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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FWD US INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,418,786
Total expenses
$21,766,267
Contributions and grants received
$2,284,991
Grants paid
$3,028,750
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$133,795
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$38,915,493
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,373,901
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$32,541,592
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,893,194
Management and general expenses
$3,625,828
Fundraising expenses
$247,245
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,893,194

Program services were 82.2% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,284,991

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $164,438 · excluded $164,438

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $835,030

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $865,673

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$30,643

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$30,643 · excluded -$30,643

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,028,750 · program services $3,028,750

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $775,798 · program services $614,462 · management and general $149,393 · fundraising $11,943

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,285,814 · program services $3,394,534 · management and general $825,304 · fundraising $65,976

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $227,247 · program services $182,671 · management and general $42,262 · fundraising $2,314

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $793,984 · program services $632,782 · management and general $151,026 · fundraising $10,176

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $388,451 · program services $307,377 · management and general $75,249 · fundraising $5,825

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $687,335 · program services $79,185 · management and general $608,150

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $90,675 · management and general $90,675

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $1,258,140 · program services $1,258,140

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $130,500 · fundraising $130,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $15,520 · management and general $15,520

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,558,215 · program services $5,734,556 · management and general $823,659

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $643,515 · program services $643,515

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $341,610 · program services $270,313 · management and general $66,175 · fundraising $5,122

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $843,567 · program services $656,534 · management and general $180,274 · fundraising $6,759

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $478,888 · program services $378,939 · management and general $92,768 · fundraising $7,181

  • 17 · Travel

    total $771,256 · program services $443,741 · management and general $327,515

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $208,021 · program services $155,119 · management and general $52,776 · fundraising $126

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $66,281 · program services $52,447 · management and general $12,840 · fundraising $994

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $62,768 · program services $42,768 · management and general $20,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $56,707 · management and general $56,707

  • 24c · Other expenses: REGISTRATIONS & LICENSE

    total $31,285 · management and general $31,285

  • 24d · Other expenses: BUSINESS INSURANCE

    total $21,940 · program services $17,361 · management and general $4,250 · fundraising $329

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $31,012 · end of year $3,966,701

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $13,622,997 · end of year $4,741,255

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $36,600,728 · end of year $18,000,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $159,047 · end of year $64,783

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $320,357 · end of year $474,899

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $848,334

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $273,491

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $130,577 · end of year $574,843

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,518,689 · end of year $3,314,444

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,111,002 · end of year $7,778,568

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,184,750 · end of year $1,765,800

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $50,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,558,101

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,588,932 · end of year $14,416,592

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $36,620,727 · end of year $18,125,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

FWD.US, INC. ORGANIZES CONSTITUENCIES AROUND THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT POLICY CHANGES THAT CREATE OPPORTUNITY AND UNLOCK AMERICA'S POTENTIAL THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.

  • FWD.US, INC. BUILT A GRASSROOTS MOBILIZATION THAT CONNECTS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS THROUGH A TECHNOLOGY-BASED CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF IMMIGRATION REFORM, AND IN SUPPORT FOR FIXING OUR BROKEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH POLICY CHANGE AT THE STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL LEVEL. THIS INCLUDED FACE-TO-FACE EVENTS, ON-LINE COMMUNICATIONS, EARNED MEDIA, PAID MEDIA AND COALITION BUILDING. IN ADDITION, FWD.US, INC. DEVELOPED ON-LINE TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE ITS COMMUNICATIONS, ITS PARTICIPANT'S COMMUNICATIONS WITH EACH OTHER, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FWD.US, INC.'S GRASSROOTS MOBILIZATION.

