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Faith in Action Network
Washington, DC · EIN 94-2206497. Reported 122 grants totalling $31.2M to 62 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Faith in Action Network, the IRS classifies it under community improvement rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE S21Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 62 distinct organizations, with 22% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 47% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $97,500. Half of what it reported fell between $29,798 and $201,155; the smallest was $5,100 and the largest $6,794,752. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empower Initiative | Oakland, CA | $6,794,752 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Foundation for Social Impact | Little Rock, AR | $1,849,730 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Initiatives | Oakland, CA | $1,766,408 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Faith in Florida | Orlando, FL | $1,706,809 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Faith in Action Fund | Washington, DC | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pico California | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Power Interfaith | Harrisburg, PA | $1,494,038 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Faithfully Organizing Resources for Community Empowerment Detroit | Detroit, MI | $937,715 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Isaiah | Saint Paul, MN | $750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Neighborhood Ministries Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $672,490 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Together Colorado | Denver, CO | $666,365 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Ohio Organzing Collaborative | Youngstown, OH | $653,533 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Actionn | Sparks, NV | $624,037 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| L a Voice | Los Angeles, CA | $582,765 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oco | Oakland, CA | $572,951 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sacramento Area Congregations Together | Sacramento, CA | $572,217 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Inland Congregation United for Change Sponsoring Committee Inc | Sn Bernrdno, CA | $540,730 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Power Coalition for Equity and Justice | New Orleans, LA | $490,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Faith in Action Bay Area | San Carlos, CA | $488,671 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Faith in New York Inc | Corona, NY | $485,613 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Michigan Faith in Action | Flint, MI | $473,265 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nm Comunidades En Accion Y De Fe | Las Cruces, NM | $472,178 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Live Free Chicago | Chicago, IL | $467,146 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| San Diego Organizing Project | San Diego, CA | $460,418 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Faith in Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $381,454 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Georgia Project Incorporated | Atlanta, GA | $334,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Faith in Action Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $325,650 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ab Partners Pbc | New York, NY | $310,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights | Los Angeles, CA | $271,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Faith in Texas - Pico | Dallas, TX | $244,294 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mission Talk Inc | Orlando, FL | $229,190 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Faith in New Jersey Inc | Rahway, NJ | $226,264 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vermont Interfaith Action Inc | Burlington, VT | $206,444 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | Oakland, CA | $205,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Peoples Action Institute | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Faith in Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $183,873 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Granite State Organizing Project | Manchester, NH | $182,088 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Faith in Florida Inc | Orlando, FL | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Communities Action Network Inc | Framingham, MA | $146,667 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| True North Organizing Network | Eureka, CA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California Calls Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| People Acting in Community Together Inc | San Jose, CA | $96,049 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance Inc | Garden Grove, CA | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Marathon Economic Development Group | Dallas, TX | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| UC Merced | Meced, CA | $86,875 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| One Voice | Jackson, MS | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Memphis Artists for Change | Memphis, TN | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Acce Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Congregation Action Network | Washington, DC | $45,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Detroit Public Safety Foundation | Detroit, MI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Corazon Az | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute of the Black World 21ST Century Inc | East Elmhurst, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy | Richmond, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Long Beach Ico | Long Beach, CA | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Voice Buffalo Inc | Buffalo, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Missouri Faith Voices | Jefferson City, MO | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Georgia Conservation Voters Education Fund Inc | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Georgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc | Decatur, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Border Institute | El Paso, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rochester Alliance of Communities Transforming Society Inc | Rochester, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe & Just Michigan | Lansing, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Great Lakes Urban Empowerment Center | Milwaukee, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
32 of 62 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 44 of 62 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 41 | $15.5M | $138,873 |
| 2021 | 4 | $393,073 | $98,500 |
| 2022 | 32 | $12.2M | $125,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $1,734,838 | $40,000 |
| 2024 | 21 | $1,379,517 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
46% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $97,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Faith in Action Network's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 21 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1616 P Street Nw 103, Washington, DC, 20036.
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