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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FORWARD FOUNDATION.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 20 May 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$25,031 changed to $424,179
Total expenses
$32,126 changed to $436,041
Contributions and grants received
$25,000 changed to $423,408
Investment income
$31 changed to $52
Other revenue
$0 changed to $719
Total assets, end of year
$278,504 changed to $249,296
Total liabilities, end of year
$53,187 changed to $35,841
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$225,317 changed to $213,455
Program services expenses
$20,981 changed to $346,612
Management and general expenses
$4,896 changed to $77,308
Fundraising expenses
$6,249 changed to $12,121
Program service expenses (Part III)
$20,981 changed to $346,612

Listed only on the later return

  • S AMY SPENCER

Totals

Total revenue
$25,031
Total expenses
$32,126
Contributions and grants received
$25,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$31
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$278,504
Total liabilities, end of year
$53,187
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$225,317
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$20,981
Management and general expenses
$4,896
Fundraising expenses
$6,249
Program service expenses (Part III)
$20,981

Program services were 65.3% 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

    $25,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31 · excluded $31

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,025 · management and general $1,461 · fundraising $1,564

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $21,058 · program services $13,872 · management and general $2,501 · fundraising $4,685

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,520 · program services $5,520

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,054 · program services $1,054

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $683 · management and general $683

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $786 · program services $535 · management and general $251

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $188,557 · end of year $228,504

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $50,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $41,145 · end of year $38,187

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $15,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $69,318 · end of year $62,223

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $163,094 · end of year $163,094

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE FORWARD FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION OF WORKING-AGE PEOPLE IN THEIR GRANITE STATE COMMUNITIES THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND LEADERSHIP GROWTH. WORKING-AGE PEOPLE ARE VASTLY UNDERREPRESENTED AS LEADERS IN LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND STATE GOVERNMENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE FORWARD FOUNDATION SEEKS TO EMPOWER THIS POPULATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES BY IDENTIFYING, EDUCATING, AND SUPPORTING THEM SO THEY WILL GROW AS LEADERS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN OUR DEMOCRACY.

  • IN 2023, THE FORWARD FOUNDATION RAN A DIGITAL EDUCATION PROGRAM IN COMMUNITIES WITH THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF SAME-DAY VOTER REGISTRATION TO ENSURE THIS COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THEIR CONSTITUTIONALLY-PROTECTED RIGHT TO VOTE. THE FORWARD FOUNDATION'S DIGITAL VOTER EDUCATION PROGRAM SAW STRONGER-THAN-ANTICIPATED RESULTS, SHOWING THAT THE TARGETED COMMUNITIES (THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF SAME-DAY VOTER REGISTRATION) WERE INTERESTED AND ENGAGED IN LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO REGISTER AND VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.

    Expenses $9,443

  • ISSUE-BASED EDUCATION FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS: NEW HAMPSHIRE'S ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE TASKED WITH MAKING DECISIONS ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY A LEGISLATOR CANNOT BE AN EXPERT IN EACH OF THESE ISSUES. THAT IS WHY THE FORWARD FOUNDATION ENGAGES IN A GOVERNANCE PROGRAM, TO MAKE SURE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN TOWNS, CITIES, AND IN THE STATE HOUSE ARE EDUCATED ON ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST TO WORKING-AGE INDIVIDUALS. IN 2023, WE WERE ABLE TO TRAIN 70 ADDITIONAL FOLKS WITH THIS PROGRAM - HOWEVER, THE FIRST SET OF ABOUT 50 FOLKS WE TRAINED ON HOUSING ARE CONTINUALLY COMING BACK TO INTERACT WITH OUR ORGANIZATION, ATTEND MORE TRAININGS, AND HELP WITH OUR OTHER PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $7,347

  • RECRUITMENT OF APPOINTED POSITIONS THAT PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY: THE FORWARD FOUNDATION RAN A COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN TO IDENTIFY, EDUCATE, AND ACTIVATE WORKING-AGE ADULTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO SIGN UP TO SERVE AS VOLUNTEER POLL WORKERS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE'S CITY AND TOWN ELECTIONS. THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH, PAID DIGITAL ADVERTISING, TRAINING WEBINARS, AND RELATIONAL ORGANIZING, THE FORWARD FOUNDATION IDENTIFIED 50 NEW FOLKS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN POLL WORKING, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY ELECTIONS. THIS SET THE GROUNDWORK FOR A SMOOTH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2024 AS WELL.

    Expenses $4,191

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ELIZABETH WESTER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • MATTHEW GERDING

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AVA HAWKES

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICK TAYLOR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOANNA KELLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MOLLY LUNN OWEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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
2023
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202431369349311203

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