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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 FY2025still arriving
93
Grants FY2025still arriving
26
States reached
$342k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2025 · 93 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 93 grants below total $2,798,350, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,674,831 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $876,481 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $95k
  • $10k–50k76 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $118k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.0M
$15,000
Median grant
26
States reached
$47M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$342,300
Catholic Charities USA$342,300
YMCA of the USA$342,300
Religion News Foundation$60,000
AAC&U$57,900
Trevecca Nazarene University$45,525
Fuller Theological Seminary$40,000
University of Maryland Baltimore County$40,000
Mary Baldwin University$35,000
CSU Bakersfield Auxiliary for Sponsored Programs Administration$35,000
Hunter College Foundation$35,000
James Madison University$31,250
University of California Davis$30,000
Missouri State University$30,000
Campbell University$30,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $650k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Tides Center: $15k → 10%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $5k → 10%ILLINOIS MIGRANT COUNCIL: $8k → 6%TALLER DE JOSE: $8k → 14%OURBRIDGE INC: $5k → 10%National Urban League: $15k → 17%PINEVILLE NEIGHBORS PLACE: $5k → 10%LOAVES & FISHESFRIENDSHIP TRAYS INC: $5k → 10%ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $8k → 14%YMCA of the USA: $342k → 14%YMCA OF THE USA: $228k → 14%SOCIETY OF ARAB AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT: $8k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

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
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.9M · 51 repeat orgs$3.9M to everyone else

51 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 60 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
152

Total granted

$6.9M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+12%

Still filing today

76%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesReligionCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
    7× · 2018–2025 · $952k · revenue +53%
  • National Council of YMCAs of the USA
    2× · 2023–2025 · $570k · revenue +30%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $570k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA
    one grant, 2023 · $228k
  • NF
    NEIGHBORLY FAITH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $169k · revenue -21% · 95% of their budget
  • TA
    THE ADVERTISING COUNCIL INC
    one grant, 2024 · $147k · revenue +1%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
4
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
5
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
6
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
9
John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
10
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
11
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
12
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Campbell University; the most unlike its peers is Society of Arab American Neighborhood Development. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

200 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 200 of the 268 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
200/200
Grantees still filing
102/200
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,539,933 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYNC STATE UNIVERSITY: $959,119 · OtherNC STATE UNIVERSITYCatholic Charities USA: $342,300 · OtherCatholic Charities USACATHOLIC CHARITIES USA: $227,500 · Other+83 more: $1,874,440 · Other+83 moreAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: $951,900 · EducationAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES A…Council for Christian Colleges and Universities: $180,834 · EducationCouncil for Christian Colleges and…+84 more: $2,065,600 · Education+84 morePUBLIC RELIGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $475,000 · ReligionNEIGHBORLY FAITH INC: $169,250 · ReligionRELIGION NEWS FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Religion+6 more: $76,000 · ReligionNational Council of YMCAs of the USA: $569,800 · Human Services+6 more: $60,000 · Human ServicesHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $569,800 · International+1 more: $15,000 · InternationalBME NETWORKS INC: $125,000 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITY: $40,500 · Community ImprovementBlack Clergy Collaborative Of Memphis: $15,000 · Community ImprovementPOWER INTERFAITH INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementSOUTHWEST ORGANIZING PROJECT: $10,000 · Community ImprovementREPAIR THE WORLD: $10,000 · Community ImprovementJNC STL INC: $7,500 · Community ImprovementCouncil on Foundations Inc: $76,875 · PhilanthropyCent(HER)ed Collective Girls Inc: $7,500 · Philanthropy
Other$4,943,292Education$3,198,334Religion$795,250Human Services$629,800International$584,800Community Improvement$223,000Philanthropy$84,375

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$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 budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $40,500 over 1y, 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 budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 A…Council of Independen…Folds of Honor Founda…Ernst & Young Foundat…Greater Chicago Food …United Way of Metropo…Tulsa Community Found…The Chicago Community…Strada Education Foun…Hughes Memorial HomeIbm International Fou…Lettie Pate Whitehead…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Interfaith America funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Interfaith America. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Ramapo College Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Bentley University: 1% of income from government
  • Seton Hall University: 1% of income from government
  • Rollins College: 0% of income from government
  • Oklahoma Christian University: 0% of income from government
  • Drew University: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home