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Interfaith America

Interfaith America (IA) activates leaders to advance pluralistic values within their spheres of influence, which will in turn drive change in frameworks, policies, and practices across influential American institutions.

$3.7M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
93
Itemized grants FY2025
55
Organizations funded FY2024
82%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$2.8M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$342,300
Organizations funded a year
4 to 65
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
26
Total assets, FY2025
$47M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 82% of the organizations Interfaith America funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $865k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesReligionYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving89$2.8M67%
FY202455$1.1M82%
FY202331$1.4M77%
FY202253$1.2M74%
FY202165$931k97%
FY202029$1.1M90%
FY20194$946k0%
FY20186$854k67%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$6.2MHuman Services$922kPublic Benefit$856kHousing & Shelter$582kHealth$545kReligion$484kSocial Science$482kScience & Tech$296kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Ohio State University$1,539,9334n/a
Nc State University$959,1194n/a
American Association of Colleges and Universities$951,90071%
National Council of YMCAs of the USA$569,80020%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$569,80020%
Public Religion Research Institute Inc$475,00027%
Catholic Charities USA$342,3001n/a
Catholic Charities USA$227,5001n/a
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities$180,83422%
Neighborly Faith Inc$169,250195%
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All grantees of Interfaith America by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Ohio State University$1,539,9334n/a
Nc State University$959,1194n/a
American Association of Colleges and Universities$951,90071%
National Council of YMCAs of the USA$569,80020%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$569,80020%
Public Religion Research Institute Inc$475,00027%
Catholic Charities USA$342,3001n/a
Catholic Charities USA$227,5001n/a
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities$180,83422%
Neighborly Faith Inc$169,250195%
Association of Catholic Colleges and University$150,00033%
The Advertising Council Inc$147,40010%
Bme Networks Inc$125,00015%
The Nantucket Project$112,0151n/a
Wingate University$80,00020%
Council on Foundations Inc$76,87520%
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution$75,00016%
Religion News Foundation$75,00024%
Otterbein University$75,00020%
University of Illinois Foundation$72,00020%
Belmont University$71,10030%
Fuller Theological Seminary$66,00030%
University of Maryland College Park$65,0002n/a
Johnson C Smith University$60,10030%
Clemson University$60,0001n/a
Baylor University$54,00020%
Rush University Medical Center$50,00020%
Southbend United Methodist Church$49,0002n/a
Trevecca Nazarene University$45,52510%
Trustees of Tufts College$41,00020%
Washington University$41,00030%
Wiley College$38,10030%
James Madison University$37,5002n/a
Csu Bakersfield Auxiliary for Sponsored Programs Administration$35,00010%
Augsburg University$35,0002n/a
Mary Baldwin University$35,00010%
The Hunter College Foundation Inc$35,00010%
Eastern Mennonite University$32,00020%
Bentley University$30,60020%
Case Western Reserve University$30,00010%
St Francis College$30,00020%
Texas Christian University$30,00010%
Missouri State University$30,0001n/a
Fayetteville State University$30,0001n/a
University of California Davis$30,0001n/a
Agnes Scott College$30,00010%
Crossroads America LLC$30,0001n/a
Kennesaw State University Foundation Inc$30,00010%
Lenoir-Rhyne University$30,00010%
Wofford College$30,00010%
Dominican University New York$30,00010%
University of Central Florida$30,0001n/a
Utah State University$30,0002n/a
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$30,00010%
Campbell University$30,00010%
Regis University$30,00010%
University of South Florida$30,0001n/a
Saint Mary's College of California$27,00040%
College of Charleston Foundation$26,25010%
Furman University$26,00010%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc$25,50640%
University of Washington$25,0001n/a
Randolph College Inc$25,00010%
Hollins University Corporation$25,00010%
Bridgewater College$25,00010%
Emory & Henry University$25,00010%
Cornell University$25,00010%
Carver Project$25,00023%
Virginia Wesleyan University$25,00010%
California State University Long Beach Research Foundation$25,00010%
Coastal Carolina University$25,0001n/a
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$25,0002n/a
University of Lynchburg$25,00010%
Utah Valley University$25,0001n/a
Pbs North Carolina$25,0001n/a
Governors State University$25,0001n/a
Central Piedmont Community College Foundation Inc$25,00010%
University of Rochester$25,00020%
State University of New York at Binghamton$25,0001n/a
Roanoke College$25,0001n/a
Rutgers the State University$24,0003n/a
Depaul University$23,83220%
Drew University$22,00020%
Queens University of Charlotte$22,00020%
The OpEd Project Public Knowledge Fund Inc$21,0001n/a
Doane University$20,25020%
The Sikh Coalition$20,00020%
Trustees of Purdue University$20,0001n/a
California State University Bakersfield Foundation$20,00010%
Bethel University$19,50020%
Chicago Theological Seminary Board of Directors$19,5002n/a
Augsburg University$19,00010%
Barnard College$17,50010%
Northwestern University$17,00020%
Dominican University$17,00020%
Regents of the University of Michigan$16,6252n/a
IL Muslim Civic Coalition$16,00012%
Rivers of Living Water Ministries Nj Incorporated$16,0001n/a
Mormon Women For Ethical Government Foun dation$16,00011%
Morningside University$16,00010%
Colorado State University Foundation$15,00010%
National Urban League Inc$15,0001n/a
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville$15,0002n/a