    Expenses $17,893,194 · Grants $3,028,750

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Corey Wiggins

    DIRECTOR 01/01/2022 - 3/16/2022

    Total calculated
    $6,318
    From this org
    $3,462
    From related orgs
    $2,856
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 3 related
  • David Plouffe

    DIRECTOR 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Erika Rottenberg

    DIRECTOR 01/01/2022 - 9/22/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Lorella Praeli

    DIRECTOR 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Andrew Pincus

    DIRECTOR 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related
  • Emiliano Martinez

    DIRECTOR 10/10/2022 - 12/31/2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Alida Garcia

    VP OF ADVOCACY & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $376,896
    From this org
    $196,786
    From related orgs
    $129,193
    Other
    $50,917
    Hours/week
    30 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,536 + $129,193 related
    Bonus
    $4,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,375 + $8,125 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,362 + $12,055 related
    Filer's total
    $227,523 + $149,373 related
  • Bina Surgeon

    COO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $126,211
    From this org
    $71,632
    From related orgs
    $43,085
    Other
    $11,494
    Hours/week
    25 + 15 related
  • Surin Ramkissoon

    COO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $201,282
    From this org
    $104,586
    From related orgs
    $67,593
    Other
    $29,103
    Hours/week
    34 + 16 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $104,586 + $67,593 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,783 + $5,030 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,895 + $6,395 related
    Filer's total
    $122,264 + $79,018 related
  • Todd Schulte

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $528,799
    From this org
    $318,663
    From related orgs
    $171,558
    Other
    $38,578
    Hours/week
    32 + 18 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $314,413 + $171,558 related
    Bonus
    $4,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,526 + $3,514 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,550 + $9,988 related
    Filer's total
    $343,739 + $185,060 related
  • Christopher Coger

    HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $283,457
    From this org
    $150,274
    From related orgs
    $94,700
    Other
    $38,483
    Hours/week
    25 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,024 + $94,700 related
    Bonus
    $3,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,726 + $6,760 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,880 + $8,117 related
    Filer's total
    $173,880 + $109,577 related
  • Felicity Rose

    VP CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH & POLICY

    Total calculated
    $237,953
    From this org
    $123,430
    From related orgs
    $82,286
    Other
    $32,237
    Hours/week
    24 + 16 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,180 + $82,286 related
    Bonus
    $3,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,610 + $7,740 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,732 + $5,155 related
    Filer's total
    $142,772 + $95,181 related
  • Mark Delich

    DIRECTOR OF CONGRESSIONAL

    Total calculated
    $322,143
    From this org
    $271,830
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,313
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $268,330
    Bonus
    $3,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,488
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,825
    Filer's total
    $322,143
  • Tiffany Lawrence

    VP CHIEF HR OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $248,572
    From this org
    $132,008
    From related orgs
    $83,103
    Other
    $33,461
    Hours/week
    25 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,758 + $83,103 related
    Bonus
    $2,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,537 + $6,004 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,997 + $6,923 related
    Filer's total
    $152,542 + $96,030 related
  • Zoe Towns

    VP OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REF

    Total calculated
    $362,677
    From this org
    $213,179
    From related orgs
    $114,790
    Other
    $34,708
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,929 + $114,790 related
    Bonus
    $3,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,325 + $7,175 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,235 + $4,973 related
    Filer's total
    $235,739 + $126,938 related

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

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART II
AS REFLECTED ON SCHEDULE R., FWD.US, INC. SHARES PAID EMPLOYEES WITH FWD.US EDUCATION FUND, INC., A RELATED 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, PURSUANT TO A SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. FWD.US, INC. ACTS AS A COMMON PAYMASTER FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. CERTAIN EMPLOYEES ALLOCATE THEIR TIME BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS, AND FWD.US EDUCATION FUND, INC. REIMBURSES FWD.US, INC. FOR FWD.US EDUCATION FUND, INC.'S ALLOCABLE SHARE OF SALARY AND BENEFITS EXPENSE. FWD.US, INC. HAS REPORTED THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS ATTRIBUTABLE TO IT ON ROW (I) OF THIS SCHEDULE. COMPENSATION ATTRIBUTABLE TO FWD.US EDUCATION FUND, INC. IS REPORTED ON ROW (II) OF THIS SCHEDULE.

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

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • COUNCIL FOR AMERICAN JOB GROWTH LLC

    IMMIGRATION REFORM · DE · income $500,000 · assets $176,107

    Directly controlled by FWDUS INC

  • AMERICANS FOR CONSERVATIVE DIRECTION LLC

    IMMIGRATION REFORM · DE · income $400,000 · assets $180,685

    Directly controlled by FWDUS INC

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • META PLATFORMS INC

    C · SOCIAL MEDIA · DE · controlled entity

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343199349308579

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