Accountability
Our impact, and how to read it
Every figure on this page is one MSRI has published, shown with the reporting period it belongs to. We do not present history as current results, and we do not add figures together.
As published by MSRI
Headline figures
These are the four counters MSRI publishes on its website. Two of them carry no stated reporting period, which we say plainly rather than guess.
- Students enrolled in MSRI education: 50 at pre-kindergarten and kindergarten level, 380 at primary, 212 at secondary.
- Clients served: The period this figure covers is not published. Treat it as a point-in-time snapshot.
- Registered clients: This is a count of people registered with MSRI, not the number receiving a service in a given year.
- Families supported: The period this figure covers is not published. Treat it as a point-in-time snapshot.
By programme
Reported programme results
Figures MSRI has published for individual programmes, each with the period it covers. Some of these programmes have since closed, which the period makes clear.
- 700Clients reached by the MSRI Food Bank15 June – 8 November 2021 · MSRI Food Aid Programme page
Included families, single parents and individuals. The Food Bank has since closed.
- 166Women supported on sexual and gender-based violence issuesReported in a 2022 MSRI factsheet · MSRI factsheet, 2021 – first half 2022
- RM61,000Spent on urgent protection needsReported in a 2022 MSRI factsheet · MSRI factsheet, 2021 – first half 2022
- 89Students attending Al-Quran classes regularlyBy the end of 2021 · MSRI Education Programme page
128 students had registered when the classes reopened in May 2021.
- 150Families supported with food aidReported in a 2022 MSRI factsheet · MSRI factsheet, 2021 – first half 2022
Methodology
Our rules for reporting numbers
Published figures are the most recent MSRI has made public and reflect the reporting periods stated alongside each number. They are point-in-time figures, not cumulative totals. Please contact us for the latest verified data.
Rule 1
Figures are point-in-time snapshots reported by MSRI. They are not an annual series and should not be added together or read as cumulative totals.Rule 2
Where MSRI has stated a reporting period, it is shown alongside the figure. Where MSRI has not, this is stated explicitly rather than estimated.Rule 3
Counts of “registered clients” describe people registered with MSRI. They are not the same as the number of people who received a service in a given period.Rule 4
All figures on this site reproduce what MSRI has published. None are modelled, projected or inferred.
Resourcing
How the Institute is resourced
Donors and grantmakers routinely ask how an organisation is staffed. MSRI reports a small employed team supported by refugee teachers, project personnel, volunteers and international interns.
Reported in a 2022 MSRI factsheet · MSRI factsheet, 2021 – first half 2022
- 7
- Employees
- 23
- Refugee teachers
- 6
- Refugee project personnel
- 4
- Volunteers
- 2
- International interns
Research
What MSRI researches and measures
The Institute’s published scope sets out the areas it researches directly, alongside its service delivery.
Research and publication on current socio-economic issues
Intellectual discourse through seminars, conferences and forums
Partnership and collaboration with local and international agencies
Action research on education for displaced and marginalised children in urban settings, covering trauma management, learning motivation, curriculum effectiveness, assessment instruments, teacher capacity building, e-learning effectiveness, and parental engagement
Participatory research on protection for women and girls against sexual and gender-based violence and other forms of exploitation, aimed at enhancing community-based protection
Cash-based and in-kind assistance for communities facing temporary disruption to food, shelter and medical care
Partial or full scholarships for tertiary study in the social sciences
What we have not published
An honest gap list is more useful to a funder than a plausible-looking estimate. These are the documents and figures MSRI has not made public, and which we have therefore not put on this site.
Audited financial statements for recent years are not published on the website, and none were located in public sources. MSRI can provide these on request.
A comprehensive annual impact report is not published. The figures above are drawn from individual programme pages, the homepage, and a factsheet covering 2021 to the first half of 2022.
Current enrolment, client and distribution figures have not been published since those materials. The reporting periods shown here are the most recent MSRI has made public.
Expenditure by programme is not published.
The full list of institutional grantors and funders is not published.
On our tax-exempt status
MSRI states that all cash donations are tax-deductible under Subsection 44(6) of the Income Tax Act 1967, effective until 31 December 2026 (Ref. LHDN.AG.600-12/1/4-6.7194).
Section 44(6) approvals are time-limited and must be renewed. We were not able to independently verify the current approval from public sources when this site was built. If you need this for your own filing, please ask us for the current LHDN approval letter.
Fund work with published results
Every figure on this page comes with its reporting period. If you want more detail before committing, ask — we would rather answer questions than overstate a number.