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US nonprofit · EIN 831836178 · Washington, DCiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 831836178) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990PF for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.2026 return IRS e-file (TEOS) 2026 release: 990PF for the year to 31 December 2025.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PF), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Mersa Media Institute

Donations deductible
Revenue
$88k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$54k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$51k
year to 31 December 2025
Net assets
$51k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
4.4 years on average
Chair observed
≥2 yrs
Evan Glassier
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Activity
R63
Civil rights, social action and advocacy
Exemption recognised again: the IRS automatically revoked this organisation’s exemption on 15 May 2021, and its IRS ruling date is now 1 August 2022 (a later recognition). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
How am I connected?

Mersa Media Institute's network

4 peoplei4 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Evan Glassier ChairChairman2022
4 yrs
Helen FikreTrustee2022
4 yrs
Henok Alemayehu TakeleTrustee2022
4 yrs
Mohammed KeitaTrustee2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Henok FenteExecutive Dir.10$0
Evan GlassierChairman2$0
Helen FikreTrustee2$0
Henok Alemayehu TakeleTrustee2$0
Mohammed KeitaTrustee2$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Mersa Media Institute
EIN
831836178
Address
3601 New Hampshire Ave Nw, Washington, DC, 20010-1503
State
District of Columbia
Activity (NTEE)
R63 Civil rights, social action and advocacy
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 August 2022
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
3, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PF (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥4years on the filingsEvan Glassier
≥4years on the filingsHelen Fikre
≥4years on the filingsHenok Alemayehu Takele
≥4years on the filingsMohammed Keita

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$51k
Net assets or fund balances
$51k

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$0$126kDeficit $126k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
MERSA Media Institute likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
District of Columbia
Entity type
Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
Status
Active - In Good Standing
Formed
7 September 2018
Registered agent
Henok Fente (city and state not held)