New York, NY

INTER-RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION INC

EIN 13-2590548

Community & Economic Development Community Foundations & Local Giving Communities of color

Mission

IFCO’s mission is to support marginalized communities by advancing human and civil rights, acting as a bridge between faith communities and grassroots groups, and providing tools, training, grants and solidarity to promote justice and self-determination.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About INTER-RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION INC

The Inter-Religious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), founded in 1967, is a national interfaith foundation that supports grassroots community organizations, especially those led by people of color, through grants, fiscal sponsorship, training and international solidarity work. IFCO operates programs including fiscal sponsorship, a medical scholarship program (ELAM) for U.S. students, and Pastors for Peace / Friendshipment humanitarian and solidarity campaigns focused on Cuba, Latin America and the global south. In recent years the organization has continued grantmaking, fiscal sponsorships, public education events, and international advocacy, and it maintains current public-facing communications and fundraising channels.

Notable achievements

Founding milestone (1967)

Established in 1967, IFCO is historically noted as one of the first national foundations led by people of color and has sustained decades of organizing, grantmaking and interfaith solidarity work.

Longstanding humanitarian solidarity (Pastors for Peace / Friendshipment)

For decades IFCO’s Pastors for Peace / Friendshipment initiatives have organized shipments, aid caravans and people-to-people exchanges to deliver humanitarian assistance and build international solidarity with communities in Cuba, Mexico, Haiti and the Caribbean.

ELAM scholarship & fiscal sponsorship programs

IFCO administers scholarships for low-income U.S. students to study at Cuba’s Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) and provides fiscal sponsorship and administrative support that channels funds to grassroots community organizations and campaigns.

At a glance

Total assets: $2.2M
Annual revenue: $1.5M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 13-2590548
Location: New York, NY
Website: ifconews.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Operates as a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit and regularly files public Form 990 returns.

Maintains an active official website and public communications channels describing current programs, scholarship cycles and solidarity campaigns.

Documented and referenced in nonprofit data platforms and in public advocacy/UN stakeholder submissions for its international solidarity and human-rights work.

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