Illinois · Nonprofit
Interfaith Worker Justice
Interfaith Worker Justice (Illinois) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,981,778 to it, the largest being PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION INC ($800,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $15
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $49k
What Interfaith Worker Justice does
Mission
To advance the rights of workers by engaging diverse faith communities into action, from grassroots organizing to shaping policy at the local, state and national levels. They envision a nation where all workers enjoy the rights to: (continued on Schedule O)* Wages, health care, and pensions that allow workers to raise families and retire with dignity* Safe working conditions* Organize and bargain collectively to improve wages, benefits, and conditions without harassment, intimidation, or retaliation* Equal protection under labor law - regardless of immigration status - and an end to the practice of pitting immigrant and U.S.-born workers against one another* Fair and just participation in a global economy that promotes the welfare of both domestic and foreign workers
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
IWJ works to accomplish its mission with the following strategies:Public policy education and advocacy on issues that will improve the rights of working people; Support worker campaigns that seek to improve wages and working conditions; Technical assistance and training to its network of more than 60 affiliated organizations; Programs for future religious leaders looking to gain practical experience in putting their faith in action for justice; Educational materials and resources for religious communities, leaders, congregations and individuals to support economic justice issues.
$187,429 spentof which $165,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $187,429.
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 $1.5M to $1.0M (−29%).
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: 2017 6% · 2018 18% · 2020 2% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of Interfaith Worker Justice’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. 5 of the last 6 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 narrowed from 13 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $756k → $4k.
3 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 Worker 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
Interfaith Worker Justice leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
36% 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 Worker Justice.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 55% · 2019 87% · 2020 63% · 2021 92% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
12% of Interfaith Worker Justice's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
Interfaith Worker Justice draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $433k 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 Worker Justice's revenue fell 100% between 2017 and 2022.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,731 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Government funding Interfaith Worker Justice receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $155k on record.
- Department of Labor$155k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Interfaith Worker 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 17 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Interfaith Worker 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 Interfaith Worker Justice?
- Interfaith Worker Justice (Illinois) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,981,778 to it, the largest being PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION INC ($800,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Interfaith Worker Justice have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,981,778 in grants to Interfaith Worker Justice, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Interfaith Worker Justice?
- PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Interfaith Worker Justice find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 19 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