Totals
- Total revenue
- $8,696,897
- Total expenses
- $6,696,409
- Contributions and grants received
- $7,187,645
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,292,643
- Investment income
- $6,553
- Other revenue
- $210,056
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,811,965
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $490,194
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $3,321,771
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $5,328,916
- Management and general expenses
- $566,593
- Fundraising expenses
- $800,900
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $5,328,916
Program services were 79.6% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$72,524
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1d · Related organizations
$2,450,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$4,665,121
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$229,880
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2a · Program service revenue: PUBLISHING SERVICE
total $1,292,643 · related or exempt $970,949 · unrelated business $321,694
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3 · Investment income
total $4,162 · excluded $4,162
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5 · Royalties
total $4,066 · excluded $4,066
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $182,301
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $179,910
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $2,391
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $2,391 · excluded $2,391
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$6,171
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$72,524
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$3,237
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $2,934 · excluded $2,934
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11a · Other revenue: INSURANCE PROCEEDS
total $196,456 · excluded $196,456
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11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS
total $6,600 · related or exempt $6,600
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11e · Other revenue, total
$203,056
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $1,391,884 · program services $1,111,537 · management and general $114,079 · fundraising $166,268
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,286,541 · program services $1,825,996 · management and general $187,406 · fundraising $273,139
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $57,854 · program services $46,201 · management and general $4,742 · fundraising $6,911
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $367,090 · program services $293,152 · management and general $30,087 · fundraising $43,851
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $260,632 · program services $208,137 · management and general $21,361 · fundraising $31,134
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11b · Fees: legal
total $58,561 · program services $29,650 · management and general $11,480 · fundraising $17,431
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $45,000 · management and general $45,000
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $93,354 · fundraising $93,354
-
11g · Fees: other
total $1,251,980 · program services $1,210,476 · management and general $16,989 · fundraising $24,515
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $46,231 · program services $20,654 · fundraising $25,577
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13 · Office expenses
total $359,067 · program services $219,569 · management and general $58,854 · fundraising $80,644
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14 · Information technology
total $90,462 · program services $90,462
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16 · Occupancy
total $100,726 · program services $78,503 · management and general $11,179 · fundraising $11,044
-
17 · Travel
total $80,850 · program services $48,323 · management and general $19,567 · fundraising $12,960
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $41,431 · program services $17,440 · management and general $20,002 · fundraising $3,989
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $15,246 · program services $12,063 · management and general $1,555 · fundraising $1,628
-
23 · Insurance
total $84,805 · program services $73,831 · management and general $2,519 · fundraising $8,455
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24a · Other expenses: PHOTOS
total $40,151 · program services $40,151
-
24b · Other expenses: UNCOLLECTIBLE PLEDGES
total $13,180 · management and general $13,180
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24e · All other expenses
total $11,364 · program services $2,771 · management and general $8,593
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $475,456 · end of year $262,047
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $4,109 · end of year $1,183,825
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $180,071 · end of year $608,849
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $109,643 · end of year $77,995
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $129,113 · end of year $102,542
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$620,805
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$575,366
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $49,299 · end of year $45,439
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $3,482 · end of year $3,030
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $4,065 · end of year $4,065
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,185,424 · end of year $1,524,173
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $331,301 · end of year $488,742
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $488,078 · end of year $1,452
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,321,283 · end of year $2,836,771
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $485,000
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
THE FORWARD'S MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN ENGAGEMENT WITH JEWISH IDEAS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEDIA, AND IN PUBLIC EVENTS. IT CARRIES OUT THIS MISSION BY PUBLISHING COMMENTARY ON CURRENT ISSUES AND THE ARTS, IN ENGLISH AND YIDDISH, THAT MEET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN JOURNALISM AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION. IT FURTHERS THIS MISSION THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS THAT ENGAGE DEEPLY WITH THE HISTORY, RANGE AND VARIETY OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
STRENGTHEN ENGAGEMENT WITH JEWISH IDEAS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH VARIOUS MEDIA AND PUBLIC EVENTS
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THE LARGEST PROGRAM OF THE FORWARD ASSOCATION IS ITS WEBSITE AND ASSOCIATED DIGITAL PROPERTIES, INCLUDING NEWSLETTERS, VIDEOS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRAMS. IT REACHES APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION READERS A MONTH VIA THE INTERNET AT FORWARD.COM AND OTHER WEBSITES. THE QUALITY OF ITS JOURNALISM HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR NEWS AND CULTURAL COVERAGE, EDITORIALS, AND DIGITAL INNOVATION.
