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← FARM FORWARD INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FARM FORWARD INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,226,680
Total expenses
$1,069,721
Contributions and grants received
$1,220,682
Grants paid
$112,948
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5,998
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$957,622
Total liabilities, end of year
$87,072
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$870,550
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$976,281
Management and general expenses
$78,426
Fundraising expenses
$15,014
Program service expenses (Part III)
$976,281

Program services were 91.3% 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

    $1,220,682

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,124 · excluded $6,124

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

    other assets $126

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$126

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$126 · related or exempt -$126

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $82,948 · program services $82,948

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $13,000 · program services $13,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $17,000 · program services $17,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $124,948 · program services $105,279 · management and general $9,232 · fundraising $10,437

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $498,239 · program services $469,268 · management and general $27,687 · fundraising $1,284

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $27,750 · program services $27,262 · management and general $488

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $49,420 · program services $44,486 · management and general $4,011 · fundraising $923

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,922 · program services $4,922

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,025 · management and general $22,025

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $48,126 · program services $40,311 · management and general $7,815

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $99,381 · program services $98,446 · fundraising $935

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,324 · program services $13,289 · management and general $1,883 · fundraising $152

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $27,617 · program services $26,278 · management and general $1,300 · fundraising $39

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $365 · program services $340 · management and general $20 · fundraising $5

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,748 · program services $15,191 · management and general $1 · fundraising $556

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,984 · program services $3,984

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,632 · program services $1,430 · management and general $173 · fundraising $29

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,907 · program services $6,386 · management and general $1,158 · fundraising $363

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $2,668 · program services $2,664 · management and general $4

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD AND BEVERAGE

    total $2,606 · program services $2,262 · management and general $53 · fundraising $291

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND MERCHANT FEES

    total $2,395 · program services $189 · management and general $2,206

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSE AND DUES

    total $1,716 · program services $1,346 · management and general $370

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $297,130 · end of year $399,955

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $347,486 · end of year $358,033

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $125,000 · end of year $47,345

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $150,000

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

    $10,621

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

    $8,332

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,047 · end of year $2,289

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $60,072 · end of year $87,072

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $569,548 · end of year $743,264

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $144,043 · end of year $127,286

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE MORE HUMANE, SUSTAINABLE, COMMUNITY-FRIENDLY FOOD CHOICES AND ADVANCE ANIMAL AGRICULTURE WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ANIMAL PROTECTION ISSUES.

  • JEWISH INITIATIVE FOR ANIMALS A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROGRAM OF FARM FORWARD, THE JEWISH INITIATIVE FOR ANIMALS (JIFA) PROMOTES ETHICAL EATING THAT ALIGNS WITH JEWISH VALUES BY PROVIDING CONSULTATIONS AND RESOURCES TO COMMUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONS REGARDING FOOD POLICY AND JEWISH ETHICS AND PRINCIPLES.

    Expenses $456,984

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EDUCATION SPREADS AWARENESS TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT FACTORY FARMING PRACTICES AND WHAT COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS CAN DO TO LESSEN THEIR SUPPORT OF THOSE DAMAGING SYSTEMS AND MAKE A GREATER IMPACT FOR A MORE HUMANE AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

    Expenses $112,764

  • HUMANEWASHING HUMANEWASHING TACKLES THE DECEPTIVE LABELING TACTICS USED BY COMPANIES TO GIVE A FALSE SENSE OF SAFETY OR SUSTAINABILITY ON WASTEFUL OR HARMFUL PRODUCTS.

    Expenses $163,269

  • POLICY THROUGH THE POLICY PROGRAM, FARM FORWARD, INC. WORKS DIRECTLY WITH COMPANIES, ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATIONAL, CITY AND STATE INSTITUTIONS TO ADJUST THEIR CURRENT FOOD SOURCING AND PROVIDING SYSTEMS TO EASE CARBON FOOTPRINTS THROUGH SUPPORTING MORE PLANT-BASED AND SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES, AND TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND HIGHER WELFARE ANIMAL HARVESTING SYSTEMS. INDIA THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS HIGHER WELFARE, OLD-STYLE OR TRADITIONAL, HERITAGE AND "COUNTRY BIRDS" POULTRY FARMING IN INDIA TO REINFORCE THE NATIVE SYSTEMS AGAINST THE INFLUX OF COMMERCIALIZED, INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE UPON THE RURAL FARMERS, AS WELL AS ANIMAL WELFARE INITIATIVES AND URGENT CARE PROVIDED BY THOSE SAME FARMERS IN INDIA. OTHER THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGES IN AND SUPPORTS SMALLER SCALE INITIATIVES THAT ALIGN WITH ITS MISSION BUT ARE NOT INCLUDED UNDER OTHER MAJOR PROGRAM DIRECTION. EXAMPLES INCLUDE FAITH IN FOOD (WHICH SUPPORTS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES WHO WANT TO CONTRIBUTE LESS TO THE FARM FACTORY INDUSTRY), POULTRY WELFARE RESEARCH, AND UNIVERSITY FOOD STUDIES COURSE CURRICULUM SUPPORT.

    Expenses $243,264 · Grants $112,948

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrew Decoriolis

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $104,995
    From this org
    $100,995
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,000
    Hours/week
    40

  • Aaron Gross

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $20,000
    From this org
    $20,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Michael McFadden

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Goldsmith

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Safran Foer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Carter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Krithika Srinivasan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jodie Van Horn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Gross-Camp

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202543159349302579

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