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$15,00010%
Black Clergy Collaborative Of Memphis$15,00014%
Skinner Leadership Institute Inc$15,00012%
Power Interfaith Inc$15,00010%
Virginia Civic Engagement Table$15,00011%
Arizona Ecumenical Council$15,00011%
AND Institute Inc$15,00012%
Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice$15,00018%
Society for Humanistic Judaism$15,0001n/a
The Carter Center Inc$15,00010%
Wisconsin Council of Churches$15,0001n/a
Common Good Creators$15,0001n/a
Franciscan Action Network$15,00013%
Public Democracy America$15,00010%
Greater New Mt Eagle Baptist Church$15,0001n/a
The Maiden Group Astraea Institute$15,0001n/a
Molloy University$15,00010%
Zioness Movement Inc$15,00011%
Minaret Foundation$15,0001n/a
St Olaf College$14,92320%
Rollins College$14,50020%
Baldwin Wallace University$14,00010%
Corporation of Gonzaga University$12,50010%
Benedictine University$12,25020%
Montclair State University Foundation Inc$12,00010%
Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities$11,50010%
Ursinus College$11,00020%
University of la Verne$10,50010%
Calvin University$10,05020%
Lewis University$10,00010%
Southwest Organizing Project$10,00010%
University of Wisconsin Madison$10,0001n/a
Kenyon College$10,00010%
The George Washington University$10,00010%
Alvernia University$10,00010%
Greensboro College$10,00010%
Lee University$10,00010%
Morehouse College$10,00010%
Life Pacific University$10,0001n/a
Longwood University$10,0001n/a
Repair the World$10,00010%
Austin Community College$10,0001n/a
Le Moyne College$10,00010%
Loras College$10,00010%
University of St Thomas$10,00010%
Seattle University$10,00010%
Seattle Pacific University$10,00010%
Drake University$10,00010%
Oklahoma Christian University$10,00010%
Miami University$10,0001n/a
Chapman University$10,00010%
University of Mount Union$10,00010%
Bluefield University$10,00010%
Pratt Institute$10,00010%
Independent Media Institute$10,00011%
Southern Methodist University$10,00010%
Calvin University$10,0001n/a
Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia Inc$10,0001n/a
Spring Arbor University$10,00010%
William Paterson University of New Jersey Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Bard College$10,00010%
Introspective Spaces$8,9001n/a
Ramapo College Foundation$8,11410%
Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities Incorpor$8,0001n/a
North Carolina a & T State University$8,0001n/a
Revival Center Church$7,5001n/a
Society of Arab American Neighborhood Development$7,50014%
Public Equity$7,50011%
Saint Anthony Hospital$7,50010%
Ne Healthcare Services$7,5001n/a
Anastasia J Young LLC$7,5001n/a
Amel Education LLC$7,5001n/a
Muslim Community Center$7,50010%
Miles College Inc$7,50010%
Timothy Community Corporation NFP$7,5001n/a
Arnett Chapel AME Church$7,5001n/a
Samford University$7,50010%
Girls Like Me Project Inc$7,50013%
American Muslim Health Professionals$7,50014%
Demoiselle 2 Femme NFP$7,5001n/a
Cent(HER)ed Collective Girls Inc$7,5001n/a
Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church$7,5001n/a
Jnc Stl Inc$7,50016%
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church$7,5001n/a
Maple Park United Methodist Church$7,5001n/a
Coalition on Urban Girls$7,5001n/a
Abiding in Christ Prayer and Worship Ministries$7,5001n/a
Park Manor Christian Church$7,5001n/a
Taller de Jose$7,50011%
New Life Covenant Church Se$7,5001n/a
Barbara W Smith Family Life CenterNFP$7,50014%
Illinois Migrant Council$7,5001n/a
Ladies of Virtue$7,50011%
Masjid Al-Taqwa$7,5001n/a
Alpha Temple Baptist Church$7,5001n/a
Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church Inc$7,5001n/a
Syrian Community Network$7,50011%
Bethel University$7,50010%
Monroe Foundation$7,50012%
Gap Community Center$7,50012%
Messiah Temple Missionary Baptist Church$7,5001n/a
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$7,50010%
Plan4success$7,500120%
Bloomfield College of Montclair State University Inc$7,50010%
Destiny Christian Church$7,5001n/a
Bright Star Community Outreach Corp$7,50010%
Erie Neighborhood House$7,50010%
Vanderbilt University$7,40010%
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity$7,05010%
Elmhurst University$7,00010%
The Aspen Institute Inc$7,00010%
Holy Family University$7,00010%
New York University$7,00010%
Augustana University Association$7,00010%
University of Chicago$7,00010%
West Chester University Foundation$7,00010%
University of the Incarnate Word$7,00010%
Nazareth University$7,00010%
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York$7,0001n/a
Biola University Inc$7,00010%
Bowie State University Foundation Inc$7,00010%
Seton Hall University$7,00010%
Ball State University Foundation Inc$6,95810%
Hendrix College$6,80010%
Dillard University$6,50010%
Concordia College Corporation$6,30010%
Washington & Jefferson College$6,20010%
St Marys University of Minnesota$6,07510%
Acts on Stage Inc$6,00012%
Livingstone College$5,50010%
Randolph-Macon College$5,25010%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$5,2001n/a
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc$5,10010%
Hood Theological Seminary$5,10010%
Houghton University$5,00010%
Loyola Marymount University$5,00010%
Hickory Grove Presbyterian Church$5,0001n/a
Eastern University$5,00010%
Capital University$5,00010%
Gordon College$5,00010%
Lincoln University$5,00010%
Pineville Neighbors Place$5,00012%
Lionel Lee Jr Center for Wellness$5,00019%
Veterans Bridge Home Inc$5,00010%
Brigham Young University$5,0001n/a
Roof Above Inc$5,00010%
R Bruce Irons Camp Fund$5,00011%
Nourish Up$5,00010%
Poor No More$5,0001n/a
Westminster College$5,00010%
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$5,00010%
Habitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region$5,00010%
Grand Valley State University$5,0001n/a
Charlotte Family Housing$5,00010%
The Howard University$5,00010%
Mecklenburg Ministries$5,00014%
Nebraska Wesleyan University$5,00010%
University of Portland$5,00010%
Ithaca College$5,00010%
ourBRIDGE Inc$5,00011%

