Public Charity

MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE

MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE is a Public Charity headquartered in BERKELEY, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $18.3M revenue, $13.3M expenses, $19.0M total assets. 148 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $14.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 943074600 BERKELEY, CA International Development NTEE: Q30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$18.3M
Total Expenses$13.3M
Total Assets$19.0M
Grant Records148
Funding Total$14.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

FOUNDED IN 1988, THE MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE IS A REGISTERED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WORKING FOR THE RIGHTS AND THE WELL BEING OF CHILDREN IN THE MIDDLE EAST. MECA SENDS SHIPMENTS OF AID TO PALESTINE, IRAQ AND LEBANON, AND SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THE CHILDREN. WE EDUCATE NORTH AMERICANS ABOUT CHILDREN IN THE REGION. MECA WELCOMES THE SUPPORT OF ALL PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT CHILDREN AND THEIR FUTURE.

Where $100 goes at Middle East Children's Alliance

How Middle East Children's Alliance divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$86 Programs the work itself
$5 Management running the organization
$9 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $86 for programs

$77
Support for children's projectsmeca has long-term partnerships with grassroots organizations in palestine and lebanon that address children's basic needs and offer them opportunities to play, learn, and envision…
90% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 12 organizations
$7
Humanitarian aidsince meca was founded in 1988, we have sent or delivered more than 54 million dollars in aid to children in palestine, iraq, and lebanon to alleviate…
8% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 5,176,781 meals
$2
The maia project:the maia project to provide clean water to children in gaza began at the request of schoolchildren in gaza
2% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TREASURER Howard Levine
PROGRAM DIRECTOR Josie Shields Stromsness
SECRETARY Jos Sances
DIRECTOR Jumana Muwafi
DIRECTOR Nancy Hormachea
DIRECTOR Osha Neumann

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$8,715,479 99 grants
International Aid & Development
$2,717,567 23 grants
Health & Medicine
$754,335 4 grants
Education
$237,500 3 grants
Human & Social Services
$145,500 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $18.3M $13.3M $19.0M
2024 $20.7M $12.9M $13.8M
2023 $3.5M $3.8M $5.8M
2022 $3.8M $3.6M $6.3M
2021 $6.9M $4.0M $6.6M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $6.9M to $18.3M (+165%), with total assets most recently reported at $19.0M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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