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← CALIFORNIA FORWARD

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CALIFORNIA FORWARD.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,050,468
Total expenses
$3,321,782
Contributions and grants received
$1,444,638
Grants paid
$682
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,482,774
Management and general expenses
$646,687
Fundraising expenses
$192,321
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,482,774

Program services were 74.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • CATHERINE BAKER

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GUSTAVO HERRERA

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFFREY WALLACE

    BOARD MEMBER - VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JORDAN CUNNINGHAM

    BOARD MEMBER - VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROLINE WHISTLER

    BOARD MEMBER - TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICK JONES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN CHIANG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LENNY MENDONCA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ASHLEY SWEARENGIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHET HEWITT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EJ MILKEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CONNIE PEREZ-ANDREESEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICK ORTIZ

    CSN BOARD MEMBER - NON-VOTING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELLE DECKER

    CSN BOARD MEMBER - NON-VOTING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATE GORDON AS OF 52024

    PRESIDENT & CEO - NON-VOTING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 3 related

  • MICAH WEINBERG THRU 6142023

    PRESIDENT & CEO - NON-VOTING

    Total calculated
    $269,886
    From this org
    $252,128
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,758
    Hours/week
    40 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,128
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,758
    Filer's total
    $269,886

  • ISMAEL HERRERA THRU 51924

    INTERIM CEO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - NON-VOTING

    Total calculated
    $214,161
    From this org
    $189,064
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,097
    Hours/week
    40 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,064
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,097
    Filer's total
    $214,161

  • LAVERA ALEXANDER

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER - NON-VOTING

    Total calculated
    $197,699
    From this org
    $187,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,314
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,385
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,314
    Filer's total
    $197,699

  • LAUREN JEGLINSKI THRU 112123

    SECRETARY - NON-VOTING

    Total calculated
    $97,025
    From this org
    $83,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,611
    Hours/week
    40 + 3 related

  • DAVID NELSON THRU 112123

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SHARED WITH ACTION FUND

    Total calculated
    $151,615
    From this org
    $145,052
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,563
    Hours/week
    3 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,052
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,563
    Filer's total
    $151,615

  • AMIT THAKKAR THRU 81823

    VP PUBLIC POLICY

    Total calculated
    $169,129
    From this org
    $160,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,991
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,138
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,991
    Filer's total
    $169,129

  • SELINA WILLIAMS

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $151,427
    From this org
    $129,620
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,807
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,620
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,807
    Filer's total
    $151,427

  • SUSAN LOVENBURG

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $146,982
    From this org
    $126,968
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,014
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOHN GUENTER

    DIRECTOR - COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $120,955
    From this org
    $112,742
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,213
    Hours/week
    40

  • ARACELI PALAFOX

    DIRECTOR REGIONS

    Total calculated
    $121,480
    From this org
    $107,066
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,414
    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 — 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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
AMIT THAKKAR SEPARATED FROM EMPLOYMENT ON 8/18/2023. HIS CALENDAR YEAR INCOME WAS $160,137.81 INCLUDING SEVERANCE OF $43,312.50. HIS FISCAL YEAR WAGES WERE $72,824.81, INCLUDING $43,312.50 SEVERANCE.

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
3 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500939349301640

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