Where it is load-bearing

Interfaith America supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 187 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Association of Colleges and Universities: $951,900 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetNational Council of YMCAs of the USA: $569,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $569,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPublic Religion Research Institute Inc: $475,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetCouncil for Christian Colleges and Universities: $180,834 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetNeighborly Faith Inc: $169,250 over 1y, 95% of budgetAssociation of Catholic Colleges and University: $150,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetThe Advertising Council Inc: $147,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBme Networks Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetWingate University: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil on Foundations Inc: $76,875 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetConvergence Center for Policy Resolution: $75,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetReligion News Foundation: $75,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetOtterbein University: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $72,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont University: $71,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFuller Theological Seminary: $66,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJohnson C Smith University: $60,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBaylor University: $54,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrevecca Nazarene University: $45,525 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $41,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $41,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWiley College: $38,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCsu Bakersfield Auxiliary for Sponsored Programs Administration: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMary Baldwin University: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hunter College Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEastern Mennonite University: $32,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBentley University: $30,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Francis College: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Christian University: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAgnes Scott College: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKennesaw State University Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLenoir-Rhyne University: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWofford College: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDominican University New York: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPresident-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCampbell University: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRegis University: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Mary's College of California: $27,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of Charleston Foundation: $26,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFurman University: $26,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: $25,506 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRandolph College Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHollins University Corporation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBridgewater College: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEmory & Henry University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 187.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Collegiate Athletic AssociationIN41.7× affinity21 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Council of Independent Colleges · Folds of Honor Foundation · Ernst & Young Foundation · Greater Chicago Food Depository · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Hughes Memorial Home · Ibm International Foundation · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Interfaith America

How much does Interfaith America give?
Interfaith America reported 93 itemized grants totaling $2,798,350, out of $3,674,831 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 65 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Interfaith America fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Human Services (8%), Public Benefit (8%).
Who are Interfaith America's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Ohio State University ($1.5M), Nc State University ($959k), American Association of Colleges and Universities ($952k).
Does Interfaith America fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Interfaith America?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, Council of Independent Colleges, Folds of Honor Foundation.
Where is Interfaith America based?
Interfaith America is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 268 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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