Interfaith Peace-builders

Overview

Mission

Interfaith peace-builders, doing business as eyewitness palestine, is a transformational education program that inspires participants to be accountable lifelong social justice advocates in the palestine solidarity movement and within their own communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Delegation program - organized in-person delegations on two-week educational trips to palestine and israel. Delegations emphasized meetings with israeli and palestinian grassroots and advocates who live there. Also organized virtual delegations (begun during covid) with similar program content, but on-line instead of in-person. Specifically, organized 21 virtual tours and webinars attended by 15,583 people that were led by palestinians and israelis advocating for peace with justice, and 1 (one) in-person delegation to palestine and israel. In-person educational tours focused on meetings with palestinians and israelis advocating for peace with justice.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
030598184
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2007
Headquarters
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2024461475
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Promotion of International Understanding
Affiliation
Interfaith

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.8%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 75.7%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $34.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.4%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.8% of revenue deployed · 75.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $447K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $127K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 9 annual filings from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • NANCY MANSOUR-LEIGH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $126,751 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.