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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CENTER FORWARD.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,146,007
Total expenses
$12,974,128
Contributions and grants received
$13,996,225
Grants paid
$3,030,701
Program service revenue
$14,466
Investment income
$135,316
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,614,144
Total liabilities, end of year
$56,595
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,557,549
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,259,683
Management and general expenses
$373,298
Fundraising expenses
$341,147
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,259,683

Program services were 94.5% 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

    $13,996,225

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE

    total $14,466 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $84,211 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $84,211

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $51,105

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $51,105

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $51,105 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $51,105

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,030,701 · program services $3,030,701

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $835,810 · program services $571,282 · management and general $142,494 · fundraising $122,034

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $181,352 · program services $139,828 · management and general $41,524 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,209 · program services $14,121 · management and general $4,088 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,756 · program services $6,790 · management and general $1,966 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $52,392 · program services $37,088 · management and general $11,037 · fundraising $4,267

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $21,150 · program services $0 · management and general $21,150 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,451 · program services $0 · management and general $14,451 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $164,934 · fundraising $164,934

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $20,000 · program services $0 · management and general $20,000 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,705,292 · program services $5,683,301 · management and general $21,991 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,857,985 · program services $1,857,985 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,604 · program services $15,144 · management and general $5,971 · fundraising $2,489

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $48,702 · program services $38,064 · management and general $6,390 · fundraising $4,248

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $249,577 · program services $175,209 · management and general $45,094 · fundraising $29,274

  • 17 · Travel

    total $38,070 · program services $29,097 · management and general $5,570 · fundraising $3,403

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $8,400 · program services $8,400 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $659,044 · program services $645,829 · management and general $8,987 · fundraising $4,228

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,167 · program services $0 · management and general $19,167 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOKS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, REFERENCES

    total $9,473 · program services $6,844 · management and general $2,629 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $6,270 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $6,270

  • 24c · Other expenses: TAXES AND FEES

    total $789 · program services $0 · management and general $789 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,646,131 · end of year $2,027,330

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $2,571,814

  • 15 · Other assets

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

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,806 · end of year $56,595

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $3,658,325 · end of year $4,557,549

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO GIVE CENTRIST ALLIES THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO CRAFT COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS AND PROVIDE THOSE ALLIES THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO TURN THOSE IDEAS INTO RESULTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE THE MAINSTREAM PRINCIPLES ESPOUSED BY THE MODERATE MOVEMENT BY PROVIDING A SERIES OF FORUMS AND PROGRAMS THROUGH WHICH PARTICIPANTS CAN ENGAGE IN THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION AND DEBATE.

  • THE ORGANIZATION'S 2022 EXEMPT PURPOSE ACHIEVEMENTS WERE TO ADVANCE THE MAINSTREAM PRINCIPLES ESPOUSED BY THE CENTRIST MOVEMENT. SPECIFICALLY, THE ORGANIZATION HELD PANEL AND DISCUSSION EVENTS ON ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE WORK IN CONGRESS. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION RESEARCHED, PRODUCED AND CONDUCTED NATIONWIDE ISSUE ADVERTISING TO PROMOTE THE MODERATE MOVEMENT.

    Expenses $12,259,683 · Grants $3,030,701

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Bud Cramer

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Tanner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jefferies Murray

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Vickie Walling

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Cori Kramer

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $675,036
    From this org
    $636,551
    From related orgs
    $19,687
    Other
    $18,798
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $244,928 + $7,575 related
    Bonus
    $391,623 + $12,112 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,234 + $564 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $274 + $9 related
    Filer's total
    $655,059 + $20,260 related

  • Riley Kilburg

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $180,645
    From this org
    $167,779
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,866
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,279
    Bonus
    $19,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,168
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,804
    Filer's total
    $180,751

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. 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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Pt I Line 7
COMPENSATION INCLUDES PERFORMANCE BASED BONUSES.

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

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.

  • CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE

    527 · POLITICAL COMMITTEE · DC · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CENTER FORWARD

  • CENTER FORWARD FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · EDUCATION · DC · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CENTER FORWARD

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343189349304444

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