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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FORWARD THROUGH FERGUSON.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,459,690
Total expenses
$1,006,107
Contributions and grants received
$1,180,345
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$278,919
Investment income
$426
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,438,656
Total liabilities, end of year
$66,797
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,371,859
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$685,808
Management and general expenses
$133,404
Fundraising expenses
$186,895
Program service expenses (Part III)
$685,808

Program services were 68.2% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $1,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,178,845

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RE CONSULTING & EDUCAT

    total $278,919 · related or exempt $278,919

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $426 · excluded $426

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $142,083 · program services $112,246 · management and general $14,208 · fundraising $15,629

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $477,965 · program services $377,592 · management and general $47,797 · fundraising $52,576

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $320,593 · program services $149,161 · management and general $62,478 · fundraising $108,954

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $795 · program services $566 · fundraising $229

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,784 · program services $8,520 · management and general $1,078 · fundraising $1,186

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,703 · program services $17,146 · management and general $2,170 · fundraising $2,387

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,408 · program services $6,465 · management and general $4,068 · fundraising $2,875

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,529 · program services $1,208 · management and general $153 · fundraising $168

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,472 · program services $1,163 · management and general $147 · fundraising $162

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND T

    total $8,112 · program services $6,409 · management and general $811 · fundraising $892

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS AND MEMBER

    total $3,110 · program services $2,457 · management and general $311 · fundraising $342

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FE

    total $1,832 · program services $1,447 · management and general $183 · fundraising $202

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND PRINTING

    total $1,711 · program services $418 · fundraising $1,293

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,010 · program services $1,010

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $596,780 · end of year $869,503

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $369,555 · end of year $552,658

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,000 · end of year $10,979

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,437 · end of year $3,092

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

    $4,588

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

    $2,164

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,953 · end of year $2,424

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $38,787 · end of year $48,797

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $32,662 · end of year $18,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $525,276 · end of year $538,859

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $393,000 · end of year $833,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

EMBRACING THE FERGUSON COMMISSION'S MANDATE, FORWARD THROUGH FERGUSON CENTERS IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AND MOBILIZES ACCOUNTABLE BODIES TO ADVANCE RACIALLY EQUITABLE SYSTEMS AND POLICIES THAT ENSURE ALL PEOPLE IN THE ST. LOUIS REGION CAN THRIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMBRACING THE FERGUSON COMMISSION'S MANDATE, FORWARD THROUGH FERGUSON CENTERS IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AND MOBILIZIES ACCOUNTABLE BODIES TO ADVANCE RACIALLY EQUITABLE SYSTEMS AND POLICIES THAT ENSURE ALL PEOPLE IN THE ST. LOUIS REGION CAN THRIVE.

  • RACIAL EQUITY CAPACITY: FTF HELPS PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS FIND THEIR STARTING POINT, STRATEGIZE THE JOURNEY FORWARD, CREATE "NEXT PRACTICES", AND DISCOVER HOW TO BE A RADICALLY ACCOUNTABLE PARTNER IN SYSTEMS CHANGE AND EQUITY. WE DO THIS BY CONDUCTIONG WORKSHOPS, INTERVENTIONS, AND ASSESSMENTS THAT SUPPORT INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION, CREATING AND SHARING CURATED TOOLKITS TO SUPPORT INSTITUTIONS TRANSFORMING TOWARDS RACIAL EQUITY; PUBLICALY TRACKING INSTITUTIONAL AND REGIONAL PROGRESS TOWARDS RACIAL EQUITY WITH ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE FERGUSON COMMISSION REPORT; AMPLIFYING SUCCESS STORIES OF INSTITUTIONS TRANSFORMING TOWARDS RACIAL EQUITY; AND CONVENING REDI (RACIAL EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION) AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS TO FOSTER SYNERGY AND MEASURABLE PROGRESS TOWARDS RACIAL EQUITY.

    Expenses $160,350 · Revenue $278,919

  • COMMUNICATIONS: BY FOCUSING ON COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY STORYTELLING, FTF BUILDS COMMUNITY AWARENESS, ELEVATES THE STORIES OF THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY RACIAL INEQUITY, AMPLIFIES THE STORIES OF PEOPLE ADVOCATING FOR POSITIVE CHANGES, AND CONNECTS ADVOCATES TO OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND SPHERE OF INFLUENCE.

    Expenses $152,928

  • POLICY AND SYSTEMS CHANGE: TO ACHIEVE POLICY AND SYSTEMS WINS THAT WILL DRIVE POPULATION-LEVEL OUTCOME SHIFTS TOWARDS RACIAL EQUITY, WE SUPPORT ISSUE-BASED ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS, ENGAGE IN GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZING, AND BUILD OPPORTUNITIES FOR DECISION MAKING BY COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY SYSTEMIC RACISM. WE PARTICULARLY FOCUS OUR CAMPAIGNS AND EFFORTS ON EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY TRANSFORMATION, AND RACIAL HEALING AND JUSTICE.

    Expenses $228,485

  • Expenses $144,045

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alicia Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlin Hughes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Claire Schell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Claire Wolff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dara Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa D'Souza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natalie Self

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Riisa Rawlins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Travonne Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zack Boyers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie Powell-Robinson

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Seth Waite

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Parker

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adelaide Lancaster

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elise Miller Hoffman

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josina Greene

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Dwight IV

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $142,084
    From this org
    $132,045
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,039
    Hours/week
    40

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
2022
Filed
9 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202322219349300227

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