2016-10-31T10:56:07-05:00 2015-12-31 860683059 BEACHFLEISCHMAN PC 1985 EAST RIVER ROAD SUITE 201 TUCSON AZ 85718 990 2015-01-01 136220175 MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA INC MIDD 5203332577 3542 N GERONIMO AVE TUCSON AZ 857053614 AMY W NEWHALL PHD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TREASURER 5203332577 2016-10-24 1 KAREN K MCCLOSKEY CPA P00099644 5203214600 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z X AMY W NEWHALL PHD 3542 N GERONIMO AVE TUCSON AZ 857053614 961265 0 X WWW.MESANA.ORG X 1967 AZ TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND INSTRUCTION IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES. 9 9 4 14 0 0 114965 79265 738308 634735 30960 24855 3193 2393 887426 741248 11396 11957 0 0 323451 329092 0 0 22825 389817 373530 724664 714579 162762 26669 1755721 1703352 110759 88427 1644962 1614925 X THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION (MESA) IS A NON-POLITICAL 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. 0 0 622032 11957 635060 FROM ITS INCEPTION IN 1966 WITH 50 FOUNDING MEMBERS, MESA HAS INCREASED ITS MEMBERSHIP TO MORE THAN 2,700 AND NOW SERVES AS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR MORE THAN SIXTY INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS AND THIRTY-NINE AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS. THE ASSOCIATION IS A CONSTITUENT SOCIETY OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES, THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF AREA STUDIES ASSOCIATIONS, AND A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE. 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. APPROXIMATELY 1,700 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE 49TH ANNUAL MEETING IN DENVER, COLORADO. MESA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, THE PREMIERE JOURNAL ON THE REGION, THE MESA REVIEW OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES AND A BIANNUAL NEWSLETTER. AN AWARDS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENT, SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION AND EXEMPLARY STUDENT MENTORING. 622032 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 15 0 1 4 1 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 0 0 0 AZ X ROSE VENEKLASEN 5203332577 3542 N GERONIMO AVE TUCSON AZ 857053614 ANGIE ABDELMONEM BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 ASLI BALI BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 LISA HAJJAR BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 RESAT KASABA BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 FIROOZEH KASHANI-SABET BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLES KURZMAN BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 TED SWEDENBURG BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 BETH BARON PRESIDENT 5.00 X X 0 0 0 NATHAN BROWN PAST PRESIDENT 5.00 X X 0 0 0 AMY NEWHALL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TREASUR 30.00 X 72355 0 16059 72355 0 16059 0 0 0 0 0 79265 79265 ANNUAL MEETING REVENUE 900099 306209 306209 MEMBERSHIP DUES 900099 301530 301530 ADVERTISING 511120 22755 22755 MESA PUBLICATIONS 511120 4241 4241 634735 31313 31313 2068 2068 213559 220017 -6458 -6458 -6458 OTHER 900099 325 325 325 741248 635060 0 26923 11957 11957 88414 61890 8841 17683 180090 164990 15100 15902 14563 1339 23889 21877 2012 20797 17758 1845 1194 5685 5685 15683 13403 1380 900 16065 16065 6078 6078 18203 18203 17149 8594 8019 536 10669 9118 939 612 164461 153206 11255 1023 874 90 59 3708 3169 326 213 PUBLICATIONS 86441 86441 FEES 23672 20218 2095 1359 DUES 4693 4008 416 269 714579 622032 69722 22825 431851 194960 343667 592882 70000 50000 2015 1530 7105 6494 31787 30975 1834 812 899249 856674 1755721 1703352 41899 38237 68860 50190 110759 88427 X 1367055 1333888 251773 254903 26134 26134 1644962 1614925 1755721 1703352 26669 -56706 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 121183 43285 62000 114965 79265 420698 746485 616137 681023 741501 635060 3420206 867668 659422 743023 856466 714325 3840904 0 0 0 3840904 22033 18618 23157 27519 33381 124708 22033 18618 23157 27519 33381 124708 889701 678040 766180 883985 747706 3965612 0.96860 0.97060 0.03140 0.02940 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 34322 -1360 32962 33053 510 759 34322 26624 90 6339 33053 25534 1090 26624 25319 215 25534 0.00000 0.79000 0.21000 0 0 31787 30975 812 812 X 693017 -56706 24540 -32166 725183 16065 16065 741248 723054 24540 24540 698514 16065 16065 714579 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. PART X, LINE 2: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FIN 48 (ASC 740) FOOTNOTE: THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES UNDER BOTH FEDERAL (INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3)) AND ARIZONA INCOME TAX LAWS, AND IS CLASSIFIED AS OTHER THAN A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION. ACCORDINGLY, NO PROVISION FOR FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES IS MADE. INCOME FROM CERTAIN ACTIVITIES NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE, HOWEVER, MAY BE SUBJECT TO TAXATION AS UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME (UBTI). GAAP REQUIRES MANAGEMENT TO PERFORM AN EVALUATION OF ALL TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN THE COURSE OF PREPARING THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX RETURNS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE TAX POSITIONS MEET A "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" STANDARD OF BEING SUSTAINED UNDER EXAMINATION BY THE APPLICABLE TAXING AUTHORITIES. THIS EVALUATION IS REQUIRED TO BE PERFORMED FOR ALL OPEN TAX YEARS, AS DEFINED BY THE VARIOUS STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS, FOR FEDERAL AND STATE PURPOSES. THE ORGANIZATION IS ONLY SUBJECT TO INCOME TAXES ON UBTI AS APPLICABLE. AS A RESULT, THE ORGANIZATION IS REQUIRED TO FILE INFORMATIONAL RETURNS FOR FEDERAL AND STATE PURPOSES AND, IF IT HAS UBTI, FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAX RETURNS. MANAGEMENT HAS PERFORMED ITS EVALUATION OF TAX POSITIONS TAKEN ON ALL OPEN TAX RETURNS AND HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO POSITIONS TAKEN THAT DO NOT MEET THE "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" STANDARD. 1 DISSERTATION AWARD 3 2000 BOOK AWARD 1 1000 MENTORING AWARD 1 629 SERVICE AWARD 1 1328 TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP 9 4500 STUDENT PAPER PRIZE AWARD 1 250 UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AWARD 1 250 ECONOMIC BOOK AWARD 1 2000 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. FORM 990, PART V, LINE 2B: THE ORGANIZATION REIMBURSES THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOR ITS PERSONNEL; THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT DIRECTLY PAY ANY STAFF. INFORMATION REGARDING EMPLOYEES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FORM 990 INSTRUCTIONS, BUT NOTE ALL EMPLOYMENT TAX FORMS ARE PREPARED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. 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 11 FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT CPA AND REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON REQUEST.