Form 990 for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 9 March 2026. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue

$8,534,739 →changed to $9,194,739

Contributions and grants received

$7,780,090 →changed to $8,440,090

Total assets, end of year

$12,196,932 →changed to $12,856,932

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,119,706 →changed to $9,779,706

Program services expenses

$17,553,005 →changed to $17,651,505

Management and general expenses

$1,149,635 →changed to $1,051,135

Program service expenses (Part III)

$17,553,005 →changed to $17,651,505

Totals

Total revenue

$8,534,739

Total expenses

$19,097,720

Contributions and grants received

$7,780,090

Grants paid

$12,551,660

Program service revenue

$573,000

Investment income

$177,999

Other revenue

$3,650

Total assets, end of year

$12,196,932

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,077,226

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,119,706

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$17,553,005

Management and general expenses

$1,149,635

Fundraising expenses

$395,080

Program service expenses (Part III)

$17,553,005

Program services were 91.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• FRESH TASTE IS A SPONSORED PROJECT OF FOREFRONT. IT IS A STAFFED FUNDER INITIATIVE FORMED IN 2002 BY A GROUP OF ILLINOIS-BASED FOUNDATIONS AND CHICAGO CITY OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN CHANGING HOW FOOD IS PRODUCED FOR, AND PROCESSED AND CONSUMED IN THE CHICAGO REGION.

  Expenses $11,707,105 · Grants $11,425,600 · Revenue $55,928

• FOREFRONT LEVERAGES THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS TO IMPROVE LIVES AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES. FOUNDED IN 1974, FOREFRONT IS THE ONLY MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATION IN ILLINOIS FOR FUNDERS AND NONPROFITS OF ALL KINDS, AS WELL AS THEIR ADVISORS AND CONSULTANTS. SOME 1,100 INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS BELONG TO FOREFRONT, AND THOUSANDS MORE BENEFIT FROM ITS RESOURCES, SOME OF WHICH ARE FREE. FOREFRONT IS BASED IN CHICAGO BUT SERVES THE ENTIRE STATE. IT IS A HUB FOR CONNECTION AND COLLABORATION AS WELL AS A SOURCE OF RESEARCH, PROGRAMS, PUBLICATIONS, AND OTHER TOOLS, INCLUDING A FREE LIBRARY, THAT STRENGTHEN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS. THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY AND MEDIA RELATIONS, FOREFRONT ALSO SERVES AS A LEADER AND VOICE FOR PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS, PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THEIR CRITICAL MISSIONS AND WORK.

  Expenses $4,712,254 · Grants $1,126,060

• CONVERGE CONSULTING IS A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE OWNED AND MANAGED BY FOREFRONT THAT DELIVERS FINANCIAL, ACCOUNTING, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SOLUTIONS TO NONPROFITS AND FOUNDATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN FOCUS ON THEIR MISSION. WE WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS ONAN INTERIM OR CONTINUING BASIS.

  Expenses $460,184 · Revenue $519,152

• PUBLIC POLICY, ILLINOIS BLACK ADVOCACY INITIATIVE (IBAI), ENTREPRENEURSHIP LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (EDLI), CHICAGO AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PHILANTHROPY (CAAIP), OTHERS.

  Expenses $673,462

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION

  $897,600

  CAPACITY BUILDING/GENERAL SUPPORT

• YMEN

  $575,000

  CAPACITY BUILDING/GENERAL SUPPORT

• AUSTIN COMING TOGETHER

  $450,000

  CAPACITY BUILDING/GENERAL SUPPORT

• NEIGHBORSPACE

  $400,000

  CAPACITY BUILDING/GENERAL SUPPORT

• ILLINOIS STEWARDSHIP ALLLIANCE

  $325,000

  CAPACITY BUILDING/GENERAL SUPPORT

• CHICAGO COMMUNITY AND WORKERS RIGHT

  $300,000

  CAPACITY BUILDING/GENERAL SUPPORT

• GARDENEERS

  $255,000

  CAPACITY BUILDING/GENERAL SUPPORT

• CHICAGO FOOD POLICY ACTION COUNCIL

  $250,000

  CAPACITY BUILDING/GENERAL SUPPORT

• VIVERY COMMUNITY - FOOD ACCESS PROJECT

  $250,000

  CAPACITY BUILDING/GENERAL SUPPORT

• FAITH IN PLACE

  $225,000

  CAPACITY BUILDING/GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

8 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202511279349303891

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