Giving Circles
Data Sources and Method
What This Page Shows
The Giving Circles page restates the donor benefits, giving routes and legal details that the Middle East Forum publishes on its own pages. Each benefit on the page links to the MEF page that states it. The page itself handles no payments and stores no data: every gift button opens MEF’s existing checkout at www.meforum.org.
Sources
All sources are MEF’s own pages, read on October 4, 2026. The build checks every quoted statement against a saved copy of its page and stops if any wording has changed.
| Source | Statements Used | Read On |
|---|---|---|
| MEF checkout (new tab) | 2 | October 4, 2026 |
| MEF Donor Benefits (new tab) | 7 | October 4, 2026 |
| MEF Mail a Check (new tab) | 1 | October 4, 2026 |
| MEF Ways to Give (new tab) | 3 | October 4, 2026 |
| IRS letter of determination (PDF, linked from MEF Ways to Give) (new tab) | 1 | October 4, 2026 |
| MEF Donor Advised Funds (new tab) | 1 | October 4, 2026 |
| MEF Donation of Stock (new tab) | 2 | October 4, 2026 |
| MEF Legacy: Giving Options (new tab) | 2 | October 4, 2026 |
| MEF Legacy (new tab) | 1 | October 4, 2026 |
| MEF International Donations (new tab) | 2 | October 4, 2026 |
| MEF donor portal (new tab) | 1 | October 4, 2026 |
How the Circles Are Set
The circle thresholds are MEF’s annual giving levels: $250 to $999 and $1,000 to $4,999 for events, more than $5,000 for all lunch events (this page starts the top circle at $5,000, so a gift of exactly $5,000 has a level), a minimum annual gift of $500 for a signed book, and $50 or more for the MEF Dispatch newsletter as stated in the checkout. The circle names (Dispatch Circle, Forum Circle, Library Circle, Briefing Circle, Policy Circle) and the name The 1994 Society are this page’s labels. Suggested amounts are this page’s choices; donors can enter any amount in the checkout.
Monthly amounts are shown with their 12-month equivalent only. MEF’s Donor Benefits page states its levels as annual giving; questions about how monthly gifts count toward benefit levels go to info@meforum.org. Annual gifts are entered in the checkout as single gifts, because the checkout offers Give once and Monthly.
Coverage, Updates, and Limits
Benefits and routes as published by MEF on October 4, 2026. The page is rebuilt from saved copies of MEF’s pages; when MEF changes its Donor Benefits or Ways to Give pages, the saved copies are refreshed and the page is rebuilt. If MEF’s pages and this page differ, MEF’s pages govern. Questions about a gift: info@meforum.org.
License
Text and data © Middle East Forum. The MEF logo is used unmodified. Fonts: IBM Plex Sans and Newsreader, SIL Open Font License 1.1, served from this site.