Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,908,381

Total expenses

$2,138,690

Contributions and grants received

$1,864,709

Grants paid

$219,500

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$43,672

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,603,502

Total liabilities, end of year

$372,672

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,230,830

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,738,973

Management and general expenses

$287,066

Fundraising expenses

$112,651

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,738,973

Program services were 81.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• THE MICHIGAN EDUCATION JUSTICE COALITION HELD 10 COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ON SCHOOL FUNDING IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO LISTEN TO COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS' CURRENT SCHOOL FUNDING PRIORITIES AND TO EDUCATE CITIZENS ABOUT HOW SCHOOL FUNDING WORKS. MEJC TRAINED MORE THAN 50 PARENTS ON THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET PROCESS IN OVER 20 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. MEJC ALSO HELPED OVER 100 ORGANIZES, PARENTS, AND CAREGIVERS SPEAK TO ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ADVOCATE FOR INCREASED AND EQUITABLE SCHOOL FUNDING AT THE STATE LEVEL.

  Expenses $1,539,898 · Grants $219,500

• YOC: 482FORWARD'S YOUTH ORGANIZING COLLECTIVE EXPANDED ITS BASE BY ADDING THREE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS. THE YOC ALSO LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER SCHOOL FACILITIES IN DETROIT AND STATEWIDE.

  Expenses $184,585

• NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZING: 482FORWARD'S NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZING WORK IN 2023 FOCUSED ON REBUILDING OUR BASE AND DEEPLY TRAINING OUR ORGANIZERS NETWORK- WIDE FOLLOWING THE COVID PANDEMIC. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A MIDWEST ACADEMY, WE TRAINED 40 ORGANIZERS IN DETROIT AND ACROSS THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. AS A RESULT, OUR ORGANIZERS WERE ABLE TO GROW OUR BASE IN DETROIT BY 100 NEW LEADERS.

  Expenses $14,490

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

• STUDENT ADVOCACY CENTER OF MICHIGAN

  $35,000

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

• URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES

  $30,000

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

• OAKLAND FORWARD

  $25,000

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

• DETROIT HEALS DETROIT

  $20,000

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

• DETROIT HISPANIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

  $20,000

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

• DEVELOPING KIDS

  $20,000

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

• WE THE PEOPLE MICHIGAN

  $20,000

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

• SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN URBAN LEAGUE

  $12,500

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

• CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONVERSATION

  $10,000

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

• CONGRESS OF COMMUNITIES

  $10,000

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

11 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202403199349309645

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