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The FY2026-27 donor portfolio: 10 program briefings, each a print-ready one-pager.
How the Forum Turns Investigation into Action
How the Machine Fits Together
One operation, five stages01
Investigate
Case files built to evidence grade: names, filings, money flows.
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Publish
The newsroom carries the findings to the world.
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Operate & Convene
In-region presence, and the rooms where policy moves.
10 Briefings
One page each · print-ready01Islamist Watch
The Investigative Engine
The exposé behind Treasury’s designation of a Hamas-linked charity · the case files behind the HHS investigation of CAIR
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02Campus Watch
Accountability for Middle East Studies
$8.98 billion in Qatari gifts and contracts disclosed to the Education Department (August 31, 2026)
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03Anti-Terrorism Debarment Project
Debar, Derisk, Delist, Designate
$3B+ in federal grants eliminated, by our count · 14 cases open
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04Disruption Project
Courtroom Consequences for the Organized Anti-Israel Network
A civil RICO framework built and tested with partner counsel, already drawing Justice Department interest
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05MEF Action / Washington Project
The Capitol Hill Arm: Research Turned Into Law
Initiated H.R. 8236, now backed by more than 9,400 constituent messages from 2,800-plus supporters · Tennessee enacted a terror-nonprofit ban MEF helped draft
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06MEF Publications
The Newsroom: Observer, Middle East Quarterly, Dispatch, Insider
214 press placements, 54 in flagship outlets · 3M+ readers, first half of 2026
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07Focus on Western Islamism & the Dhimmitude Institute
Accountability Journalism on Islamism Inside the West
Reporting on terror-tied schools in state voucher programs
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08Israel Victory Project
The Forum’s Israel Operation
3 Knesset caucuses established · 39 consecutive nights on Israeli national television during the war
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09Iran Freedom Project
Connection Into a Closed Country
470+ Starlink terminals · 94% uptime through the blackout
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10MEF and AI
Research Infrastructure: Databases, Monitors, and Analyst Desks
8,000+ institutions mapped · 142K+ foreign-gift disclosures indexed, on a $4.6 million budget
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Directed Giving
We accomplish a lot on a small budget, and we can do much more with additional funding.
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Our single largest source of readers traces to a global gateway used to bypass censorship. That is not a vanity metric. That is the mission working.MEF Publications briefing · first half of 2026
Ways to Give
Named gifts across the portfolio| Gift | What It Does | Program |
|---|---|---|
| $600 | Places one Starlink terminal inside Iran; roughly $100 a month keeps it live | Iran Freedom Project |
| $2,500 to $10,000 | Sponsors the conferences, regional convenings, and delegations, visible where it counts | MEF Events |
| $10,000 | Stands up an SMS relay node on a verified registry of some 20 million numbers | Iran Freedom Project |
| $50,000 | Trains 50 activists in secure communications | Iran Freedom Project |
| $55,000 | Names the Radio Iran studio in Erbil: 18-plus broadcast hours a day | Iran Freedom Project |
| $10,000 | One monitor for a year: the data feeds, compute, hosting, and analyst review hours behind a single daily feed (foreign-agent filings, campus foreign money, the Arabic press, or the Iran economy); you receive its briefs for 12 months | MEF and AI |
| $25,000 | One analyst desk for a year: the review, drafting, and fact-checking time that turns the monitors’ output into filings, Hill briefings, and stories | MEF and AI |
| $100,000 | Data infrastructure for a year: the Counter-Islamism, Campus Watch, and Section 117 databases, their storage and compute, and the engineering that keeps them current | MEF and AI |
| Founding gifts | Charter the Dhimmitude Institute: a name on the charter, not just the ledger | FWI & Dhimmitude Institute |
How to Give
Online at meforum.org/ways-to-give, or by check payable to “Middle East Forum,” 1650 Market Street, Suite 3600, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization · EIN 23-7749796. A $4.6 million annual budget, about 50 staff, fellows, and contributors, and no government grants. Every named gift comes with a report on exactly what it did.
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