Washington Interfaith Network

Washington Interfaith Network (WIN) is a long-time grant recipient of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, having received over $400,000 in grants across nine grant cycles dating back to 2009. The CCHD’s relationship with WIN runs even deeper than grant giving as the recently retired CCHD grant specialist Randy Keesler (WIN’s leadership profile of Keesler indicates that he retired from the CCHD in the Fall of 2023) held leadership roles with WIN at least as far back as 2017. This article from 2017 quotes Keesler and describes him as a WIN leader:

In December of 2017, IAF quoted Keesler – as the head of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church’s social justice ministry (a member congregation of WIN) – indicating that the project indicated above was spearheaded by WIN.

In November of 2018, Keesler is again identified as the chairman for social justice at Holy Redeemer which is also identified as a member of WIN.

On 9 November 2020, Keesler is identified by WIN as a “WIN Leader” is a video post showing Keesler wearing a blue WIN t-shirt.

Keesler’s involvement with WIN from 2017-2020 is significant because it shows a clear history within the CCHD of a direct conflict of interest when it comes to clearing the organization for funding.  Until his retirement in the fall of 2023, Keesler was the CCHD’s grant specialist for Area C, which covers his own territory – the District of Columbia.

The most recent CCHD grant for WIN is $25,000 for the 2026 grants cycle.

WIN describes itself as a 45-member grass roots organization that works primarily on issues deeply affecting Washington, DC residents such as affordable housing, public safety and youth opportunities. Unfortunately, our investigation shows that members of the leadership team of WIN, including the executive director, have extensive ties to LGBT and transgender activism and so called “reproductive justice,” which is just a euphemism for abortion advocacy. One member of WIN’s strategy team, to be detailed shortly, is even noted by WIN for his previous work with Planned Parenthood and current work leading an explicitly pro-abortion initiative for religious leaders.

Executive Director Rev. Alison Dunn-Almauger

According to WIN’s website, its current executive director is Alison Dunn-Almauger who took on the role in 2023. Previously she served as a senior organizer for the organization.

In 2025, Dunn-Almauger was an initial signer of an open letter urging Baylor University to strengthen homosexual and transgender inclusion policies and grants. This was spearheaded by the “BU Bears for All.”

Strategy Team Member Rev. Rob Keithan

One member of the “Strategy Team” is Rev Rob Keithan.  Win describes Keithan and his pro abortion work in glowing terms showing that WIN is quite aware and proud of his pro-abortion stance:

“A respected leader in counter-oppression, reproductive rights, and faith-based organizing, Rev. Keithan has worked with national organizations like Planned Parenthood and the Center for American Progress. He co-chairs SACReD, a national alliance advancing reproductive dignity in faith spaces.” [emphasis added]

Keithan’s work for “reproductive justice” is without a doubt tied explicitly to abortion advocacy. He states his views clearly in an article he penned in 2022 titled “Grounding Yourself in Reproductive Justice: for Clergy and Other Religious Professionals”:

“However, we’re at the dire place we are because the small minority of people who want the state to restrict access to abortion have been much more strategic and much more mobilized that those people–including people of faith–who support access to safe and legal abortion. Put another way, we need a much bigger base. We need a LOT more moderate and progressive people of faith who are willing to speak powerfully and publicly in support of access to abortion and other sexual and reproductive healthcare.” [emphasis added]

According to All Souls Unitarian Church, Keithan worked as a consultant on faith engagement with Planned Parenthood Federation of America, as well as the director of public policy at the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.

Finally, he also currently Co-chairs the board of SACReD (Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity), a national faith network advancing “reproductive dignity/justice.” The following image from SACReD’s own website should suffice to show this organization is firmly entrenched in the culture of death:

Strategy Team Member Rabbi Hannah Goldstein

Another WIN Strategy Team member is Rabbi Hannah Goldstein.

Goldstein is vociferously pro-abortion, as can be seen across her social media posts on X.

Some examples:

This Jan 21, 2023 X post commemorating the 50^th anniversary of Roe v Wade praises the “incredible leaders of this movement.”

This August 2022 X re-post praises abortion funding supported by Goldstein’s own temple.

This July 2022 X post shows that Goldstein was proud to join with Planned Parenthood to testify in support of abortion “care” and abortion providers.

This February 2020 X post by Goldstein expresses her pride in rallying for abortion access.

This 2018 X post by Goldstein shows her participation in a DC Pride March.

Strategy Team Member Rabbi Aaron Alexander

Another WIN strategy team member is Rabbi Aaron Alexander. He has taken public positions both in favor of abortion access and homosexual activism.

In 2024 he signed the NCJW and Jewish Abortion Access Coalition’s Jewish clergy statement affirming reproductive access as faith imperative. The statement said:

“For everyone — especially those working to make ends meet, identifying as LGBTQ+, people of color, young people, women, and people in rural communities  — access to reproductive health care, including abortion care, is vital. “

Rabbi Alexander is also listed among Jewish leadership supporting transgender rights and broader LGBTQ inclusion. The letter states:

“As Jewish clergy, we write to affirm—unequivocally—the dignity, belonging, and sacred humanity of transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people. In a time when political leaders and institutions are weaponizing fear to target these members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) community, we are called by our faith and tradition to speak out. Our values, our scripture, and our moral conscience demand that we stand publicly and proudly with the entire LGBTQ+ community. “

Conclusion

CCHD would do well to remember that “personnel is policy.” In 2012 Bp. Jamie Soto – who was the chairman of the CCHD subcommittee at the time – revoked a grant from an organization due solely to its director’s advocacy for same-sex “marriage,” establishing a precedent for holding the organization accountable for the publicly-stated ideologies of its leadership. While CCHD grant guidelines do not cover the statements or actions of the leadership of its grantees, we have found the beliefs of grantee leadership to be a good predictor of future grantee behavior. A grantee led by an executive director who has publicly supported homosexual activism, and a strategy team stacked with vociferously pro-abortion members, one of whom is a national leader in training clergy to support the commission of abortion, is a recipe for disaster. Given CCHD’s close ties to this organization with its recently retired grants specialist having worked at this grantee even while it was funded, the CCHD should have a good idea of the caliber of its leadership team. Or, perhaps this kind of leadership is a selling point to the CCHD? It would seem so, given the past and ongoing travesty of its terrible grants to horrible organizations.