Expenses $4,933,283 · Revenue $977,549
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YIDDISH MEDIA DIVISION: THE SECOND MAJOR PROGRAM OF THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION IS ITS YIDDISH PUBLICATION, FORVERTS. UPDATED REGULARLY ONLINE, IT IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING PUBLICATIONS IN YIDDISH IN THE WORLD AND PROVIDES AN INDISPENSABLE SERVICE TO ITS READERS THROUGH ITS COVERAGE OF YIDDISH CULTURE AS WELL AS NEWS FROM ISRAEL, THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE WEBSITE INCLUDES DOZENS OF VIDEO FEATURES. FORVERTS REACHES AROUND 20,000 READERS MONTHLY VIA THE INTERNET AT FORWARD.COM/YIDDISH.
Expenses $395,633
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Alan SilbersteinALAN SILBERSTEIN
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8 + 1 related
-
James FeldmanJAMES FELDMAN
VICE-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
-
Yeheskel DattnerYEHESKEL DATTNER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Jeff GottliebJEFF GOTTLIEB
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
-
Ken BobKEN BOB
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Edward BlankEDWARD BLANK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joel BrownJOEL BROWN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Cheryl FishbeinCHERYL FISHBEIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marge MagnerMARGE MAGNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
-
Jacob MorowitzJACOB MOROWITZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
-
Samuel NorichSAMUEL NORICH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 6 + 2 related
-
Marcy SymsMARCY SYMS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ronnie ZolinRONNIE ZOLIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rachel Fishman FeddersenRACHEL FISHMAN FEDDERSEN
CEO/PUBLISHER
- Total calculated
- $377,575
- From this org
- $330,353
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $47,222
- Hours/week
- 40 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $314,853
- Bonus
- $15,500
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,496
- Nontaxable benefits
- $40,726
- Filer's total
- $377,575
-
Alan Bendich Through 61523ALAN BENDICH THROUGH 61523
VP, FINANCE AND OPERATIONS
- Total calculated
- $117,074
- From this org
- $94,510
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,564
- Hours/week
- 40 + 1 related
-
Sochieta Moth From 53023SOCHIETA MOTH FROM 53023
VP, FINANCE AND OPERATIONS
- Total calculated
- $117,288
- From this org
- $116,612
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $676
- Hours/week
- 40 + 1 related
-
Jodi RudorenJODI RUDOREN
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
- Total calculated
- $313,048
- From this org
- $266,876
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $46,172
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $250,876
- Bonus
- $16,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,216
- Nontaxable benefits
- $40,956
- Filer's total
- $313,048
-
Jay EhrlichJAY EHRLICH
VP, DIGITAL GM
- Total calculated
- $273,174
- From this org
- $227,307
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $45,867
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $212,307
- Bonus
- $15,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,456
- Nontaxable benefits
- $41,411
- Filer's total
- $273,174
-
Lisa LepsonLISA LEPSON
VP, DEVELOPMENT
- Total calculated
- $248,822
- From this org
- $194,593
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $54,229
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $193,093
- Bonus
- $1,500
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,244
- Nontaxable benefits
- $49,985
- Filer's total
- $248,822
-
Adam LangerADAM LANGER
EXECUTIVVE EDITOR
- Total calculated
- $159,076
- From this org
- $116,118
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $42,958
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $116,118
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $2,454
- Nontaxable benefits
- $40,504
- Filer's total
- $159,076
-
Cheuk MuiCHEUK MUI
CONTROLLER
- Total calculated
- $149,521
- From this org
- $133,810
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,711
- Hours/week
- 40
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
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 7
- CERTAIN EXECUTIVES RECEIVED DISCRETIONARY BONUSES RECOMMENDED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD CHAIR. THIS IS DONE ANNUALLY.
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
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.
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501(C)(3) · SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION · NY · controlled entity
Directly controlled by THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 15 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202422959349301412
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