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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FORWARDTN.

Totals

Total revenue
$502,542
Total expenses
$501,773
Contributions and grants received
$502,542
Grants paid
$2,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$211,438
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,660
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$209,778
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$422,383
Management and general expenses
$37,590
Fundraising expenses
$41,800
Program service expenses (Part III)
$422,383

Program services were 84.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $502,542

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,000 · program services $2,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $107,855 · program services $107,855

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,681 · program services $5,681

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $122,500 · program services $53,200 · management and general $27,500 · fundraising $41,800

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,175 · management and general $6,175

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $69,774 · program services $69,774

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,122 · program services $770 · management and general $3,352

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $28,389 · program services $28,389

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,987 · program services $10,987

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTORS

    total $92,246 · program services $92,246

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH & POLLING

    total $50,464 · program services $50,464

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $1,017 · program services $1,017

  • 24d · Other expenses: DONATION PORTAL FEES

    total $263 · management and general $263

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $300 · management and general $300

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $210,643 · end of year $205,958

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $5,480

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,634 · end of year $1,660

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $209,009 · end of year $209,778

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FORWARDTN IS A NON-PROFIT PROJECT DEDICATED TO ELEVATING VOICES OF FORWARD-THINKING TENNESSEANS WHO WANT A BALANCED APPROACH TO GOVERNMENT WHERE POLICY AFFECTING THE WELLBEING OF PEOPLE'S LIVES IS SHAPED BY EVIDENCE AND RESULTS, INSTEAD OF EXTREME PARTISAN IDEOLOGY. FORWARDTN'S GOAL IS TO EDUCATE TENNESSEANS ABOUT THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS EXTREME POLICIES,CERTAIN ELECTED LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ON THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH ORGANIZING,SOCIAL MEDIA AND ACTION. FORWARDTN PROVIDES ISSUE AND OPINION RESEARCH, SHARED MESSAGE DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SHARED TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES TO PARTNER PROGRESSIVE ADVOCACY GROUPS. WE MONITOR THE STATEWIDE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, IDENTIFYING EXTREME LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS AND OTHER POLICY CHANGES THAT COULD AFFECT YOUR LIFE. WE TELL YOU ABOUT THEM QUICKLY AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THEM. WE ARE DETERMINED TO SEE TENNESSEE BE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY. TO THAT END, FORWARD TN RAISES THE VISIBILITY OF ISSUES

  • WE MONITOR THE STATEWIDE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, IDENTIFYING EXTREME LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS AND OTHER POLICY CHANGES THAT COULD AFFECT YOUR LIFE. WE TELL YOU ABOUT THEM QUICKLY AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THEM. WE ARE DETERMINED TO SEE TENNESSEE BE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY. TO THAT END, FORWARD TN RAISES THE VISIBILITY OF ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR STATE.

    Expenses $308,847 · Grants $2,000

  • WE MONITOR THE STATEWIDE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, IDENTIFYING EXTREME LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS AND OTHER POLICY CHANGES THAT COULD AFFECT YOUR LIFE. WE TELL YOU ABOUT THEM QUICKLY AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THEM. WE ARE DETERMINED TO SEE TENNESSEE BE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY. TO THAT END, FORWARD TN RAISES THE VISIBILITY OF ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR STATE.

    Expenses $113,536

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Amy Gordon Bono

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Judy Cummings

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Eichenthal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Natasha Deane

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lenda Sherrell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Justin Wilkins

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

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.

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.

  • TOGETHER TENNESSEE LLC

    S CORP · SERVICE · TN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202423209349311007

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