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← INTERFAITH AMERICA

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by INTERFAITH AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,293,673
Total expenses
$13,605,106
Contributions and grants received
$12,827,859
Grants paid
$1,908,185
Program service revenue
$949,584
Investment income
$496,255
Other revenue
$19,975
Total assets, end of year
$39,027,701
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,946,095
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$36,081,606
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,630,826
Management and general expenses
$1,962,015
Fundraising expenses
$1,012,265
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,630,826

Program services were 78.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $767,531

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,060,328

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,050,240

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CORPORATE CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $490,819 · related or exempt $490,819

  • 2b · Program service revenue: UNIVERSITY REVENUE

    total $356,300 · related or exempt $356,300

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

    total $67,074 · related or exempt $67,074

  • 2d · Program service revenue: HONORARIUMS

    total $35,391 · related or exempt $35,391

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $427,453 · excluded $427,453

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,858,116

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $3,789,314

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $68,802

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $68,802 · excluded $68,802

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $19,975 · excluded $19,975

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $19,975

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,425,933 · program services $1,425,933

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $482,252 · program services $482,252

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,733,872 · program services $2,014,631 · management and general $449,155 · fundraising $270,086

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,843,803 · program services $2,832,556 · management and general $631,508 · fundraising $379,739

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $172,211 · program services $127,159 · management and general $26,035 · fundraising $19,017

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $206,016 · program services $135,846 · management and general $43,450 · fundraising $26,720

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $479,484 · program services $344,467 · management and general $90,573 · fundraising $44,444

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,300 · management and general $54,300

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,410,437 · program services $1,166,997 · management and general $134,885 · fundraising $108,555

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,209,184 · program services $1,082,416 · management and general $107,552 · fundraising $19,216

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $231,326 · program services $113,551 · management and general $110,426 · fundraising $7,349

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $304,343 · program services $234,277 · management and general $46,287 · fundraising $23,779

  • 17 · Travel

    total $552,338 · program services $444,300 · management and general $37,901 · fundraising $70,137

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $93,351 · program services $61,368 · management and general $22,971 · fundraising $9,012

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $156,257 · program services $86,629 · management and general $69,628

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $50,276 · program services $10,466 · management and general $38,854 · fundraising $956

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $152,035 · program services $63,865 · management and general $59,792 · fundraising $28,378

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $47,688 · program services $4,113 · management and general $38,698 · fundraising $4,877

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,098,362 · end of year $5,340,000

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,520,706 · end of year $3,606,963

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $18,687,378 · end of year $21,391,286

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $278,543 · end of year $187,502

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,837,573 · end of year $2,260,077

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,835,145

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,228,885

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $394,906 · end of year $606,260

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,031,676 · end of year $5,635,613

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,728,093 · end of year $2,727,230

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $54,610 · end of year $115,365

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $29,000 · end of year $103,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,314,084 · end of year $10,334,097

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,723,357 · end of year $25,747,509

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

INTERFAITH AMERICA (IA) INSPIRES, EQUIPS, AND CONNECTS LEADERS AND INSTITUTIONS TO UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PARTNER WITH HIGHER EDUCATION TO ELEVATE THE CIVIC PRIORITY OF INTERFAITH.

  • CAMPUS: IA EQUIPS LEADERS ACROSS THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND SENIOR ADMINISTRATORS WITH RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ENACT PROGRAMS AND POLICIES THAT PROMOTE INTERFAITH ENGAGEMENT AND ADVANCE RELIGIOUS AND CIVIC PLURALISM. AS A RESULT OF NEW AND ONGOING INITIATIVES, IA NOW HAS A NETWORK OF 573 CAMPUSES THAT ARE ENGAGING OR HAVE ENGAGED SUBSTANTIVELY WITH IA PROGRAMS OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND ARE POSITIONED TO ADVANCE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE. IN FY24, IA STAFF MEMBERS PROVIDED CUSTOMIZED, DIRECT SUPPORT FOR DOZENS OF CAMPUSES, INCLUDING PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE COLLEGES, AND RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY IN RESPONSE TO CAMPUS PROTESTS IN THE WAKE OF OCTOBER 7 ATTACKS ON ISRAEL AND THE ENSUING WAR IN GAZA. ONE MAJOR OPPORTUNITY WAS THE INTERFAITH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT, IA'S FLAGSHIP CONVENING HELD AUGUST 2-4, 2024, WHERE NEARLY 500 STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS FROM 150 CAMPUSES GAINED PRACTICAL SKILLS, RESOURCES, AND CONNECTIONS FOR ADVANCING INTERFAITH COOPERATION AND BRIDGEBUILDING ON THEIR CAMPUSES.

