FAITH FIRST
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Plain text FAITH FIRST. Strategy Studio, nonprofit organization profile, tax years 2024–2025. https://strategystudio.org/org/854036862. Retrieved 2026-10-19.
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Retrieved 2026-10-19; covers tax years 2024–2025. Data: Strategy Studio, CC BY 4.0.
2025 · Form 990 · revenue $148K · expenses $185K · assets $47K
- EIN
- 85-4036862
- Address
- 141 14TH ST, PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950-2734
- Website
- www.livefaithfirst.org
- NTEE code
- X99
- Subsection
- 501(c)(3)
- Ruling year
- 2021
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
Goal of our cohort is to build strong relationships between pastors so that a diverse group of congregations can gather to serve their communities. We believe that divides are broken down with proximity. Our cohorts seek to bridge racial, political, denominational, generational and socio-economic divides within our churches and nation.
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).
People paid by the organization
2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Latest year pay | Total pay from here | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliot Sand | Executive Director | 2025 | $55,808 | $55,808 | 1 |
| Elliot Sands (former) | Executive Director | 2024 | $130,208 | $130,208 | 1 |
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
6 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage Foster | Director Chairperson | 2024-2025 | 10 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Joel Redmon | Director | 2024-2025 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Heather Kelley | Director | 2024-2025 | 2 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Daved Matas | Director | 2025 | 10 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Denee DeForest | Treasurer | 2025 | 10 | $0 reported | 1 |
| David Matas (former) | Director | 2024 | 10 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2025 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $56K · 2 employees
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliot Sand | Executive Director | 40 | $55,808 | $0 | $0 | $55,808 | 1 |
| Vintage Foster | Director Chairperson | 10 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Daved Matas | Director | 10 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Joel Redmon | Director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Heather Kelley | Director | 2 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Denee DeForest | Treasurer | 10 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2024 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $130K
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliot Sands | Executive Director | 40 | $130,208 | - | - | $130,208 | 1 |
| Vintage Foster | Director Chairperson | 10 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| David Matas | Director | 10 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Joel Redmon | Director | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Heather Kelley | Director | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
Who gave
Contributor names are not public for this form type.
Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.
Finances
Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $147,666 | $184,865 | $46,799 | $46,799 | $147,666 | $0 | $55,808 | 2 | - |
| 2024 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $190,959 | $171,669 | $83,997 | $83,997 | $190,896 | - | - | - | - |
Funders of this organization
3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $46,100 in all, tax years 2020 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2023-2024 | 2 | $25,100 | 2024 | $10,000 | show |
| CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2024 | 1 | $16,000 | 2024 | $16,000 | show |
| ARMANINO FOUNDATION | Private foundation | Fuzzy filed as “FAITH FIRST” | 2020 | 1 | $5,000 | 2020 | $5,000 | show |
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Where the money went
Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.
2025 · Form 990 · $184,865 spent · pay $135,495 · grants $0 · events $3,162
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wages | $61,262 | - | - | - | 33.1% | |
| Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees | $55,808 | - | - | - | 30.2% | |
| Advertising and promotion | $30,626 | - | - | - | 16.6% | |
| Payroll taxes | $18,425 | - | - | - | 10.0% | |
| All other expenses | $5,025 | - | - | - | 2.7% | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetings | $3,162 | - | - | - | 1.7% | |
| Insurance | $2,876 | - | - | - | 1.6% | |
| Other (as described) | Due Subscriptions | $2,211 | - | - | - | 1.2% |
| Fees: accounting | $1,876 | - | - | - | 1.0% | |
| Other (as described) | Donation Processing Fee | $1,578 | - | - | - | 0.9% |
| Information technology | $1,167 | - | - | - | 0.6% | |
| Travel | $456 | - | - | - | 0.2% | |
| Office expenses | $174 | - | - | - | 0.1% | |
| Other (as described) | Programs - Podcast Research | $144 | - | - | - | 0.1% |
| Other (as described) | Licenses Corp Fees | $75 | - | - | - | 0.0% |
| Total | $184,865 | 100% |
2024 · Form 990EZ · $171,669 spent · pay $154,619 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries, other pay and benefits | $154,619 | 90.1% | |
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $17,050 | 9.9% | |
| Total | $171,669 | 100% |