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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FAITH IN ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,227
Total expenses
$455,057
Contributions and grants received
$553
Grants paid
$160,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,663
Other revenue
$11
Total assets, end of year
$832,644
Total liabilities, end of year
$128,084
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$704,560
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$299,181
Management and general expenses
$94,984
Fundraising expenses
$60,892
Program service expenses (Part III)
$299,181

Program services were 65.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $553

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,663 · excluded $3,663

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $11 · excluded $11

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $11

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $160,000 · program services $160,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $71,854 · program services $38,322 · management and general $16,766 · fundraising $16,766

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,280 · program services $2,282 · management and general $999 · fundraising $999

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $132 · program services $70 · management and general $31 · fundraising $31

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,992 · program services $2,664 · management and general $1,164 · fundraising $1,164

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,288 · management and general $6,288

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,211 · management and general $27,211

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $595 · management and general $595

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,842 · program services $6,316 · management and general $2,763 · fundraising $2,763

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $205 · program services $109 · management and general $48 · fundraising $48

  • 17 · Travel

    total $57,504 · program services $30,669 · management and general $13,417 · fundraising $13,418

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $110,154 · program services $58,749 · management and general $25,702 · fundraising $25,703

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,163,690 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $830,944

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,700

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,700 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $128,084

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $814,063 · end of year $704,560

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $341,327 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FAITH IN ACTION FUND IS DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES OF FAITH AND ADVANCING SOCIAL JUSTICE. THE MISSION OF THE FUND IS TO: - EMPOWER PEOPLE OF FAITH IN STATES AND CITIES TO ORGANIZE AND DEVELOP THEIR POWER, HOLDING ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE TO SERVE THE COMMON GOOD OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS. - CLOSE RACIAL AND GENERATIONAL GAPS IN VOTER PARTICIPATION. - EXPAND ACCESS TO VOTING BY CHALLENGING RESTRICTIVE LAWS, SUCH AS VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS. - REIMAGINE VOTER ENGAGEMENT THROUGH OUR INNOVATIVE STRATEGY, FLIPPING THE FORMULA, WHICH CENTERS PEOPLE OF COLOR, ENSURING THAT EVERY PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND EVERY VOTE HAS EQUAL VALUE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES OF FAITH AND ADVANCING SOCIAL JUSTICE.

  • THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS AND SUPPORTS ACTIVITIES AND ENGAGES PEOPLE OF FAITH IN EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE POVERTY, PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION AND INCREASE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISADVANTAGED POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATED.FAITH IN ACTION FUND'S FLIPPING THE FORMULA INITIATIVE ADVANCED CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND EQUITABLE VOTER ENGAGEMENT AMONG COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, LOW-INCOME VOTERS, AND YOUNG PEOPLE. THROUGH COORDINATED VOTER REGISTRATION, EDUCATION, AND MOBILIZATION CAMPAIGNS, FEDERATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES INCREASED TURNOUT AND REDUCED BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION. EFFORTS FOCUSED ON NONPARTISAN VOTER PROTECTION, OUTREACH IN UNDERREPRESENTED NEIGHBORHOODS, AND RELATIONAL ORGANIZING ROOTED IN FAITH COMMUNITIES. FAITH IN ACTION FUND TRAINED AND SUPPORTED EMERGING LEADERS OF COLOR TO SERVE AS POLITICAL STRATEGISTS, CAMPAIGN ORGANIZERS, AND CIVIC EDUCATORS. THE POLITICAL LEADS PROGRAM BUILT LEADERSHIP PIPELINES THAT REFLECT COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND MORAL VALUES, EQUIPPING PARTICIPANTS TO DRIVE POLICY CHANGE AND VOTER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES AT LOCAL AND STATE LEVELS. GRADUATES FROM THE PROGRAM CONTRIBUTED TO HELPING SHAPE NARRATIVES AND MOBILIZE COMMUNITIES AROUND JUSTICE-CENTERED AGENDAS. THESE LEADERSHIP INVESTMENTS CONTINUE TO EXPAND REPRESENTATIVE LEADERSHIP AND LONG-TERM POWER WITHIN DIVERSE FAITH NETWORKS NATIONWIDE.

    Expenses $299,181 · Grants $160,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Molly Shack

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Baumann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zachary Hoover

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nanci Palacios

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Henry Goldstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pastor Heyward Wiggins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Johana Bencomo

    PRESIDENT (THRU SEPT)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kendra Cochran

    DIRECTOR (THRU MID-NOV)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ronald White

    DIRECTOR (THRU MID-NOV)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Barnes

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEG DECEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $51,405
    From this org
    $44,096
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,309
    Hours/week
    20

  • Andrea Marta

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU NOVEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $20,448
    From this org
    $13,369
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,079
    Hours/week
    20

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349310995

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