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Faith Forward

EIN 85-1602627 Chevy Chase, MD

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Revenue 2024
$264,118
Expenses 2024
$262,922

Program services were 96.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Street
5609 Grove Street

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Faith Forward is an interfaith network of people who advocate for policy positions that reflect our belief that each individual has equal worth in the eyes of the creator and therefore should have equal dignity under the law. We seek to educate, inspire, and organize people of faith to engage their government on behalf of the marginalized while we raise a prophetic voice and support candidates who reflect our values.

  • Voter Education: Support voter education by partnering with state and local faith leaders and organizations.

    Expenses $234,838 · Grants $222,500 · Revenue $250,000

  • Media Education: Host online events with religious leaders to help national and state media representatives understand the role of faith in democracy and elections.

    Expenses $12,168

  • Events and Marketing: Host online events to educate and inspire supporters and produce videos to educate faith voters.

    Expenses $7,170

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Wesley Grandberg-Michaelson

    trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Rachel Kobrin

    trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jill Wildenberg

    secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Steven Newcom

    treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Eli Valentin

    board chair emeritus

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Robert Taber

    trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Max Finberg

    chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Derrick Hawkins

    trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Fred Davie

    trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kevin Vanhook

    trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $264,118
    Expenses
    $262,922
    Contributions
    $264,118
    Grants paid
    $222,500

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $75,754
    Expenses
    $61,326
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,758

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $278,998
    Expenses
    $247,668
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,330

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2023

Tax period
1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023
Principal officer
Max Finberg
Mailing address
1279 Paces Forest Dr NWAtlanta GA 30327
Website
www.thefaithforward.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.