Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$124,617

Total expenses

$100,320

Contributions and grants received

$144,765

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

— not reported

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

— not reported

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

-$20,148

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

— not reported

Other revenue (line 8)

— not reported

Total assets, end of year

$234,757

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$234,757

Program service expenses (Part III)

$100,321

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

• IN 2013, MATT FORTE, ALL PRO RUNNING BACK FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS, ESTABLISHED THE MATT FORTE FOUNDATION WITH HIS CO-FOUNDER AND WIFE DANIELLE FORTE AFTER LEARNING THAT 14.7 % OF CHICAGO'S HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS WERE INCARCERATED, AND NEARLY 42,000 TEENS DID NOT RECEIVE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS. AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE, AND TO MEET THE EVER-GROWING NEED FOR WRAP-AROUND SUPPORT IN SOUTHSIDE AND WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS IN CHICAGO, THE FOUNDATION EXPANDED PROGRAMMING FROM SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION TO DIRECTLY FACILITATING ONGOING PROGRAMMING IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, MENTORING, FINANCIAL LITERACY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THE EVOLUTION TO HIGHLY VARIED, DIRECTLY OPERATED PROGRAMMING; MOTIVATED THE NAME CHANGE FROM "MATT FORTE FOUNDATION" TO "WHAT'S YOUR FORTE FOUNDATION," AS IT IS KNOWN TODAY. THE WHAT'S YOUR FORTE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO INVEST IN THE EQUITABLE ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT OF YOUTH AND FAMILIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIP AND PURPOSEFUL RELATIONSHIPS. OUR VISION IS TO BE A POWERFUL LEVER FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, THAT FACILITATES TRANSFORMATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH & WEST SIDES OF CHICAGO. WE DO THIS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY, INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES, ROBUST ENGAGEMENT, AND A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES. THE FOUNDATION HOLISTICALLY SUPPORTS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT JUST ABOUT PROGRAMS BUT COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS. IT HAS BEEN OUR CHARGE TO SEEK OUT THE FORGOTTEN, DISCONNECTED(OPPORTUNITY YOUTH), AND MARGINALIZED. CENTERING OUR OUTREACH ON THE EDUCATION OF YOUTH IN THE MOST UNDERINVESTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND UPLIFTING THE FAMILY UNIT AS A WHOLE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT STRONG FAMILIES CAN TRANSFORM CULTURE IN POSITIVE WAYS THAT LAST FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.AS A PROUD GRADUATE OF TULANE UNIVERSITY, MATT UNDERSTANDS THE POWER OF EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITY AND HOW IT CHANGES LIVES FOR THE BETTER. MATT BELIEVES THAT THROUGH AWARENESS, RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING AND YOUTH -FOCUSED EMPOWERMENT, SUCCESSFUL PATHWAYS CAN BE CHARTERED, AND A TRANSFORMATION OF STATISTICS AND FUTURES OF THE YOUTH AND COMMUNITIES CAN BE REALIZED.

  Expenses $100,321

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

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2023

Filed

4 September 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202412549349200911

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