Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT
INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $337,204 to it, the largest being Universal Peace Federation USA Inc ($185,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $337k
- Net assets
- $553k
What Institute for Religious Freedom Summit does
Mission
To bring together a broad coalition of partners that passionately supports religious freedom around the globe for an annual two-day in-person event in washington, d.c. These 90+ partner organizations represent over 30 distinct faith traditions and are the core of the civil society movement to advance international religious freedom for everyone, everywhere, all the time.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The irf summit convenes a broad coalition of religious, civil society, and government leaders to advance the universal right to freedom of religion or belief for all people. Through its annual gathering in washington, d.c. And year-round initiatives around the world, the summit fosters collaboration, raises awareness of violations, and develops actionable strategies to address persecution and discrimination worldwide. By amplifying diverse voices and building partnerships, the summit directly supports its mission to protect and promote religious freedom as a fundamental human right.
$1,355,372 spent$266,164 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,355,372.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $385k to $561k (+45%).
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.
84% of INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Manus Churchill
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT’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
INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% 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
100% 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 INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT.
“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
98% of INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
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
INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT: 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 INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT?
- INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $337,204 to it, the largest being Universal Peace Federation USA Inc ($185,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $337,204 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT?
- Universal Peace Federation USA Inc is the largest funder on record, with $185,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUMMIT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 3 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