This organization closed in 2021. It filed a final 990 indicating termination and no longer appears as active in IRS records, as it is absent from the EO Business Master File and Pub78 List.
Platform For Education In Emergencies Response Program
CATALYST WORKED TO: (I) FOSTER, SUPPORT, PROMOTE, AND CONDUCT ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROVIDE AND EXPAND ACCESS TO SAFE, HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION WORLDWIDE, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE POPULATIONS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH AFFECTED BY WAR, CONFLICT, PREJUDICE, POVERTY, OR ISOLATION, AND (II) TO INCREASE GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CRITICAL LACK OF EDUCATION FACING SUCH POPULATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE. CATALYST FOCUSED ON INITIATIVES ADDRESSING THE EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, INCLUDING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF SYRIAN AND OTHER REFUGEES. IN ADDITION, IT ALSO CONSIDERED AND FUNDED INITIATIVES WHICH ADDRESSED EDUCATIONAL ISSUES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. CATALYST'S PLATFORM FOR EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES RESPONSE (PEER) PROGRAM, WHICH WAS CREATED BY THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION (IIE), AND WAS AN ONLINE CLEARINGHOUSE TO ENABLE DISPLACED STUDENTS TO CONNECT WITH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION. CATALYST FORMALLY DISSOLVED ON DECEMBER 31, 2021.
