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Eboo Patel earns fourth consecutive NPT top 50 honor
The Interfaith America founder is recognized for advancing religious pluralism and civic cooperation across the US.
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Malvika Choudhary - Thu, 13, Aug 2026
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Interfaith America founder and president Eboo Patel was named to The NonProfit Times’ Power and Influence Top 50 for the fourth consecutive year.
The annual recognition highlights Patel’s work promoting pluralism as a way to address polarization and division, and comes as religious diversity remains a central part of debates over civic life and democratic participation.
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Patel was also recently cited by the George W. Bush Institute for his work advancing cooperation across differences. He was additionally elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a prominent national honor recognizing achievement in scholarship, the arts and civic leadership.
The list also includes three leaders who have worked with Interfaith America on religious pluralism- Michael Murray of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Suzanne McCormick of the YMCA of the USA and Jonathan Reckford of Habitat for Humanity International.
McCormick and Reckford work with Interfaith America through the Team Up Project, an initiative focused on incorporating pluralism practices into organizations serving communities across the country.
The NonProfit Times honorees will be recognized at the NPT Power and Influence Top 50 Gala in Washington, D.C., in September.
Patel founded Interfaith America in 2002 with the premise that religious differences can serve as a bridge for cooperation rather than a source of division. The Chicago-based nonprofit has since grown into a national organization working across campus, civic and corporate sectors to develop leaders and strengthen interfaith engagement.
Patel served on former President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Faith Council and has delivered hundreds of keynote addresses. He is the author of five books, including We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy.
An Ashoka Fellow, Patel holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
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