Faith In Action Inc.
Legal name: Faith in Action Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223603277
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Willingboro, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 609-701-1102
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $84,225
- Expenses
- $87,768
- Assets
- $3,717
- Liabilities
- $11,253
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dr Emelia Dean (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Dr Emelia Dean (Executive Director)
- Wilkins Joseph (Board Member)
- Nicole Duckery (Board Member)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Empowering communities through synergistic, actionable faith. Activating youth and young adults to lead, serve, and grow. Diving Deep. Rising Strong. Living Purpose.
What it reported doing in 2024
Income and expenses for regular programs (FIA Performing Arts and Summer Camp including, dance, theater, and music instruction, Mentoring program includes career and job readiness, life skills, character development, leadership development.) These programs are offered weekly and during the summer. FIA performed "Unlocking Courage", written and directed by Mr. Kareem Rogers and the summer and performing arts youth. The show ran 2x Friday morning, then Friday, Saturday, to an audience of approximately 250 per evening. FIA received $10,000 from Princeton Area Community Foundation and $3,000 from Burlington County. Faith In Action also partnered with the Willingboro Board of Education, Willingboro Recreation Department, houses of faith, schools, and community organizations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, and 45% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 34
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 34.1%; rating input score 34
- Program expense ratio: 32.7%; rating input score 33
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.2%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.03; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 34.1% of revenue deployed · 32.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.