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← FORGE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FORGE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$654,122
Total expenses
$623,970
Contributions and grants received
$603,276
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$50,043
Investment income
$1
Other revenue
$802
Total assets, end of year
$279,257
Total liabilities, end of year
$153,537
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$125,720
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$517,200
Management and general expenses
$87,966
Fundraising expenses
$18,804
Program service expenses (Part III)
$517,200

Program services were 82.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $497,197

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $106,079

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICES

    total $50,043 · related or exempt $50,043

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1 · excluded $1

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC. OTHER INCOME

    total $802 · related or exempt $802

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $802

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $239,546 · program services $186,842 · management and general $42,333 · fundraising $10,371

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $113,837 · program services $113,837

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,715 · program services $2,715

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $728 · program services $728

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,641 · program services $16,503 · management and general $6,532 · fundraising $1,606

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,400 · program services $13,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $65,049 · program services $65,049

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,827 · fundraising $6,827

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,772 · program services $19,772

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,181 · program services $21,181

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,814 · program services $4,329 · management and general $10,485

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,011 · program services $23,011

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,295 · program services $1,295

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,887 · management and general $7,887

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $19,233 · management and general $19,233

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, &

    total $28,843 · program services $28,808 · management and general $35

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $19,730 · program services $19,730

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $1,461 · management and general $1,461

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $32,425 · end of year $4,532

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,402 · end of year $10,168

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $161,877 · end of year $166,412

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $569 · end of year $37,670

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

    $7,537

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

    $7,537

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $46,777 · end of year $60,475

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $107,800 · end of year $70,320

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $44,682 · end of year $83,217

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $95,568 · end of year $125,720

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO SUPPORT, EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS AND LIVES OF TRANSGENDERED INDIVIDUALS AND SOFFAS (SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND ALLIES). FORGE IS DEDICATED TO HELPING MOVE FRAGMENTED COMMUNITIES BEYOND IDENTITY POLITICS AND FORGE A MOVEMENT THAT EMBRACES AND EMPOWERS OUR DIVERSE COMPLEXITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FORGE IS A NATIONAL TRANS/NONBINARY ANTI-VIOLENCE ORGANIZATION, PROVIDING TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SERVICE PROVIDERS, SO THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO SERVE TRANS SURVIVORS WITH A TRAUMA-INFORMED, CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE APPROACH. FORGE ALSO PROVIDES SOME DIRECT SERVICES TO TRANS SURVIVORS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE.

  • SUPPORTING, EDUCATING, AND EMPOWERING SERVICE PROVIDERS AND TRANS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

    Expenses $517,200 · Revenue $50,845

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

Listed in Part VII

  • K ABEL KNOCHEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSEPH DHARA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NEELA R TAUB

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • S BEAR DEVITT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TRYSTAN COTTEN

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHANNON PRICE MINTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MOLLY BOEDER HARRIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL MUNSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $129,325
    From this org
    $109,426
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,899
    Hours/week
    35

  • LOREE COOK-DANIELS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $110,222
    From this org
    $92,894
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,328
    Hours/week
    35

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443199349305169

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