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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FORWARD MT.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,820,883
Total expenses
$2,573,928
Contributions and grants received
$2,796,239
Grants paid
$100,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$24,644
Total assets, end of year
$1,044,188
Total liabilities, end of year
$94,900
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$949,288
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,392,201
Management and general expenses
$103,709
Fundraising expenses
$78,018
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,392,201

Program services were 92.9% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,796,239

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,160

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $20,950

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $20,950

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $20,950 · excluded $20,950

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,045

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,045 · excluded $1,045

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $2,649 · related or exempt $2,649

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,649

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $100,000 · program services $100,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $63,872 · program services $58,515 · management and general $3,849 · fundraising $1,508

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $875,953 · program services $812,711 · management and general $42,445 · fundraising $20,797

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $100,106 · program services $93,459 · management and general $4,151 · fundraising $2,496

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,738 · management and general $10,738

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $90,802 · program services $81,036 · management and general $7,610 · fundraising $2,156

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,394 · program services $1,356 · management and general $3,038

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,528 · program services $20,126 · management and general $14,806 · fundraising $596

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $299,923 · program services $280,321 · management and general $72 · fundraising $19,530

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $387,691 · program services $386,994 · management and general $38 · fundraising $659

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $123,078 · program services $118,269 · management and general $4,123 · fundraising $686

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $86,089 · program services $79,397 · management and general $4,690 · fundraising $2,002

  • 17 · Travel

    total $72,758 · program services $66,033 · management and general $1,295 · fundraising $5,430

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $880 · management and general $880

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,928 · management and general $5,035 · fundraising $1,893

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $95,025 · program services $86,282 · management and general $514 · fundraising $8,229

  • 24b · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $94,525 · program services $90,890 · management and general $192 · fundraising $3,443

  • 24c · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping

    total $71,415 · program services $70,612 · management and general $198 · fundraising $605

  • 24d · Other expenses: FACILITIES RENTAL AND CATERING

    total $54,048 · program services $46,060 · fundraising $7,988

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $175 · program services $140 · management and general $35

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $356,996 · end of year $562,601

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $22,388 · end of year $22,478

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $275,000 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $843 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,443 · end of year $3,002

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

    $3,238

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

    $1,559

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,359 · end of year $1,679

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $114,286 · end of year $454,428

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $50,062 · end of year $94,900

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $21,920

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $359,833 · end of year $654,978

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $342,500 · end of year $294,310

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BUILDING THE POLITICAL POWER WITH AND FOR YOUNG MONTANANS BY DRIVING A CULTURE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

  • VOTER EDUCATION AND MOBILIZATION Mobilized voters for the primary election: Distributed 15,000 voter guides; created online voter guide for MT Supreme Court; called 19,470 young voters.Mobilized voters for the general election: Distributed 190,970 voter guides; hosted 3 candidate forums; knocked 42,394 doors of young voters; called 1,291 young voters.

    Expenses $1,306,212

  • ISSUE ADVOCACY We mobilized young Montanans on local policies related to affordable housing, economic justice, climate justice, voting rights, reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ equality.

    Expenses $783,863 · Grants $100,000

  • LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT We graduated fellows in Missoula, Bozeman, Billings, and the Flathead. Fellows receive robust training on community organizing and civic engagement. Hosted events and workshops to train, educate, and bring young people together.

    Expenses $302,126

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • KIERSTEN IWAI

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $100,724
    From this org
    $91,364
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,360
    Hours/week
    28 + 12 related
  • ERIN MILLER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • MELODIE SNYDER

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LEAH BERRY

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • AUBREY BERTRAM

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • KAYA PATTEN

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • SARAH TIDD

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BAILEY NICKOLOFF

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • MESHAYLA COX

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • JULIANA KILLMURRAY

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • MARRAKECH MAXWELL

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • FAITH SCOW

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • WILLIAM SCHENK

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • ZURI MORENO

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • KATIE HARRISON

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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.

Grants on this return

  • MONTANANS SECURING REPRODUCTI

    $75,000

    VOTER MOBILIZATION

  • MONTANANS FOR ELECTION REFORM

    $25,000

    VOTER MOBILIZATION

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513089349304301

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