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← FORWARD TOGETHER WISCONSIN CO

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FORWARD TOGETHER WISCONSIN CO.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,275,905
Total expenses
$2,506,516
Contributions and grants received
$1,258,572
Grants paid
$276,000
Program service revenue
$15,540
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,793
Total assets, end of year
$265,148
Total liabilities, end of year
$83,483
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$181,665
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,219,771
Management and general expenses
$281,763
Fundraising expenses
$4,982
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,219,771

Program services were 88.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,258,572

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Service Revenue

    total $15,540 · related or exempt $15,540

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $1,793 · related or exempt $1,793

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,793

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $276,000 · program services $276,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $275,574 · program services $246,725 · management and general $28,306 · fundraising $543

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $245,607 · program services $91,066 · management and general $151,665 · fundraising $2,876

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $7,280 · program services $3,487 · management and general $3,682 · fundraising $111

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,462 · program services $11,623 · management and general $6,472 · fundraising $367

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,109 · program services $9,896 · management and general $14,901 · fundraising $312

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $25,471 · program services $25,471

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $72,883 · management and general $72,883

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $109,370 · program services $109,370

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $75,474 · program services $75,474

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,261 · program services $10,260 · fundraising $1

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $35,786 · program services $33,186 · management and general $2,600

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,250 · program services $7,783 · management and general $467

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $123,006 · program services $122,234 · fundraising $772

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $109 · management and general $109

  • 24a · Other expenses: Field Program

    total $1,164,068 · program services $1,163,390 · management and general $678

  • 24b · Other expenses: Clean Energy Program

    total $33,806 · program services $33,806

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,267,492 · end of year $265,148

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $192,408

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,624 · end of year $83,483

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$32,724 · end of year $181,665

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,445,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

See Schedule O.

  • Staff successfully raised funds to run year round program and sustain the organization in the coming years. They hired new team members to implement program. This included our successful 2024 Convening, which brought in nearly 300 leaders to learn about how they could access funding for a variety of infrastructure projects. We also held 6 events across the state in Spring of 2025, engaging nearly 150 leaders to learn about how to access Direct Pay funding through the federal government. We knocked on 335,863 doors and had more 50,830 conversations to help Wisconsinites access resources to save money on their utility bills and to encourage them to vote.

    Expenses $2,219,771 · Grants $276,000 · Revenue $15,540

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mandela Barnes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $130,931
    From this org
    $130,931
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Peter Drummond

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $113,502
    From this org
    $112,762
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $740
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lauren Stelter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $20,541
    From this org
    $20,156
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $385
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deneine Powell

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $10,600
    From this org
    $10,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Baker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louis Davis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202620969349301252

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