Michigan · Nonprofit
INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY
INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,798,963 to it, the largest being THE RONDA E STRYKER AND WILLIAM D JOHNSTON FOUNDATION ($2,410,250). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $897k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $604k
What Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy and Action in the Community does
Mission
Isaac is a faith-based community organizing group made up of congregations and organizations that unite in order to accomplish what cannot be done as individuals or single congregations. Together, we focus our collectively formed people-power on the most pressing issues of injustice in kalamazoo county.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Task forces with a focus on the most pressing issues of injustice in kalamazoo county.
$980,895 spentof which $253,442 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $980,895.
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 2022 to 2023, from $570k to $873k (+53%).
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 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $40k → $811k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY’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
INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
28% 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 INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 88% · 2019 93% · 2020 56% · 2021 72% · 2022 62% · 2023 63% — 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
60% of INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY'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
99% of INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $868k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
49%
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 INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY: 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 INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY?
- INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,798,963 to it, the largest being THE RONDA E STRYKER AND WILLIAM D JOHNSTON FOUNDATION ($2,410,250). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $3,798,963 in grants to INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY?
- THE RONDA E STRYKER AND WILLIAM D JOHNSTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,410,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERFAITH STRATEGY FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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