    Expenses $4,281,787 · Grants $790,467 · Revenue $418,429

  • NARRATIVE: IA IS COMMITTED TO ELEVATING OUR MESSAGE OF HEALING AND HOPE AND FOSTERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO UNITE THROUGH SHARED VALUES AND PROJECTS. THROUGH DIVERSE STORYTELLING STRATEGIES, IA UPLIFTS THE WORK OF BRIDGEBUILDERS AND INTERFAITH LEADERS INCLUDING IA STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE EMERGING LEADERS NETWORK (ELN), STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, LOCAL AND NATIONAL THOUGHT LEADERS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL NARRATIVE WHERE MUTUAL RESPECT AND COOPERATION ACROSS DIFFERENCE ARE SOCIAL NORMS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN FY24, IA PUBLISHED 190 PIECES ON INTERFAITH AMERICA MAGAZINE, INCLUDING ARTICLES WRITTEN BY 99 MEMBERS OF THE IA NETWORK INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE ELN (WHICH NOW INCLUDES 2,248 MEMBERS FROM A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL SECTORS, RACIAL, ETHNIC AND CULTURAL IDENTITIES, AND WORLDVIEWS). ADDITIONALLY, IA PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN EXTERNAL NEWS OUTLETS; FEATURED THOUGHT LEADERS IN THE SECOND SEASON OF INTERFAITH AMERICA WITH EBOO PATEL; AND CREATED INSPIRING VIDEO OFFERINGS INCLUDE A MINI-DOCUMENTARY SERIES CALLED "UNITED WE BUILD," WHICH PREMIERED ON THE IA YOUTUBE CHANNEL IN JANUARY 2024.

    Expenses $3,264,905 · Grants $383,368 · Revenue $132,127

  • INNOVATION: IN OUR INNOVATION PROGRAM AREA, IA APPLIES LEARNINGS AND EXPERTISE FROM OUR WORK IN HIGHER EDUCATION TO NEW SECTORS AND CHANGING AND EVOLVING CONDITIONS. IA'S INNOVATION PROGRAMMING CENTERS PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT OF RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN A VARIETY OF SECTORS, INCLUDING HEALTHCARE AND HEALTH EDUCATION, THE GROWING BRIDGEBUILDING SECTOR, DEMOCRACY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND IN WORKPLACES AND CORPORATE SPACES AROUND THE COUNTRY. IA EQUIPS PARTNERS ACROSS THESE SECTORS WITH SKILLS, RESOURCES, AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS, EVENTS AND CONVENINGS, TRAININGS, STRATEGIC CONSULTATIONS, AND OTHER LEARNING RESOURCES. MANY OF THESE INITIATIVES HAVE NOW BECOME HALLMARKS OF OUR PROGRAMMING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE TEAM UP PROJECT, A COLLABORATION WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, AND Y-USA, SUPPORTS LOCAL LEADERS WITH GRANTS AND RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT SERVICE AND BRIDGEBUILDING PROJECTS, INSPIRING COMMUNITIES TO TAKE ACTION TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD. AT THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT IN SPRING 2024, WE ENGAGED AN ESTIMATED 2,100 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH THIS WORK.

    Expenses $3,084,134 · Grants $734,350 · Revenue $399,028

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sumreen Ahmad

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Bell

    SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cassidy Burns

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Toni Clark

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Foster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Good

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Griffith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brad Henderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Hinton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zina Jacque

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kabir Kumar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Sarowitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Trabian Shorters

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Stanton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Strautmanis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ebrahim Patel

    FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $522,505
    From this org
    $459,609
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,896
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $434,609
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $25,000
    Deferred
    $36,110
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,786
    Filer's total
    $522,505

  • Kathryn Baxter

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $269,221
    From this org
    $221,329
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,892
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,329
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,088
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,804
    Filer's total
    $269,221

  • Amber Hacker

    CHIEF OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS & CFO

    Total calculated
    $275,361
    From this org
    $219,941
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,420
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,941
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,820
    Filer's total
    $275,361

  • Mary Ellen Giess

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $266,924
    From this org
    $223,988
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,936
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,988
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,757
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,179
    Filer's total
    $266,924

  • Warwick Sabin

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $184,538
    From this org
    $158,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,326
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,212
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,659
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,667
    Filer's total
    $184,538

  • Rebecca Russo

    VICE PRESIDENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $179,179
    From this org
    $149,772
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,407
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,772
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,555
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,852
    Filer's total
    $179,179

  • Noah Silverman

    VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $182,000
    From this org
    $131,072
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,928
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,072
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,581
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,347
    Filer's total
    $182,000

  • Jenan Mohajir

    VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $186,087
    From this org
    $160,517
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,570
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,517
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,970
    Filer's total
    $186,087

  • Teresa Simon

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PRESIDENT'S STRATEGIC INITIATIV

    Total calculated
    $126,772
    From this org
    $108,123
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,649
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kevin Coval

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $179,809
    From this org
    $155,281
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,528
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,281
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,015
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,513
    Filer's total
    $179,809

  • Suzanne Henderson

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FAITH & HEALTH

    Total calculated
    $180,522
    From this org
    $142,367
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,155
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,367
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,855
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,300
    Filer's total
    $180,522

  • Megan Johnson

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $152,820
    From this org
    $139,588
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,232
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,588
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,746
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,486
    Filer's total
    $152,820

  • Angela Zonderman

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HR AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $154,907
    From this org
    $129,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,259
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,648
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,913
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,346
    Filer's total
    $154,907

  • Kristina Viera

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETINGS & C

    Total calculated
    $145,351
    From this org
    $129,571
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,780
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nadia Salam

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $142,771
    From this org
    $112,082
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,689
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
$25,000 TRAVEL ALLOWANCE IS GIVEN TO THE "FOUNDER & PRESIDENT" FOR HIS FAMILY TRAVEL. THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUDED IN HIS ANNUAL SALARY.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501399349301020

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