NED — MENA Regional program

Current understanding

The National Endowment for Democracy’s MENA Regional program comprises 26 active grants totaling approximately $5.5M. Programming focuses on women’s political empowerment, youth leadership, constitutional law, and democratic-transition work across the Middle East and North Africa. Onward subgrantee identities are only partly traceable from top-line records.

Evidence log

• 2026-07-15 — NED · GULF REGIONAL — 28 grants, $11.0M: 2025-07-15 — NED · GULF REGIONAL — 28 grants, $11.0M (citation removed): cross-connection with ned-gulf-regional: Gulf Regional portfolio ($11.0M, 28 grants) is a separate NED regional program covering the Gulf states adjacent to the broader MENA Regional portfolio; onward grantees may overlap. (novelty: 3) (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-15 — NED · ALGERIA — 99 grants, $15.6M: cross-connection with ned-algeria: Algeria country program sits alongside NED’s MENA Regional portfolio; onward grantees may overlap. (novelty: 4)

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