2024-09-05T17:20:18-05:00 2022-12-31 842953567 TRIMNERBECKHAM PLLC 1750 TYSONS BLVD SUITE 1500 MCLEAN VA 22102 990 2022-01-01 824378001 DEMOCRACY FOR THE ARAB WORLD NOW INC DEMO 2013287788 491 PACIFIC STREET BROOKLYN NY 11217 SARAH L WHITSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2013287788 2024-09-05 1 0 DAVID TRIMNER P00444822 7036631756 2022 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X SARAH L WHITSON 491 PACIFIC STREET BROOKLYN NY 11217 1932809 0 X HTTPS://DAWNMENA.ORG X 2018 DE TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION. 9 8 17 13 0 0 1424995 1931969 0 0 0 840 0 0 1424995 1932809 0 0 0 0 1263149 1390091 0 0 52537 259789 227896 1522938 1617987 -97943 314822 119566 526637 191581 342211 -72015 184426 X DEMOCRACY FOR THE ARAB WORLD NOW (DAWN) IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA). OUR VISION IS FOR A WORLD WHERE THE HUMAN RIGHTS, LIBERTY, AND DIGNITY OF EVERY PERSON IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA ARE UPHELD BY DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENTS, SAFEGUARDED BY INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING UNDER THE RULE OF LAW, AND SUPPORTED BY INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD. OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT U.S. FOREIGN POLICY SUPPORTS THE PEOPLE IN MENA BY ENDING SUPPORT FOR THEIR ABUSIVE, UNDEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS. 0 0 1250560 DAWN COMPLETED ITS SECOND YEAR OF OPERATION IN 2022, MARKED BY ITS PROGRESS AS THE LEADING ADVOCATE FOR REFORMING U.S. POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THE WORST GOVERNMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA) AND HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE NOT JUST SERIAL HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BUT ALSO THE U.S. LOBBYISTS WHO AID AND ABET THEM. IN SEEKING BOTH ENFORCEMENT AND REFORM OF U.S. LAWS THAT PERMIT FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN OUR GOVERNMENT, WE ARE WORKING TO PRESERVE AMERICA'S DEMOCRACY AS WELL. DAWN FOCUSES ON THE MENA GOVERNMENTS THAT RECEIVE THE MOST U.S. SUPPORT, AND WE WERE PROUD TO LAUNCH OUR ISRAEL/PALESTINE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE IT IN OUR PRIORITY PROGRAMS. OUR WORK INCLUDED NUMEROUS EXPOSS OF SOME OF THE REGION'S WORST ABUSES, GENERATING REGULAR BREAKING NEWS STORIES. WE SUBMITTED DETAILED CASE FILES TARGETING ABUSIVE JUDGES, LAWYERS, PROSECUTORS, AND SPIES FOR SANCTIONS UNDER THE MAGNITSKY LAW AND THE KHASHOGGI BAN AND PRESENTED THE FIRST CASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL ISRAELI CULPRIT FOR PROSECUTION BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT. WE EXPOSED THE TREACHEROUS ROLE OF LOBBYISTS FOR SAUDI ARABIA, THE UAE, AND ISRAEL IN WHITEWASHING THESE COUNTRIES' DEPLORABLE RIGHTS RECORDS TO PERSUADE OUR GOVERNMENT TO SELL THEM MORE WEAPONS. WE WERE HAPPIEST OF ALL TO SEE THE RELEASE OF A NUMBER OF IMPRISONED JOURNALISTS AND LAWYERS IN EGYPT, WHOSE CASES WE EXTENSIVELY DOCUMENTED AND ON WHOSE BEHALF WE STRENUOUSLY ADVOCATED.DAWN ALSO EXPANDED ITS POLICY WORK THIS YEAR, PRODUCING A SERIES OF ANALYSES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, SOME OF WHICH WE WERE PLEASED TO SEE ADOPTED, INCLUDING AN FBI INVESTIGATION INTO THE MURDER OF SHIREEN ABU AKLEH BY ISRAELI FORCES AND A CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY INTO PAYMENTS BY SAUDI ARABIA TO FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS JARED KUSHNER AND STEVEN MNUCHIN. DAWN ALSO FOCUSED A GREAT DEAL OF ITS ADVOCACY ON THE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITIES, SEEKING TO REFORM OUR METHODOLOGIES AND UPDATE OUR COLLECTIVE APPROACHES TO THE MENA REGION. IN 2022, DAWN ORGANIZED A SECOND MAJOR SYMPOSIUM CRITICALLY EXAMINING AND URGING AN END TO CALLS FOR "HUMANITARIAN MILITARY INTERVENTION" BY RIGHTS GROUPS. MOREOVER, DAWN CONTINUED ITS EFFORTS TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR OUR SLAIN FOUNDER, JAMAL KHASHOGGI. WHILE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION INTERVENED IN OUR LAWSUIT TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY FOR KHASHOGGI'S MURDERER, CROWN PRINCE MOHAMED BIN SALMAN, WE SECURED A PERMANENT MEMORIAL FOR KHASHOGGI, SUCCESSFULLY RENAMING THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE SAUDI EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON "JAMAL KHASHOGGI WAY." WE SUCCEEDED IN SECURING THE INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION THAT WILL CODIFY THE KHASHOGGI BAN AND SUPPORT ADVOCACY GROUPS SEEKING TO PREVENT AND PUNISH EXTRATERRITORIAL REPRESSION IN OUR COUNTRY. FINALLY, DAWN'S PREMIER PUBLICATION, DEMOCRACY IN EXILE, EXPANDED ITS REACH THIS YEAR, NOT ONLY CENTERING THE VOICES OF MENA ACTIVISTS BUT SPEARHEADING DISCUSSIONS ON THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES FROM THE REGION, INCLUDING THE IMPACTS OF THE UKRAINE WAR AND THE IRAN PROTESTS, AND INTERVIEWING SOME OF THE SHARPEST ANALYSTS AND ACTIVISTS OF THE REGION. 