AMERICANS FOR A VIBRANT PALESTINIAN ECONOMY
EIN 47-1500245
What they do
THE MISSION of AMERICANS for A VIBRANT PALESTINIAN ECONOMY ("AVPE") is to LINK AMERICAN and PALESTINIAN COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY THE BUSINESS and EDUCATION SECTORS, to PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY. BY PROVIDING SUPPORT to THE DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES IN THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY, AVPE PROMOTES POSITIVE, LOCAL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN COMMUNITIES THAT STRUGGLE to MAINTAIN VIBRANT ECONOMIES DUE to THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION and OTHER BURDENS.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (7)
ARNIE COWANDIRECTOR
DIMA ABUSHAABANTREASURER
FATIMA QADIDIRECTOR
GEOFFREY H LEWISSECRETARY
MATHEW LEYPRESIDENT
NISREEN S MUSLEHDIRECTOR
SANAA M HUSSEINCOMPLIANCE
About this charity
- Location
- 2700 PATRIOT BLVD SUITE 250, GLENVIEW, IL 60026
- County
- Cook
- In care of
- DIMA ABUSHAABAN
- Primary officer
- DIMA ABUSHAABAN, TREASURER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2020
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2020
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- KUTCHINS ROBBINS & DIAMOND LTD
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2024