Massachusetts · Nonprofit
A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE
A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $365,211 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($189,750). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $294k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $365k
- Net assets
- $652k
What A Faith That Does Justice does
Mission
A Faith that Does Justice, Inc. (AFTDJ) is an interfaith ministry, a community, and organization that is engaged in research, teaching, publication, and dialogue which, through prayer, reflection, education and practical action, is dedicated to transforming the social, political, educational, and economic structures of nations, society and planet Earth into structures, organizations, and lived situations that are humane and responsive to the needs of all God's people, especially the under resourced, oppressed and marginalized among us by providing support and solutions to neglected humanitarian and environmental needs in the twenty-first century.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
A Faith That Does Justice, Inc. offers Fire-Side Chats that are available electronically to the general public without charge. Fire-Side Chats feature prominent speakers who discuss issues of social relevance to Boston and society as a whole. Following the formal presentation, meeting participants have an opportunity to ask questions of these expert speakers. Recent Fire-Side Chats include Immigration, Refugees and Deportation.
$5,041 spent3% of program spendingFaith in Action - We offer a high-quality English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program to those in the Boston area who have recently arrived in the U.S. Our goal is to help the approximately 10% of Bostonians with limited English language proficiency obtain employment and integrate more fully into our community.
$84,288 spent50% of program spendingA Faith that Does Justice, Inc. uses electronic media to provide education on matters of faith and social justice to followers.
$57,164 spent34% of program spendingA Faith That Does Justice, Inc.'s Grab & Go Program provides a bag lunch to the underserved population on a weekly basis in two different locations.
$23,346 spent$169 earned by the program14% of program spendingA Faith That Does Justice, Inc. formerly provided a weekly Spanish Mass. After the passing of our founder, Fr. Peter Gyves, the mass was performed by a priest in another church in the fall of 2024. AFTDJ stopped advertising this mass in early 2025.
$123 spent0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $169,962.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $458k to $642k (+40%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
86% of A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $5k → $101k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
52% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 77% · 2019 50% · 2020 44% · 2021 50% · 2022 46% · 2023 49% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
67% of A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
52% of A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $175k that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $190k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE?
- A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $365,211 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($189,750). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $365,211 in grants to A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $189,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like A FAITH THAT DOES JUSTICE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing