Maryland · Nonprofit
BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION
BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $248,500 to it, the largest being Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy ($140,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $95k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $249k
- Net assets
- $660k
What Briggs Center for Faith and Action does
Mission
The briggs center for faith & action welcomes, supports, provides services for, and advocates on behalf of immigrants and refugees in the washington, d.c. Metro area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The briggs center for faith & action conducts three vibrant programs of ministry and service-a low-cost or no-cost legal immigration clinic, free esol classes, and hospitality program. The briggs center advocates for justice for immigrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers. The center partners with the individuals it serves to build spaces of trust and dignity. And the center offers meaningful ways for volunteers to make a difference. In 2025, the center provided free esol classes to over 100 adult learners. Approximately 20 volunteers lead 20 classes each week. The cost to the center for this program for 2025 was $42,923.64, which included the salary of the esol program director, personnel, books, and supplies. In 2025, the center provided legal advice and assistance to over 200 persons. The director of the program and a network of ten volunteers provided this support. The cost to the center for this program for 2025 was $107,862.47, which included the salary of the immigration program director, health insurance benefits, training, supplies, and software.
$231,428 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $231,428.
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 2017 to 2018, from $2.0M to $1.7M (−16%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 9 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.
Chief executive
Timothy Tutt
Executive director
Board chair
Robert Shue
President/chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $20k.
From the IRS filings of BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION’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
BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
57% 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 BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 88% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
57% of BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,869 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION: 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 BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION?
- BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $248,500 to it, the largest being Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy ($140,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $248,500 in grants to BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION?
- Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy is the largest funder on record, with $140,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIGGS CENTER FOR FAITH AND ACTION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2 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