Maryland · Nonprofit
INTERFAITH WORKS
INTERFAITH WORKS (Maryland) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,244,002 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,292,631). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $24M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Interfaith Works does
Mission
Interfaith Works was established in 1972, and incorporated in 1978. Our mission is to support our neighbors in need by providing vital services and a pathway to greater stability. We provide emergency shelter, housing, clothing, food, financial assistance, and job placement services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During the year, interfaith began the advocacy program. See a description of this program under part iii, line 4d, other program services.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Homeless services: the Interfaith Works women's center (iwwc) is a low-barrier and housing-focused emergency shelter that serves adult women experiencing homelessness in montgomery county. Iwwc clients are provided with case management to connect them to a range of resources such as housing location, vocational services, medical, dental, mental health, and legal services.the iw overflow shelter (iwof) provides year-round low-barrier shelter for adults experiencing homelessness. Iwof case managers engage shelter clients and work to connect them with resources and housing.the iw empowerment center (iwec) is a year-round low-barrier day program for adults experiencing homelessness. The program provides a range of services and resources including outreach, case management, primary medical care, psychiatric services, legal services, therapeutic and recreational groups, as well as access to showers and laundry. The iwec houses the iw overflow shelter program, which is generally open from november-march.priscilla's house and becky's house are two separate permanent supportive housing programs that collectively serve sixteen women diagnosed with chronic physical and behavioral health…
$12,523,778 spentof which $2,415,919 as grants$73,737 earned by the program60% of program spendingInterfaith Works clothing center: since 1972, the Interfaith Works clothing center (iwcc) has been helping montgomery county low-income families by providing them with clothing and home goods at no charge. This enables them to focus their resources on food, rent, utilities, medicine, school supplies and other basic needs. Through this program, we provide the link between neighbors who have things they no longer need with neighbors who use these items to provide for their basic needs.
$6,937,105 spentof which $6,056,964 as grants$8,476 earned by the program33% of program spendingVocational services (vsp): vsp supports and empowers those who are unemployed or underemployed to develop life and career skills for long-term self-suffieciency. Vsp provides comprehensive, individualized support for low-income and homeless men and women, and strengthens the financial stability of individuals and families through employment-assisted programming. Vocational counselors work with clients until they successfully gain employment, and then for at least one year following placement. Through intensive, personalized one-on-one counseling and coaching sessions, our counselors empower success through employment.
$560,651 spentof which $116,821 as grants3% of program spendingConnections: Interfaith Works connections connects low-income montgomery county residents to essential resources. Fluent in both english and spanish, the resource coordinators conduct assessments to identify client needs and provide them with useful information and referrals to various services. Iw connections provides emergency financial assistance to people behind on rent, mortgage, or utility bills (pepco or washington gas). Clients may receive assistance once annually with a lifetime cap of three times.
$463,513 spentof which $221,067 as grants2% of program spendingEmergency assistance coalition (eac): the eac is a collaboration of compassionate humanitarian public and private agencies, congregations, and grassroots groups who deliver essential safety net services. The eac helps neighbors resolve a financial or personal crisis related to poverty, housing or food insecurity, homelessness, lack of health care or resources to meet basic needs. Eac services include intervention, financial assistance, referral, counselling, client education, moral support, and advocacy. Under iw management, the eac fills gaps, utilizes best practices, provides capacity building training, and facilitates communication and consultations to maintain a coordinated approach to delivering emergency assistance services.
$322,478 spentof which $28,678 as grants2% of program spendingAdvocacy: Interfaith Works staff met with municipal, state and county legislators and testified in public hearings to advocate for laws that benefit iw clients and funding for iw programs.
$16,469 spent0% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,823,994.
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 $3.4M to $6.5M (+91%).
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 35% · 2018 34% · 2019 31% · 2020 40% · 2021 51% · 2022 51% · 2023 55% · 2024 58% · 2025 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of INTERFAITH WORKS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Courtney Hall
CEO
Board chair
Debra Munk
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $279k → $581k.
12 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 WORKS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 75 funders by total. 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 WORKS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
63% 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 WORKS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 47% · 2019 29% · 2020 30% · 2021 29% · 2022 36% · 2023 16% — 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
44% of INTERFAITH WORKS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
54% of INTERFAITH WORKS'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 $2.4M that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 WORKS's revenue grew 97% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 127 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding INTERFAITH WORKS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.5M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$5.5M
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 WORKS
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 26 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Interfaith Housing Coalition (Ihc) · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERFAITH WORKS: 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 WORKS?
- INTERFAITH WORKS (Maryland) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,244,002 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,292,631). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INTERFAITH WORKS have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $5,244,002 in grants to INTERFAITH WORKS, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERFAITH WORKS?
- GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,292,631 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERFAITH WORKS 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.
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 75 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing