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MEEDAN INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization
MEEDAN INC (EIN 20-4504068)
Tax period
2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed
2025-11-14
IRS object ID
202533189349315803
Schema version
2024v5.2
Source
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PersonEdward BicePersonNm
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DescResearch: The Research program at Meedan bridges theoretical knowledge with practical application, focusing on Natural Language Processing and AI. It supports the Co-insights project, which aimed to enhance information contextualization for underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. That project finished in 2024.through cross-regional initiatives and partnerships in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. The projects work with feminist groups, civil society organizations and digital safety experts to document and combat gendered disinformation, particularly around election times, fostering a deeper understanding and developing effective counter-strategies. The projects support community learning and adapt technology to meet the challenges of gendered disinformation at the regional level as well as globally.Desc

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DescGendered Disinformation: The Gendered Disinformation projects address the spread and impact of gender-targeted misinformation through cross-regional initiatives and partnerships in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. The projects work with feminist groups, civil society organizations and digital safety experts to document and combat gendered disinformation, particularly around election times, fostering a deeper understanding and developing effective counter-strategies. The projects support community learning and adapt technology to meet the challenges of gendered disinformation at the regional level as well as globally.Desc
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Dwight Knell
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Ashkan Kazemi
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Doci Mou
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Devin Gaffney
Machine Lrng Eng40.000.00$105,425$0$43,600
Megan Marrelli
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Jon Corshen
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Hanan Heakal
Secretary2.000.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
Zeynep Tufekci
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Tim Hwang
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Maria Ressa
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EOY$140,400EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,810,896BOYAmt
EOY$1,519,366EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,247,216BOYAmt
EOY$2,346,363EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,058,112BOYAmt
EOY$3,865,729EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$4,739,525BOYAmt
EOY$4,006,129EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss-$192,383ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2,374,837CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,974,769CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,893,774CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,910,249CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,745,338CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$15,898,967TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2,374,837CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2,974,769CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,893,774CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,910,249CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,745,338CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$15,898,967TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$2,923,545SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$12,975,422PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$164CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$37CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$260CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$31,371CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$58,764CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$90,596TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$15,989,563TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$13,193,197GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.81150PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.75790PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$27,553OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$24,031DepreciationAmt
Book Value$3,522BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$3,522TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$6,701,023TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$6,701,023RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$6,701,023TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$6,882,598TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$6,882,598ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Other Expenses Not Included$10,808OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$10,808ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$6,893,406TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart XII, Line 4b: Other revenue amounts included on 990 but not included in F/SFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationForeign Currency Losses on SEK Contr $10808ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (7 entries)

RegionRegionTxtOfficesOfficesCntEmployeeEmployeeCntType Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxtSpecific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxtRegion Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia / Pacific012Program servicesSee Part V$95,262
Europe/Iceland/Greenland07Program servicesSee Part V$593,516
Middle East/North Africa02Program servicesSee Part V$379,157
North America126Program servicesSee Part V$287,666
South America08Program servicesSee Part V$476,792
South Asia03Program servicesSee Part V$199,828
Sub-Saharan Africa04Program servicesSee Part V$210,559
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices1SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees62SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office1TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee62TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$2,242,780SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent$2,242,780TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign CorpfalseTransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign TrustfalseInterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp OwnershipfalseForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest CofalsePassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign PartnershipfalseForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott CountriesfalseBoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside USThe organization requires grantees to report against standards including ISA 800/805 for grantees supported under European Donor Agencies. For performance and impact reporting we require partners submit qualitative and quantitative reports.
Part I, Line 3f - Method of AccountingAmounts are presented on the accrual basis of accounting.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINCash GrantCashGrantAmtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
181 PRESIDENTS DRAMHERSTMA01003542084125$284,170$0Develop fact-checking tools
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
2016-2098 HILLSIDE RDMANSFIELDCT06269060772160$152,453$0Develop fact-checking tools
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
3160 CHESTNUT STPHILADELPHIAPA19104231352685$195,364$0Develop fact-checking tools
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org3Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceGrantmaker's Description of How Grants are UsedFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationOur organization monitors the use of grant funds in the U.S. through established procedures. These procedures include regular review of financial records to ensure compliance, tracking of expenses to budget, and communication with grantees to address any concerns or questions. We strive to maintain transparency and accountability in our use of grant funds.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsYes (true)AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Ashkan Kazemi
Research Scientist$139,953$5,600$7,002$9,197$161,752
Brian Fleming
Dir. of Product$148,968$3,365$23,000$1,292$176,625
Doci Mou
Sr Infrastr Eng$125,139$4,867$5,624$18,348$153,978
Dwight Knell
COO$141,800$4,650$7,810$12,438$166,698
Edward Bice Chair
CEO$163,661$7,287$10,042$84,987$265,977

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 7: Non-Fixed payments not listed aboveFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationBonus amounts (listed on page 2 of Schedule J) are determined by Meedan leadership team, based on factors such as funding, staff performance and provides a bonus based on the available percentage fo wages for each staff.ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8bThere are no committees authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bCirculated to board, and draft approved before filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cAt each contracting event, the Meedan Board of Directors is informed of any potential conflict of interest. If the Board determines there is a conflict of interest it will deliberate on this matter, excluding from deliberations and voting any BOD member participating in this conflicted interest.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15aThe Board reviews the CEO's contract and compensation annually, utilizing Indeed and Glassdoor compensation data as a guide.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15bThe Board reviews the CEO's contract and compensation annually, utilizing Indeed and Glassdoor compensation data as a guide.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19The Form 990 is available for download on Guidestar. Other documents shall be made available upon request.