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← UNITED PHILANTHROPY FORUM

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNITED PHILANTHROPY FORUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,488,354
Total expenses
$4,991,763
Contributions and grants received
$2,096,498
Grants paid
$14,250
Program service revenue
$1,355,881
Investment income
$30,775
Other revenue
$5,200
Total assets, end of year
$3,957,461
Total liabilities, end of year
$824,682
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,132,779
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,092,965
Management and general expenses
$769,887
Fundraising expenses
$128,911
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,092,965

Program services were 82.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $745,721

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,350,777

  • 2a · Program service revenue: USER FEES

    total $985,596 · related or exempt $985,596

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEETINGS

    total $370,285 · related or exempt $370,285

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $30,775 · excluded $30,775

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,200 · excluded $5,200

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $14,250 · program services $14,250

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $270,510 · program services $214,922 · management and general $51,523 · fundraising $4,065

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,287,845 · program services $1,023,202 · management and general $245,291 · fundraising $19,352

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $70,545 · program services $56,047 · management and general $13,437 · fundraising $1,061

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $87,002 · program services $69,124 · management and general $16,572 · fundraising $1,306

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $115,731 · program services $91,949 · management and general $22,043 · fundraising $1,739

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,511 · program services $1,198 · management and general $238 · fundraising $75

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $101,562 · program services $80,487 · management and general $16,009 · fundraising $5,066

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $25,253 · program services $25,253

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,823 · management and general $1,823

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $994,363 · program services $782,787 · management and general $160,718 · fundraising $50,858

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $125 · program services $95 · management and general $25 · fundraising $5

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $57,895 · program services $43,935 · management and general $11,494 · fundraising $2,466

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $553,666 · program services $437,985 · management and general $88,235 · fundraising $27,446

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $132,656 · program services $105,396 · management and general $25,267 · fundraising $1,993

  • 17 · Travel

    total $170,650 · program services $167,109 · management and general $3,282 · fundraising $259

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $572,710 · program services $560,828 · management and general $11,013 · fundraising $869

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $371,727 · program services $295,340 · management and general $70,801 · fundraising $5,586

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,565 · program services $7,258 · management and general $1,899 · fundraising $408

  • 24a · Other expenses: ONLINE HOSTING SERVICES

    total $147,398 · program services $111,847 · management and general $29,269 · fundraising $6,282

  • 24b · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES

    total $4,976 · program services $3,953 · management and general $948 · fundraising $75

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $342,529 · end of year $106,329

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,862,166 · end of year $135,614

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,525,634 · end of year $1,956,633

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,889 · end of year $28,637

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,053,849

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,676,552

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $520,408 · end of year $377,297

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $1,010,394

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $455,136 · end of year $342,557

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $392,501 · end of year $267,590

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $197,823 · end of year $179,439

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $500,644 · end of year $377,653

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,560,794 · end of year $780,893

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,075,000 · end of year $2,351,886

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AS THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE NETWORK IN AMERICAN PHILANTHROPY, UNITED PHILANTHROPY FORUM HOLDS A UNIQUE POSITION IN THE SOCIAL SECTOR TO HELP INCREASE PHILANTHROPY'S IMPACT IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE HELP PEOPLE WHO DO GOOD TO DO GOOD BETTER. THE FORUM IS A MEMBERSHIP NETWORK OF MORE THAN 90 REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS (PSOS), REPRESENTING MORE THAN 7,000 FOUNDATIONS FUNDERS, WHO WORK TO MAKE PHILANTHROPY BETTER. THE FORUM ENVISIONS A COURAGEOUS PHILANTHROPIC SECTOR THAT CATALYZES A JUST AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY WHERE ALL CAN PARTICIPATE AND PROSPER.

  • KNOWLEDGE SERVICES:MANY OF THE FORUM'S REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PSO MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN THE FORUM'S UNIQUE, STATE-OF-THE-ART SHARED TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM, KNOWN AS THE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (KM) COLLABORATIVE, WHICH OFFERS MEMBERS AN INTEGRATED CONSTITUENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) SOLUTION AND A SOPHISTICATED WEBSITE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS). FORUM MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO USE THIS PLATFORM FOR A FRACTION OF WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST THEM TO DEVELOP A SIMILAR PLATFORM ON THEIR OWN. THEY RECEIVE ONGOING SUPPORT FROM THE FORUM TEAM AND ARE PART OF AN ACTIVE USER COMMUNITY OF PEERS.

    Expenses $1,539,069 · Revenue $985,596

  • PROGRAM, COMMUNICATIONS & SERVICES:THE FORUM PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMS, COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER SERVICES TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF OUR MEMBERS TO ADVANCE, MOBILIZE, CONVENE, INFORM AND SUPPORT PHILANTHROPY. THIS INCLUDES AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND OTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR; A WIDE RANGE OF PEER COMMUNITY NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PSO STAFF WITH MANY DIFFERENT JOB FUNCTIONS AND LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE; DATA AND KNOWLEDGE TO INFORM THE WORK OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS (PSOS), INCLUDING AN ANNUAL COMPENSATION & BENEFITS SURVEY FOR PSOS; ONGOING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY WORK TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF OUR MEMBERS TO ENGAGE IN PUBLIC POLICY; ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS THAT BOTH INFORM AND LIFT UP THE WORK OF OUR MEMBERS, THROUGH A REGULAR NEWSLETTER, SOCIAL MEDIA, ACTIVE LISTSERVS AND OTHER MEANS; AND NUMEROUS OTHER CAPACITY-BUILDING EFFORTS. WE ALSO PROVIDE ONGOING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO HELP OUR MEMBERS ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY IN THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND WITH THEIR FOUNDATION MEMBERS, INCLUDING A RACIAL EQUITY CAPACITY ASSESSMENT FOR PSOS, A RACIAL EQUITY PEER LEARNING COHORT, ONGOING RACIAL EQUITY-FOCUSED PROGRAMS AND MORE.

    Expenses $2,553,896 · Grants $14,250 · Revenue $370,285

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

Listed in Part VII

  • David Biemesderfer

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $270,509
    From this org
    $240,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,393
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,116
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,006
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,387
    Filer's total
    $270,509
  • Val Rozansky

    VP OF KNOWLEDGE SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $223,239
    From this org
    $202,177
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,062
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,177
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,019
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,043
    Filer's total
    $223,239
  • Courtney Moore

    SR. DIRECTOR OF MEMBER SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $155,904
    From this org
    $140,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,244
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,660
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,968
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,276
    Filer's total
    $155,904
  • Matthew L Evans

    SR. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY

    Total calculated
    $155,688
    From this org
    $140,460
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,228
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,460
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,968
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,260
    Filer's total
    $155,688
  • Traci Slater-Rigaud

    SR. DIRECTOR OF MEMBER ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $147,781
    From this org
    $126,454
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,327
    Hours/week
    40
  • Eddie Torres

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Philip Li

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amalia Brindis Delgado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andreason Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lashanda Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dena Chadwick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurie Liles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Mann Willcox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristen Ruff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erik Stegman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcus Walton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyle Caldwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kari McCann Boutell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marissa Tirona

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deborah Aubert Thomas

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristen Campbell

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Esteban

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Misiko Andere

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423209349316182

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