Maryland · Nonprofit
NEW WAYS MINISTRY INC
NEW WAYS MINISTRY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $537,191 to it, the largest being GILL FOUNDATION ($290,100). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $567k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $537k
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What New Ways Ministry Inc does
Mission
New Ways Ministry serves as a bridge between lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer (LGBTQ) Catholics and the institutional Church. Its most significant activities are educational programs about Catholicism, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Synodality and Webinar Programs: New Ways Ministry sponsored presentations and trainings about synodality for Catholic universities, religious communities, and parishes, as well as webinars about the papal conclave and the election of Pope Leo.
$55,408 spentof which $2,044 as grants$49,980 earned by the program22% of program spendingSocial Media: The Social Media or Digital Outreach Project includes a website, publication of a daily online journal on LGBTQ Catholic issues, multiple social media channels on Facebook., Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Youtube, and an email list.
$43,535 spentof which $1,606 as grants$35,000 earned by the program18% of program spendingSpirituality Program: The Spirituality program includes developing an archive of scriptural reflections based on the lectionary, by and for LGBTQ+ people. The program included creating a database of church leaders and pastoral ministries in LGBTQ+ friendly parishes.
$35,704 spentof which $1,314 as grants$22,440 earned by the program14% of program spendingWeaving the Journey: The Weaving the Journey project presents educational and supportive programs for lesbian nuns, congregational leaders, formation/vocation personnel and all congregations of women religious. This program included a retreat for lesbian and queer members of religious congregations at Siena Retreat Center in Racine, Wisconsin, Oct. 23-26, 2025, for 24 women religious and the publication of two newsletters with commentaries from the retreatants.
$33,449 spentof which $730 as grants$28,000 earned by the program14% of program spendingCatholic Parents Network: This project supports LGBTQ+ Catholics and their parents, as well as other interested persons. The Catholic Parents Network sponsored a retreat, September 5-7, 2025 at Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center in West Hartford, CT, facilitated by Dr. Lisa Fullam. 30 retreatants attended.
$29,655 spentof which $730 as grants$25,948 earned by the program12% of program spendingCMI Program: The CMI project supports spiritual development for gay priests, deacons, and men religious. This year the program included a zoom meeting in May and a retreat for gay priests, brothers, and deacons at Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center in West Hartford, CT, March 24-27, 2025.
$27,534 spentof which $730 as grants$16,700 earned by the program11% of program spendingNetworking: The Networking Project provides a means to network with other Catholic or LGBTQ organizations. New Ways Ministry networked with the Association of US Catholic Priests, Catholic Organizations for Renewal, Outreach, the Catholic Theological Society of America, and the American Academy of Religion.
$15,148 spentof which $292 as grants$5,025 earned by the program6% of program spendingInternational Program: The International Program promotes LGBTQ education and solicits information beyond the US. New Way Ministry's Executive Director represented the organization during the Vatican's Holy Year Jubilee in Rome. He walked through the Holy door at St. Peter's Basilica. More than a thousand LGBTQ+ people and friends attended.
$5,885 spentof which $146 as grants2% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $246,318.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $2.5M to $3.0M (+19%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Francis DeBernardo
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $22k → $131k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 NEW WAYS MINISTRY INC’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
NEW WAYS MINISTRY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 100% · 2021 76% · 2022 63% · 2023 57% — 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
50% of NEW WAYS MINISTRY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
NEW WAYS MINISTRY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like NEW WAYS MINISTRY INC
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEW WAYS MINISTRY INC?
- NEW WAYS MINISTRY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $537,191 to it, the largest being GILL FOUNDATION ($290,100). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW WAYS MINISTRY INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $537,191 in grants to NEW WAYS MINISTRY INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW WAYS MINISTRY INC?
- GILL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $290,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW WAYS MINISTRY INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 9 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