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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FUTURE FORWARD USA ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$615,262,254
Total expenses
$601,020,098
Contributions and grants received
$613,240,730
Grants paid
$469,257,514
Program service revenue
$1,071,678
Investment income
$949,846
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$26,668,352
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,341
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,653,011
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$592,976,320
Management and general expenses
$5,592,072
Fundraising expenses
$2,451,706
Program service expenses (Part III)
$592,976,320

Program services were 98.7% 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

    $613,240,730

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $7,276,613

  • 2a · Program service revenue: POLLING & ANALYTICS

    total $1,071,678 · related or exempt $840,038 · unrelated business $231,640

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,129 · excluded $12,129

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,257,787 · other assets $3,000,000

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

    securities $7,270,070 · other assets $2,050,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$12,283 · other assets $950,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $937,717 · excluded $937,717

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $469,257,514 · program services $469,257,514

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,510,577 · program services $798,501 · management and general $636,222 · fundraising $75,854

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,357,226 · program services $1,765,627 · management and general $1,428,400 · fundraising $163,199

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $61,234 · program services $37,257 · management and general $20,686 · fundraising $3,291

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $143,360 · program services $89,877 · management and general $36,164 · fundraising $17,319

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $276,454 · program services $178,010 · management and general $82,436 · fundraising $16,008

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,653,739 · management and general $1,653,739

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $219,918 · management and general $219,918

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,730,425 · fundraising $1,730,425

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $26,342,314 · program services $26,026,904 · management and general $232,129 · fundraising $83,281

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $93,013,631 · program services $93,002,914 · management and general $10,717

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,294 · management and general $22,406 · fundraising $888

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $790,431 · program services $641,271 · management and general $149,160

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,552 · program services $18,628 · management and general $5,320 · fundraising $1,604

  • 17 · Travel

    total $693,367 · program services $84,636 · management and general $392,197 · fundraising $216,534

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,073,280 · program services $1,058,896 · management and general $8,410 · fundraising $5,974

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $70,182 · management and general $70,182

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES & FEES

    total $619,513 · program services $1,754 · management and general $617,510 · fundraising $249

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANKING & MERCHANT FEES

    total $158,087 · program services $14,531 · management and general $6,476 · fundraising $137,080

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,346,274 · end of year $23,667,312

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $68,153 · end of year $1,040

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $3,000,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $53,572 · end of year $15,341

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,466,436 · end of year $26,653,011

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,894,419 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FUTURE FORWARD USA ACTION HAS THE MISSION TO CREATE A STRONGER AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND ADVOCATE FOR COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • CONDUCTED QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ON ISSUES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE THEN RAN MULTIMODAL PROGRAMS INFORMED BY THAT RESEARCH

    Expenses $592,976,320 · Grants $469,257,514 · Revenue $840,038

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gaurav Shirole

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $437,778
    From this org
    $425,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,778
    Hours/week
    24 + 16 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $125,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,875
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,903
    Filer's total
    $437,778

  • Chauncey McLean

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $766,343
    From this org
    $743,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,593
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $393,750
    Bonus
    $350,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,693
    Filer's total
    $766,343

  • Jon Fromowitz

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $319,234
    From this org
    $300,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,234
    Hours/week
    31 + 9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,234
    Filer's total
    $319,234

  • Katie Melin

    COO

    Total calculated
    $392,990
    From this org
    $375,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,990
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,000
    Bonus
    $125,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,990
    Filer's total
    $392,990

  • Ishanee Parikh

    DIRECTOR, PAID MEDIA AND RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $371,900
    From this org
    $365,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,900
    Hours/week
    25 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,000
    Bonus
    $125,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $371,900

  • Tracy Del Bianco

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $371,900
    From this org
    $365,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,900
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,000
    Bonus
    $125,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $371,900

  • Rachel Irwin

    PARTNERSHIPS AND IE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $324,374
    From this org
    $312,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,374
    Hours/week
    22 + 18 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,000
    Bonus
    $72,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,574
    Filer's total
    $324,374

  • Aaron Strauss

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $326,859
    From this org
    $312,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,859
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,000
    Bonus
    $72,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,259
    Filer's total
    $326,859

  • Margit Westerman

    DIGITAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $234,890
    From this org
    $225,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,967
    Hours/week
    18 + 22 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,923
    Bonus
    $55,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,518
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,449
    Filer's total
    $234,890

  • Thomas Brennan

    SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $245,125
    From this org
    $230,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,458
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,667
    Bonus
    $54,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,533
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,925
    Filer's total
    $245,125

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
IN A SINGLE INSTANCE, THE ORGANIZATION CHARTERED A WATER TAXI FOR AN OFFICER AS NECESSITATED FOR ORGANIZATION'S SCHEDULING DEMANDS (NON-TAXABLE).
PART I, LINE 7
NON-FIXED, BUDGET CONTINGENT COMPENSATION PAYMENTS WERE MADE TO KEY PERSONNEL IN LINE WITH THIRD PARTY NON-PROFIT COMPENSATION BENCHMARKS AND APPROVED BY DISINTERESTED DIRECTORS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

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

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.

  • FF PAC

    527 · POLITICAL COMMITEE · DC · controlled entity

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • MICRO WAVE TECHNOLOGIES INC

    C · HOLDING COMPANY · DE · 100% owned · share of income $1,775,283 · share of assets $1,774,643 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by FUTURE FORWARD USA ACTION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349327366

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