Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391135244
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Phone
- 4142769050
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Interfaith
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $125,722
- Expenses
- $142,460
- Assets
- $234,369
- Liabilities
- $195
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AHMED J QUERESHI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- AHMED J QUERESHI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- REV DAVID SIMMONS (CHAIR)
- PATRICIA MCFARLAND (VICE CHAIR)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
In september 2023, the interfaith conference adopted a new mission, vision, and core values statement: mission: the interfaith conference of greater milwaukee builds relationships among people of faith to promote greater understanding, dignity, and respect, and to advocate for the inclusion and acceptance of all.vision: we envision a strong, peaceful, and sustainable community where all are treated with justice, mutual respect, and dignity.connection: we listen and learn from one another as we build bridges of understanding and support. We stand with one another against hate, racism, and discrimination to promote a just community.community: we serve together to strengthen our communities and build relationships across diverse faith traditions and racial, cultural, ethnic, and generational divides.sustainability: we promote a sustainable environment that ensures future generations can thrive and enjoy all of god's creation.
What it reported doing in 2025
The interfaith conference continued its dinner dialogues, including dinners at habitat for humanity, marquette university, milwaukee repertory theater, and tricklebee caf, as well as at places of worship. On december 4, 2025, we held our 55th annual luncheon at marquette university's alumni memorial union. The keynote speakers from interfaith america were katie baxter, abbie haug, and ali khaleel; they spoke about "meeting the moment: engaging a new generation in interfaith leadership." streetlife communities received the rev. Herbert huebschmann urban ministry award; sister maccanon brown received the frank zeidler award; rev. Arthur ward received the mark rohlfing memorial award; and ian schmitt-ernst received the emerging leader award. More than 230 people attended.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% 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. 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: 53
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 56.3%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 46.9%; rating input score 47
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: -13.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 50.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 56.3% of revenue deployed · 46.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $67K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.