Interfaith Alliance Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
INTERFAITH ALLIANCE IS A GROWING NETWORK OF PEOPLE OF DIVERSE FAITHS AND BELIEFS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A RESILIENT DEMOCRACY AND FULFILL AMERICA'S PROMISE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND CIVIL RIGHTS NOT JUST FOR SOME, BUT FOR ALL. WE MOBILIZE POWERFUL COALITIONS TO CHALLENGE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM AND RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM, WHILE FOSTERING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE HEALTHY BOUNDARIES BETWEEN RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT. WE ADVOCATE AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT FOR AN EQUITABLE AND JUST AMERICA WHERE THE FREEDOMS OF BELIEF AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE ARE PROTECTED AND WHERE ALL PERSONS ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE.
- Income
- $2.7 million
- Spending
- $2.5 million
- Spent on programs
- 67%
- Reserves
- 9.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 96%
- Employees
- 12
- Volunteers
- 12
- Highest pay
- $253,000, president/ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 88 out of 100. Higher than 74% of charities in its peer group (religion, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 9.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 9% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 8% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 5% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1567% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 7 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 85% of charities in its peer group (religion, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2512 of 12 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $1.1 million spent. POLICY AND ADVOCACY - RECOGNIZING THE POWER OF CONGRESS AND STATE LEGISLATURES, THE EXECUTIVE, AND THE COURTS TO IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INTERFAITH ALLIANCE HAS BEEN THE ORGANIZATION AT THE TABLE THAT INSISTS THAT OUR LAWS REFLECT THE FULL RANGE OF RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY AND EXPERIENCES THAT MAKE OUR DEMOCRACY REAL. INTERFAITH ALLIANCE BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS WITH POLICYMAKERS AND COALITION PARTNERS ON THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVELS AND CONDUCTS ADVOCACY AND EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS TO REMIND POLITICAL LEADERS THAT THE MAJORITY OF RELIGIOUS PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THE RIGHTS OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES, ABORTION ACCESS, MARRIAGE EQUALITY, AND THE SACRED RIGHT TO VOTE ARE BOUND UP IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. WE SPECIFICALLY LED IN FAITH ORGANIZING AROUND LGBTQ+ EQUALITY, INCLUSIVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, FIGHTING HATE AND DISCRIMINATION, PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS, SUPPORTING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES, AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICEALL LADDERING UP TO DEMOCRACY.
- $578,782 spent. AFFILIATES AND PARTNERSHIPS - BELIEVING WITH JUSTICE BRANDEIS THAT "STATES ARE THE LABORATORIES OF DEMOCRACY," INTERFAITH ALLIANCE INVESTS IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL AFFILIATES AND NETWORKS IN SUCH STATES AS IOWA, COLORADO, WYOMING, NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA, TEXAS, AND FLORIDA. WE MOBILIZE AND RESOURCE COALITIONS OF CLERGY AND CIVIC LEADERS, ADVOCATES, ACTIVISTS, AND ALLIES, TRUSTING THAT LOCAL LEADERS KNOW BEST THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND CAN REACH AND INFLUENCE A BROAD RANGE OF CONSTITUENCIES. TO