DAI is a nonpartisan organization and does not support any candidate. DAI is affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), an organizing institute founded to help congregations use faith values and democratic traditions as an effective force in the public arena.

Other IAF affiliates operating successfully in Texas include:

• Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS) and Metro Alliance in San Antonio
• Valley Interfaith in the Rio Grande Valley
• The Metropolitan Organization of Houston (TMO)
• Austin Interfaith
• The El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring Organization (EPISO)
• Allied Communities of Tarrant (ACT)
• The Border Organization in Eagle Pass
• Triangle interfaith Project in Beaumont, Orange, and Port Arthur
• Fort Bend Interfaith Council
• West Texas Organizing Project