Maryland · Public charity
Interfaith Works
INTERFAITH WORKS was established in 1972, and incorporated in 1978. Our mission is to support our neighbors in need by providing vital services and a pathway to greater stability. We provide emergency shelter, housing, clothing, food, financial assistance, and job placement services.
- $8.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $20k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Interfaith Works funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $54k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $49k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $59k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Reach of Montgomery County | $68,279 | 7 | 1% |
| Upper Montgomery Assistance Network Inc | $61,544 | 6 | 5% |
| Eastern Montgomery Emergency Assistance Network Inc | $55,442 | 6 | 30% |
| Mid-County United Ministries Inc | $46,946 | 6 | 8% |
| Gaithersburg Help Inc | $34,826 | 6 | 2% |
| Interfaith Housing Coalition Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Wumco Help Inc | $17,817 | 3 | 3% |
| Ministries United Silver Spring Takoma Park Inc | $16,966 | 2 | 4% |
| Ministries United Silver Springtakoma Park (Musst) | $15,815 | 2 | n/a |
| Faith Connections Inc | $3,335 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Reach of Montgomery County | $68,279 | 7 | 1% |
| Upper Montgomery Assistance Network Inc | $61,544 | 6 | 5% |
| Eastern Montgomery Emergency Assistance Network Inc | $55,442 | 6 | 30% |
| Mid-County United Ministries Inc | $46,946 | 6 | 8% |
| Gaithersburg Help Inc | $34,826 | 6 | 2% |
| Interfaith Housing Coalition Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Wumco Help Inc | $17,817 | 3 | 3% |
| Ministries United Silver Spring Takoma Park Inc | $16,966 | 2 | 4% |
| Ministries United Silver Springtakoma Park (Musst) | $15,815 | 2 | n/a |
| Faith Connections Inc | $3,335 | 1 | n/a |
| The Shepherds Table Inc | $1,008 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Interfaith Works supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Interfaith Works
- How much does Interfaith Works give?
- Interfaith Works reported 1 itemized grants totaling $20,000, out of $8,839,449 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Interfaith Works fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (52%), Public Safety & Disaster (42%), Housing & Shelter (6%).
- Who are Interfaith Works's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Reach of Montgomery County ($68k), Upper Montgomery Assistance Network Inc ($62k), Eastern Montgomery Emergency Assistance Network Inc ($55k).
- Does Interfaith Works fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Interfaith Works?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Healthcare Initiative Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Interfaith Works based?
- Interfaith Works is based in MD.
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