1250560 1 1 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 NY X WAFA HALLAM 2013287788 491 PACIFIC STREET BROOKLYN NY 11217 MICHELE ALEXANDER TREASURER 1.00 X 0 0 0 NIHAD AWAD CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SAHAR AZIZ BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LOUIS BICKFORD BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 REED BRODY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MONGI DHAOUADI BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TAWAKKOL KARMAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DR ESAM OMEISH BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ASIM GHAFOUR BOARD MEMBER (LEFT 07/2022) 1.00 X 0 0 0 SARAH L WHITSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SEC 70.00 X X 226044 0 3026 MICHAEL EISNER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 40.00 X 93045 0 0 RAED M JARRAR ADVOCACY DIRECTOR 40.00 X 109138 0 67 OMID MEMARIAN DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION 40.00 X 103726 0 18663 531953 0 21756 3 0 1 0 0 1931969 1931969 840 840 1932809 0 0 840 322115 247760 62133 12222 871035 669667 168309 33059 110363 88964 17333 4066 86578 69791 13597 3190 31603 22460 9143 1250 1250 1500 1500 103959 75839 28120 6905 6905 1582 1582 23030 23030 434 434 6600 6600 COMMUNICATIONS 43285 43285 DEMOCRACY IN EXILE JOUR 7748 7748 1617987 1250560 314890 52537 119566 226622 300015 119566 526637 11581 27211 75000 180000 240000 191581 342211 X -72015 184426 -72015 184426 119566 526637 314822 -58381 0 X 0 0 0 X 650873 1624800 1931969 4207642 650873 1624800 1931969 4207642 1244058 2963584 840 840 4208482 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 142403 142403 1475584 1617987 230899 57725 0 0 230899 230899 346349 142403 142403 57725 57725 86588 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 0 2 PROGRAM SERVICES RESEARCH AND DESIGN 30000 0 2 0 0 0 2 30000 0 30000 0 0 0 0 0 0 PART III ACCOUNTING METHOD: X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SARAH L WHITSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SEC 226044 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3026 0 229070 0 0 0 LIFTA ENTERPRISES CONTROLLED ENTITY OF BOARD MEMBER ESAM OMEISH WORKING CAPITAL X 75000 75000 0 1 0 75000 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S EXTERNAL TAX ADVISORS. ONCE THE PREPARATION IS COMPLETE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OTHER MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REVIEW THE DOCUMENT BEFORE THE RETURN IS DEEMED ACCURATE AND COMPLETE. THE RETURN IS THEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C BOARD MEMBERS MUST DISCLOSE TO THE ENTIRE BOARD THE EXISTENCE OF ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN A TRANSACTION, CONTRACT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT BY THE CORPORATION THAT COULD RESULT IN AN APPARENT DIRECT OR INDIRECT FINANCIAL OR PERSONAL BENEFIT TO THAT BOARD MEMBER. ALL QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR THE APPEARANCE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS WILL BE RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE INTERESTED INDIVIDUAL MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE ALLEGED CONFLICT BUT WILL NOT ATTEND OR PARTICIPATE IN THE FINAL BOARD DELIBERATION OR VOTE. EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT UPON THEIR ELECTION TO THE BOARD AND UPON RE-ELECTION THEREAFTER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BASED THE INITIAL SALARY FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON SALARIES FOR SIMILAR JOBS ACROSS NONPROFIT HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS. SALARIES FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE SET BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR USING COMPARABILITY DATA. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLUC UPON REQUEST. CHANGES TO AMENDED 2022 RETURN: THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE ISSUED AFTER THE 2022 RETURN WAS FILED. THEREFORE, PART III, PART VIII, PART IX, PART X, PART XI, SCHEDULE A, AND SCHEDULE B OF THE AMENDED RETURN HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE INFORMATION IN THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.