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INTERFAITH AMERICA

EIN 30-0212534 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$36,915,421
Expenses 2024
$19,136,896

Program services were 81.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X90
Classification
1700
Street
141 W JACKSON BLVD STE 3200

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

Interfaith America (IA) activates leaders to advance pluralistic values within their spheres of influence, which will in turn drive change in frameworks, policies, and practices across influential American institutions.

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 from senior administrators, educators, and students with resources and opportunities to enact programs and policies that shift norms in higher education, such that pluralism becomes a dominant paradigm for a thriving, diverse campus culture, equipping students with the bridge building skills to live and lead in a diverse democracy. As a result of new and ongoing initiatives, IA now has a network of 652 campuses that are engaging or have engaged substantively with IA programs over the past 3 years (using calendar years 2023-2025) and are positions to advance institutional change. In FY25, IA staff members provided customized, direct support for 11 campuses, including public institutions, private colleges, and religiously affiliated schools. One major opportunity was the Interfaith Leadership Summit, IA's flagship convening held August 8-10, 2025, where 484 students and educations from 138 campuses gained practical skills, resources, and connections for advancing interfaith cooperation and bridge building on their campuses.

    Expenses $7,810,496 · Grants $1,849,492 · Revenue $573,731

  • Innovation: IA works to strengthen America's civic landscape by building a culture of social cohesion and fortifying democratic institutions. Through trainings, convenings, grants and fellowships, and network engagement, IA carried out programs that activate, equip, and support faith and community leaders to advance pluralism, decrease polarization, and support our diverse democracy. The Team Up Project - our partnership with Catholic Charities, Habitat for Humanity International, and YMCA of the USA - IA supported bridge building initiatives in communities nationwide and helped to embed pluralism skills and resources through our partners' institutional frameworks. IA's Vote is Sacred Fellowship and Faith in Elections Playbook, together with other resources, encouraged nonpartisan, democratic participation and actionable steps to work together for the common good. The Emerging Leaders Network (ELN) grew to over 2,300 members, and IA offered members a range of convenings, trainings, fellowships, grants, and workshops to refine and expand their pluralism and interfaith leadership skills. This support included several Interfaith at Work Cohorts, which provided a space for members of the ELN to build relationships with other professionals in their sector who are interested in leveraging diversity and promoting cooperation. IA works across the business landscape to build leadership skills to drive religious inclusion and cooperation in the workplace. This includes creating learning experiences and tools to engage diversity in new ways, conversations and keynotes to inspire a commitment to pluralism, bespoke leadership development experiences, and opportunities for professionals to interact with and learn from peers in other industries. IA also hosts regular roundtable events to inspire senior leaders, advance IA's thought leadership in the workplace, and grow our network. Each roundtable convenes senior leaders for intimate, closed-door discussions that examine a pressing issue in the workplace related to religious diversity. IA's Workplace efforts include a particular focus on health-related organizations. Health professionals have increasingly recognized the significant potential of engaging diverse religious and spiritual identities and traditions to improve health outcomes for all. Despite this positive potential, however, research shows that clinicians and other health leaders often lack the knowledge and skills to engage religious diversity effectively.

    Expenses $5,575,415 · Grants $1,320,236 · Revenue $409,550

  • Narrative: IA's narrative and message of pluralism is a critical part of organizational strategy. By sharing stories of successful cooperation across differences, IA inspires others to act and provide models for others to emulate! Efforts to create a social norm of cooperation across difference through storytelling drives our thought leadership strategy. IA also aids a variety of outlets for individuals outside of our organization to become ambassadors for pluralism. Our efforts to cultivate the thought leadership of others emerges from all program areas and elevates a range of voices including academics and intellectuals, senior leaders, and emerging leaders across the American civic landscape. IA curates these voices and perspectives through an online web hub called IA Today, multimedia storytelling, social media outreach, and email communications.

    Expenses $2,133,075 · Grants $505,103 · Revenue $156,688

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.

  • Cassidy Burns

    Finance Committee Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Frederique Hartog-Levin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Green

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Good

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kabir Kumar

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Dana Hinton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Strautmanis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Bell

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sumreen Ahmad

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Griffith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Toni Clark

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • William Foster

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zina Jacque

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Phillps

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $326,750
    From this org
    $275,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,327
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $260,423
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,056
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,271
    Filer's total
    $326,750

  • Amber Hacker

    Chief of External Affairs & Chief Financial Officer/ Treasurer to the BOD

    Total calculated
    $320,523
    From this org
    $258,229
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,294
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,229
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,755
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,539
    Filer's total
    $320,523

  • Ebrahim Patel

    FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $593,215
    From this org
    $530,006
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,209
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $470,006
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $30,000
    Deferred
    $36,946
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,263
    Filer's total
    $593,215

  • Jenan Mohajir

    Vice President of External Affairs

    Total calculated
    $212,285
    From this org
    $183,371
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,914
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,371
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,508
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,406
    Filer's total
    $212,285

  • Kathryn Baxter

    Chief Impact Officer & Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $306,823
    From this org
    $256,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,815
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $241,008
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,181
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,634
    Filer's total
    $306,823

  • Mary Ellen Giess

    Chief Program Officer

    Total calculated
    $306,450
    From this org
    $259,253
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,197
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $244,253
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,844
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,353
    Filer's total
    $306,450

  • Noah Silverman

    Vice President of Strategic Communications

    Total calculated
    $216,391
    From this org
    $166,425
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,966
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,425
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,253
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,713
    Filer's total
    $216,391

  • Rebecca Russo

    Vice President of Higher Education Strategy

    Total calculated
    $219,896
    From this org
    $185,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,915
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,981
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,848
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,067
    Filer's total
    $219,896

  • Kevin Coval

    Senior Advisor

    Total calculated
    $187,695
    From this org
    $157,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,887
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,808
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,698
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,189
    Filer's total
    $187,695

  • Megan Johnson

    Sr. Director of Corporate Strategy

    Total calculated
    $163,888
    From this org
    $150,152
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,736
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,152
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,109
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,627
    Filer's total
    $163,888

  • Angela Zonderman

    Senior Director of HR and Operations

    Total calculated
    $166,188
    From this org
    $140,129
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,059
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,129
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,414
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,645
    Filer's total
    $166,188

  • Chrisopher Portman

    Senior Advisor of Institutional Advancement

    Total calculated
    $171,353
    From this org
    $129,744
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,609
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,744
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,504
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,105
    Filer's total
    $171,353

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $36,915,421
    Expenses
    $19,136,896
    Contributions
    $35,251,770
    Grants paid
    $3,674,831
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,293,673
    Expenses
    $13,605,106
    Contributions
    $12,827,859
    Grants paid
    $1,908,185
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $22,773,353
    Expenses
    $14,001,364
    Contributions
    $22,204,346
    Grants paid
    $2,112,611

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

    Revenue
    $14,394,776
    Expenses
    $13,271,663
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,794,305

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,230,356
    Expenses
    $10,294,604
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,416,296

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,800,645
    Expenses
    $7,957,535
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,504,366

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,501,527
    Expenses
    $7,098,100
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,015,867

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,378,364
    Expenses
    $7,243,957
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,520,299

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,464,691
    Expenses
    $6,458,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,598,808

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,562,294
    Expenses
    $6,478,688
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,127,980

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.

Grants made

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

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Grants received

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

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

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.