2024-11-08T14:42:05-06:00 2023-12-31 860683059 BEACHFLEISCHMAN PLLC 1985 E RIVER ROAD SUITE 201 TUCSON AZ 85718 990 2023-01-01 136220175 MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA INC MIDD 5203332577 3542 N GERONIMO AVE TUCSON AZ 857053614 JEFFREY D REGER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TREASURER 5203332577 2024-11-07 1 1 MONICA A VERA CPA P01456278 5203214600 2024-11-07 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z JEFFREY D REGER 3542 N GERONIMO AVE TUCSON AZ 857053614 1049972 0 X MESANA.ORG X 1967 AZ TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND INSTRUCTION IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES. 9 9 5 13 0 0 85001 64590 768313 886557 59850 97377 991 1448 914155 1049972 46257 55000 0 0 445031 397252 0 0 31688 444271 465421 935559 917673 -21404 132299 2981012 3112512 320952 145157 2660060 2967355 X 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. 0 0 763969 55000 886557 FROM ITS INCEPTION IN 1966 WITH 51 FOUNDING MEMBERS, MESA HAS INCREASED ITS MEMBERSHIP INTO THE THOUSANDS AND 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 57TH ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD IN PERSON IN MONTREAL, CANADA IN 2023. 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. 763969 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X JEFFREY D REGER 5203332577 3542 N GERONIMO AVE TUCSON AZ 857053614 ZIAD ABU-RISH BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 FIDA ADELY BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 ANTHONY ALESSANDRINI BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 ABRAR ALSHAMMARI BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 SENEM ASLAN BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 LARA DEEB BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 JENS HANSSEN BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 ASLI IGSIZ BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 ARZOO OSANLOO BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 MARIAM TAHER BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 ALDEN YOUNG BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 ASLI BALI PRESIDENT-ELECT/PRESIDENT 10.00 X X 0 0 0 EVE TROUTT POWELL PRESIDENT/PAST-PRESIDENT 5.00 X X 0 0 0 JEFFREY D REGER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 161071 0 16829 161071 0 16829 1 0 1 0 0 64590 64590 ANNUAL MEETING REVENUE 900099 447977 447977 MEMBERSHIP DUES 900099 416685 416685 MESA PUBLICATIONS 513120 11305 11305 ADVERTISING 513120 10590 10590 886557 85721 85721 375 375 11656 0 11656 11656 11656 BANK REWARDS 900099 1073 1073 1073 1049972 886557 0 98825 55000 55000 177899 106739 62265 8895 156857 135445 10390 11022 15533 13437 1003 1093 22915 16818 4715 1382 24048 17555 5050 1443 863 863 15973 13577 1438 958 8537 7834 422 281 2700 2700 14140 12019 1273 848 8573 7287 772 514 12156 10333 1094 729 286869 263885 22984 26381 19258 5804 1319 4992 4243 449 300 FEES 44867 38137 4038 2692 PUBLICATIONS 35831 35831 DUES 3539 3008 319 212 917673 763969 122016 31688 241641 83012 490522 643207 14350 9350 6615 9455 24388 1789 258861 81640 198100 177221 2005396 2188478 2981012 3112512 278577 107297 42375 37860 320952 145157 X 2332767 2617628 327293 349727 2660060 2967355 2981012 3112512 132299 164331 10665 0 X 0 0 0 X 85556 71443 156666 78001 64590 456256 791920 679670 674202 759363 886557 3791712 877476 751113 830868 837364 951147 4247968 25000 30000 30000 30000 115000 0 25000 30000 30000 30000 115000 4132968 48894 57810 60187 60161 86096 313148 48894 57810 60187 60161 86096 313148 575 1021 483 680 1073 3832 926945 809944 891538 898205 1038316 4564948 0.90540 0.91290 0.06860 0.06100 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 49149 3000 5593 57742 52842 -3693 49149 44372 8470 52842 41502 420 2450 44372 35233 25 6244 41502 1.00000 0 0 40974 40974 117840 22410 95430 3599 684 2915 10533 6030 4503 85915 52516 33399 177221 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 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. 1 DISSERTATION AWARD 2 2000 HOURANI BOOK AWARD 2 1000 KEDDIE BOOK AWARD 1 1000 MERNISSI BOOK AWARD 1 1000 ECONOMIC (OWEN) BOOK AWARD 2 2000 UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AWARD 1 250 BACHARACH SERVICE AWARD 1 1000 GRADUATE STUDENT ANNUAL MEETING TRAVEL GRANTS 52 26000 POST-DOC (PRECARITY) ANNUAL MEETING TRAVEL GRANTS 32 16000 WADAD KADI TRAVEL AWARD 9 4500 STUDENT PAPER PRIZE AWARD 1 250 PART I, LINE 2: 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. TRAVEL GRANTS TO GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POST-DOCTORAL PRECARIOUSLY EMPLOYED FELLOWS ARE GRANTED ON A LOTTERY BASIS TO QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, WITH THE INTENTION OF EXPANDING ACCESS TO THE IN-PERSON ANNUAL MEETING TO MEMBER GRADUATE STUDENTS AND TO MEMBER ADJUNCT PROFESSORS (OR OTHER PRECARIOUSLY EMPLOYED AND/OR CONTRACT FELLOWS) WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO TRAVEL, ATTEND, AND PRESENT. X X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JEFFREY D REGER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 161071 0 0 0 0 0 16139 0 690 0 177900 0 0 0 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.