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Organizations International, Foreign Affairs & National Security Search for Common Ground

Search for Common Ground

Fiscal year ending 2019. Filed on December 9, 2020.

1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW Suite 1
Washington, District of Columbia 20036

Search for Common Ground (EIN: 52-1257425) has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2019 IRS Form 990 filing, Search for Common Ground, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 10 out of 96 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $184,450. The highest compensated employee at Search for Common Ground is Isameldein Ghanim with fiscal year 2019 compensation of $308,030.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$23,226,172

Expenses

$26,320,668

Employee compensation

$12,229,102
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Isameldein Ghanim
President
$308,030
$285,000 No related comp$23,030
Shamil Idriss
Ceo-Executive
$244,750
$240,000 No related comp$4,750
Lena Slachmuijlder
Vice President, Programs
$230,403
$218,000 No related comp$12,403
Wasim Khan
Vice President, Finance
$198,402
$174,500 No related comp$23,902
Carl Davis
Vice President Develop. and Com
$194,984
$185,000 No related comp$9,984
Michael Shipler
Vice President Strat. and Prog.
$155,329
$139,200 No related comp$16,129
Michael Jobbins
Vice President Global Affairs
$141,636
$134,000 No related comp$7,636
Rebecca Besant
Regional Director, East Africa
$139,400
$136,000 No related comp$3,400
Jacqueline Oburu
Vice President HR and Admin
$123,625
$115,563 No related comp$8,062
Adrienne Lemon
Director, Inst. Learning Team
$107,939
$105,307 No related comp$2,632

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Abigail E Disney
Board Member
Adam Berrey
Board Chair
Elizabeth Riker
Board Member
Eric A Berman
Board Member
Genghis Hadi
Board Member
Ingrid Stange
Board Member
Isaac Lee
Board Member
Jeremy S Goldberg
Board Member
Kathleen Cravero
Board Member
Laurie Michaels
Board Member
Lesly Black
Board Member
Timothy Feige
Board Member

Contractors

Key Travel Inc.
Travel Agent
$704,651
Livelyhood Inc.
Office Space
$374,216
Marcum LLP
Accounting
$185,121
Gelman Rosenberg Freeman
Audit and Tax
$163,131
Arnold & Porter
Litigation
$157,191

Mission Statement

OUR MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM THE WAY THE WORLD DEALS WITH CONFLICT, AWAY FROM ADVERSARIAL APPROACHES AND TOWARD COOPERATIVE SOLUTIONS. OUR PROGRAMS WORK TO BRIDGE DIVING LINES AND ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION. OUR COMMON GROUND APPROACH DRIVES CHANGE IN THREE STEPS: HUMANIZE DIVIDED PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR SHARED INTERESTS AND PURSUITS; MOBILIZE PEOPLE AROUND SHARED CONCERNS AND ASPIRATIONS; AND SYSTEMATIZE COOPERATION THROUGH CHANGED INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURAL NORMS.

Revisions to this organization profile

November 15, 2025:
2024 Search for Common Ground 990 filed
November 15, 2024:
2023 Search for Common Ground 990 filed
November 10, 2023:
2022 Search for Common Ground 990 filed

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