A Faith That Does Justice

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814298312
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
7742660315
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support
Affiliation
Interfaith

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$294,187
Expenses
$233,560
Assets
$691,261
Liabilities
$39,273

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Thomas Dwyer (Director and President)
  • Thomas Massaro SJ (Director and Vice President)
  • William J Sheehan (Director and Former President)

People named in this filing

  • Thomas Dwyer (Director and President)
  • Damian Esparza (Director)
  • Rabbi Jameson Greene (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A Faith that Does Justice, Inc. (AFTDJ) is an interfaith ministry, a community, and organization that is engaged in research, teaching, publication, and dialogue which, through prayer, reflection, education and practical action, is dedicated to transforming the social, political, educational, and economic structures of nations, society and planet Earth into structures, organizations, and lived situations that are humane and responsive to the needs of all God's people, especially the under resourced, oppressed and marginalized among us by providing support and solutions to neglected humanitarian and environmental needs in the twenty-first century.

What it reported doing in 2025

A Faith That Does Justice, Inc. offers Fire-Side Chats that are available electronically to the general public without charge. Fire-Side Chats feature prominent speakers who discuss issues of social relevance to Boston and society as a whole. Following the formal presentation, meeting participants have an opportunity to ask questions of these expert speakers. Recent Fire-Side Chats include Immigration, Refugees and Deportation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.1%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 72.8%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $16.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.6%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.96; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.1% of revenue deployed · 72.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $170K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.