EXPAND THE PIPELINE OF LEADERS WITH THE CAPACITY FOR INTERFAITH ORGANIZING, IA LAUNCHED A COMPETITIVE PILOT PROGRAM, THE INTERFAITH LEADERSHIP NETWORK (ILN). WE SUPPORTED THE FORMATION OF 10 DIVERSE FAITH LEADERS WITH TRAINING, SKILL BUILDING, NETWORKS AND RESOURCES TO INITIATE PRO-DEMOCRACY PROJECTS IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THEY JOINED AFFILIATE LEADERS AND PARTNERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR A COMMUNITY AND SKILL BUILDING CONVENING IN D.C. THAT KICKED OFF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. INTERFAITH ALLIANCE LED FAITH FOR PRIDE, AN EFFORT THAT MOBILIZED 120+ NATIONAL AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK AGAINST ANTI-LGBTQ+ LEGISLATION; 50 FAITH FOR PRIDE EVENTS WERE HELD IN 19 STATES. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, INTERFAITH ALLIANCE CONVENED 60 INTERFAITH LEADERS IN MONTGOMERY, AL FOR A COUNTERING HATE SUMMIT THAT HIGHLIGHTED OUR INTERFAITH APPROACH TO CONFRONTING ANTISEMITISM AND ISLAMOPHOBIA AS WELL AS HATE OF OTHER KINDS, INCLUDING AGAINST LGBTQ PEOPLE AND RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES. A MAPPING PROJECT RESULTED IN A WHITE PAPER, COUNTERING HATE TOGETHER, THAT WAS WIDELY DISSEMINATED TO OUR NETWORKS. A MAJOR EFFORT THIS YEAR WAS DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS WITH CIVIC NATIONAL PARTNERS TO BRING A "RELIGION STRATEGY" TO THEIR WORK WHICH HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM AND ITS EFFORTS TO CONTROL PUBLIC POLICY. THESE GROUPS INCLUDE THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, PEN AMERICA, THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, DEMOCRACY FORWARD, AND THE BRENNAN LAW CENTER. IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2024 ELECTION, A DEFINING MOMENT IN THE FIGHT FOR PLURALISTIC DEMOCRACY AND AGAINST THE RISE OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM, INTERFAITH ALLIANCE DEVELOPED THE "DEMOCRACY IS IN THE BALANCE," A NON-PARTISAN, VALUES-DRIVEN ELECTION INITIATIVE. THIS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED NOT ONLY AS A TIMELY STRATEGY TO COUNTER THESE EMERGING THREATS BUT AS THE CORNERSTONE OF INTERFAITH ALLIANCE'S MISSION TO ACHIEVE DEMOCRACY TOGETHER. RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS ELECTION, THE INITIATIVE SOUGHT TO EDUCATE, MOBILIZE, AND RESPOND EFFECTIVELY, EMPHASIZING THE VALUES OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND DEMOCRACY PROTECTION.THE INITIATIVE'S STRATEGIC GOALS WERE AMBITIOUS, BUT EACH BENCHMARK WAS SURPASSED OVER THE COURSE OF 2024. WITH OVER 100,000 CONVERSATIONS WITH VOTERS, NUMEROUS VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON ELECTION-FOCUSED EVENTS, THE CREATION OF A MESSAGING GUIDE, AND SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PIVOTAL VICTORIES, THE PROGRAM SHOWCASED THE POWER OF ORGANIZED, INTERFAITH ACTION.
- EDUCATION, NARRATIVE, MEDIA ENGAGEMENT - MANY OF THE POLITICAL AND CULTURAL CONFLICTS PRESENT IN AMERICA INVOLVE THE QUESTION OF HOW RELIGION SHALL FUNCTION IN OUR SOCIETY. INTERFAITH ALLIANCE EMPLOYS ALL THE TOOLS OF COMMUNICATION AVAILABLE IN THIS TECHNOLOGICAL LADEN MOMENT, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, TARGETED EMAIL, CONTENT PRODUCTION AND A WEEKLY PODCAST, THE STATE OF BELIEF WHERE MAJOR LEADERS FROM VARIED SECTORS DISCUSS THE MOST PRESSING MORAL ISSUES OF THE DAY. WE BUILD INTEGRATED CAMPAIGNS WITH MESSAGES DESIGNED TO BREAK THROUGH NOISE, FRAME ISSUES AND OFFER LANGUAGE THAT GIVES PEOPLE HOPE AND INSPIRES MOBILIZATION AND COLLECTIVE ACTION. THROUGH THESE VARIED OUTLETS, INTERFAITH ALLIANCE REACHES MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 2003.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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