Pensacola Area Interfaith Justice Ministry
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
We are a coalition of 17 faith congregations to empower our community through research, training, and direct action, to address root causes of poverty and injustice.
- Income
- $85,465
- Spending
- $155,911
- Reserves
- 5.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $77,000, lead organizer and director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 57 out of 100. Higher than 33% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 5.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 82% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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)
- $9,240 spent. Hosted 42 house meetings attended by approximately 400 people to build community power to address affordable housing problems and improve the civil citation program. These meetings resulted in a combined action meeting on May 6, 2025, of over 700 people to ask county commissioners to allocate parcels of surplus land to a community land trust. Then these parcels are available to be developed into affordable housing for residents living below 80% of area median income.
- $5,560 spent. Send 14 members of clergy and local community leaders to training seminars by the DART center, to promote and continue action on community justice initiatives, in fulfillment of Micah 6:8.
- $2,130 spent. Host Community Problem Assembly on October 25, 2025, with over 250 people, to discuss three or more community justice problems, and to select the issue of rising mental health problems in Escambia County to be our primary focus in the years 2026 and 2027, without abandoning previous initiatives in affordable housing and civil citations.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2021 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on May 15, 2021.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2022.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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