS AND REVIEWS OF COMPENSATION FILINGS FROM SIMILAR ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATIONS (LEARNED SOCIETIES) LOCATED IN WASHINGTON DC. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE (PRESIDENTS) ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WITH DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS CONTEMPORANEOUSLY SUBSTANTIATED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON REQUEST.