Totals
- Total revenue
- $6,204,000
- Total expenses
- $6,854,575
- Contributions and grants received
- $6,204,000
- Grants paid
- $3,708,350
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $213,307
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $18,061
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $195,246
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,658,604
- Management and general expenses
- $195,971
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,658,604
Program services were 97.1% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$6,204,000
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $3,708,350 · program services $3,708,350
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $22,360 · management and general $22,360
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $8,500 · management and general $8,500
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $2,354,703 · program services $2,189,592 · management and general $165,111
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $704,500 · program services $704,500
-
13 · Office expenses
total $1,754 · program services $1,754
-
14 · Information technology
total $1,420 · program services $1,420
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $33,164 · program services $33,164
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $13,650 · program services $13,650
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23 · Insurance
total $6,174 · program services $6,174
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $853,420 · end of year $158,707
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $54,600
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $7,599 · end of year $18,061
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $845,821 · end of year $195,246
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
CITIES FORWARD IS A NONPARTISAN EFFORT FOCUSED ON HELPING CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY MAKE PARTICIPATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS A PRIORITY. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SEE SCHEDULE O
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IN 2024, CITIES FORWARD DEVELOPED A THEORY OF CHANGE FOCUSED ON INVESTING IN NONPARTISAN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS THAT ENHANCE CITY GOVERNMENTS ABILITY TO BUILD GENUINE RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS. THIS INCLUDED 1 CONNECTING TO SERVICES SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO HELP COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND HOW TO ACCESS LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND BENEFITS. 2 COMMUNITY BUILDING CREATING AWARENESS ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED EVENTS TO HELP BUILD AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. 3 ENGAGING IN CIVIC LIFE, INCLUDING VOTING REMOVING BARRIERS THAT PREVENT RESIDENTS FROM FULLY PARTICIPATING IN CIVIC LIFE, PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH RELIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND TO SHARE NONPARTISAN INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING ELECTIONS.
Expenses $6,382,604 · Grants $3,533,350
-
CITIES FORWARD BELIEVES THAT GOVERNMENTS HAVE IMMENSE POTENTIAL AS DRIVERS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO DRIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AMONG THEIR MEMBERS AND REDUCE BARRIERS TO VOTING FOR NATIVE COMMUNITIES. THE TRIBES FORWARD PROJECT DIRECTLY SUPPORTED TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS SEEKING TO EXPAND UPON THEIR EXISTING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. TRIBES FORWARD ALSO ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP FOSTER GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TRIBES AND LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS.
Expenses $276,000 · Grants $175,000
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
MICHAEL TANGLIS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
NINA ZENNI
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SAM OLIKER-FRIEDLAND
CHAIR ASSISTANT TREASURER
- 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
-
$1,550,000
MISSION SUPPORT
-
MISSION SUPPORT
-
$525,000
MISSION SUPPORT
-
$285,000
MISSION SUPPORT
-
MISSION SUPPORT
-
$100,000
MISSION SUPPORT
-
MISSION SUPPORT
-
MISSION SUPPORT
-
$25,000
MISSION SUPPORT
-
MISSION SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543189349309099
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