Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION
METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $213,676 to it, the largest being RECONCILING MINISTRIES NETWORK ($110,281). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $394k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $214k
- Net assets
- $513k
What Methodist Federation for Social Action does
Mission
MFSA mobilizes, leads and sustains a progressive United Methodist movement that energizes people to be agents of God's Justice, Peace and Reconciliation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Education and Outreach - Working primarily through the ministries of the United Methodist Church, MFSA supports and augments peace and justice ministries at the local, conference, and national levels. As an independent organization, we call our Church to expand its understanding of the radical call of the gospel to be the inclusive, justice-seeking, risk-taking body of Christ.
$139,127 spent$139,127 earned by the program34% of program spendingCoalition Building - MFSA works in and through the United Methodist Church to promote and protect people's rights. For example, MFSA is a member of the LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR COALITION made up of thirteen United Methodist partner organizations dedicated to work together around the intersections of common justice issues and shared values.
$109,294 spent$109,294 earned by the program26% of program spendingGeneral and Jurisdictional Conference - Every 4 years the United Methodist Church holds its General and Jurisdictional Conferences, A time for delegates to make decisions for the world-wide denomination and then to elect Bishops to govern regions of the United States. MFSA has a presence at both General and Jurisdictional Conferences to advocate and hold delegates accountable to progressive theological statements.
$160,754 spent$160,754 earned by the program39% of program spendingOther Programs - For Example - Queer Clergy Support where MFSA is a fiscal agent for the United Methodist Queer Clergy Caucus Organization
$4,025 spent$4,025 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $413,200.
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 2020 to 2021, from $396k to $532k (+34%).
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.
97% of METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Bridget Cabrera
Executive Director
Board chair
William Watts
Treasurer and Financial Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $16k → $40k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL 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
METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 89% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 33% — 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.
Where its funders are
METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $68k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION?
- METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $213,676 to it, the largest being RECONCILING MINISTRIES NETWORK ($110,281). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $213,676 in grants to METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION?
- RECONCILING MINISTRIES NETWORK is the largest funder on record, with $110,281 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METHODIST FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL ACTION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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