Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363482724
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Plymouth, MN, USA
Phone
7634897500
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Interfaith

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,763,601
Expenses
$11,347,576
Assets
$20,273,611
Liabilities
$539,053

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEVIN WARD (PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • KEVIN WARD (PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $301,884 total reported compensation
  • AMY BLAZ (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS): $167,389 total reported compensation
  • JODI TROST (DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR): $157,763 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To strengthen our community by meeting basic needs and equipping individuals and families for ongoing stability.

What it reported doing in 2025

Basic needs: interfaith outreach and community partners (iocp) provides holistic services that help our community meet basic needs and support individuals and families on their path to long-term stability. In fy26, 1,910 households partnered with iocp to access essential resources such as food, clothing, and information. In the 2026 fiscal year we helped a total of 2,018 households. This number represents unduplicated households as families can receive services in multiple areas.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 59% for direct work, and 41% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.79; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.6% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $8.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $302K · 19 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.