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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FORWARD FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$378,110
Total expenses
$145,698
Contributions and grants received
$378,104
Grants paid
$15,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$288,557
Total liabilities, end of year
$56,145
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$232,412
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$129,710
Management and general expenses
$8,821
Fundraising expenses
$7,167
Program service expenses (Part III)
$129,710

Program services were 89.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $378,104

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6 · excluded $6

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $11,931 · management and general $5,764 · fundraising $6,167

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $29,214 · program services $29,214

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,504 · program services $1,104 · management and general $1,400

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $83,100 · program services $83,100

  • 17 · Travel

    total $117 · program services $117

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,425 · program services $1,175 · management and general $1,250

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $407 · management and general $407

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $1,000 · fundraising $1,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $188,557

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $100,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $41,145

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $15,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $69,318

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $163,094

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE FORWARD FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION OF WORKING-AGE PEOPLE IN THEIR GRANITE STATE COMMUNITIES THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND LEADERSHIP GROWTH. WORKING-AGE PEOPLE ARE VASTLY UNDERREPRESENTED AS LEADERS IN LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND STATE GOVERNMENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE FORWARD FOUNDATION SEEKS TO EMPOWER THIS POPULATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES BY IDENTIFYING, EDUCATING, AND SUPPORTING THEM SO THEY WILL GROW AS LEADERS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN OUR DEMOCRACY.

  • IN 2022, THE FORWARD FOUNDATION RAN A DIGITAL EDUCATION PROGRAM IN COMMUNITIES WITH THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF SAME-DAY VOTER REGISTRATION, INCLUDING AROUND NINE COLLEGE CAMPUSES, TO ENSURE THIS COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THEIR CONSTITUTIONALLY-PROTECTED RIGHT TO VOTE. THE FORWARD FOUNDATION'S DIGITAL VOTER EDUCATION PROGRAM SAW STRONGER-THAN-ANTICIPATED RESULTS, SHOWING THAT THE TARGETED COMMUNITIES (THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF SAME-DAY VOTER REGISTRATION) WERE INTERESTED AND ENGAGED IN LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO REGISTER AND VOTE ON ELECTION DAY. THE PROGRAM BROUGHT HIGH-QUALITY SAME-DAY VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO NINE KEY CAMPUS COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING UNH, KEENE STATE, PLYMOUTH STATE, DARTMOUTH, NHTI CONCORD, MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, NASHUA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, GREAT BAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THIS PROGRAM MADE 1,682,996 IMPRESSIONS AND LED 3,590 FOLKS TO OUR WEBSITE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION.

    Expenses $98,000 · Grants $15,000

  • RECRUITMENT OF APPOINTED POSITIONS THAT PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY: THE FORWARD FOUNDATION RAN A COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN TO IDENTIFY, EDUCATE, AND ACTIVATE WORKING-AGE ADULTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO SIGN UP TO SERVE AS VOLUNTEER POLL WORKERS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE'S GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 8, 2022. THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH, PAID DIGITAL ADVERTISING, TRAINING WEBINARS, AND RELATIONAL ORGANIZING, THE FORWARD FOUNDATION IDENTIFIED 301 POTENTIAL POLL WORKERS ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT AT LEAST 23 OF THESE FOLKS SERVED AS POLL WORKERS ON ELECTION DAY.

    Expenses $23,376

  • ISSUE-BASED EDUCATION FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS: NEW HAMPSHIRE'S ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE TASKED WITH MAKING DECISIONS ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY A LEGISLATOR CANNOT BE AN EXPERT IN EACH OF THESE ISSUES. THAT IS WHY THE FORWARD FOUNDATION ENGAGES IN A GOVERNANCE PROGRAM, TO MAKE SURE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN TOWNS, CITIES, AND IN THE STATE HOUSE ARE EDUCATED ON ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST TO WORKING-AGE INDIVIDUALS. IN 2022 WE BEGAN THIS PROGRAM BY HOSTING TRAININGS ABOUT HOUSING FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND WERE ABLE TO GET OVER 30 TRAINED IN HOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTERACTS WITH THE PUBLIC GOOD. SINCE 2022, WE HAVE BEN ABLE TO TRAIN OVER 70 MORE FOLKS ON MANY MORE ISSUES - HOWEVER, THE FIRST FOLKS WE TRAINED ON HOUSING ARE CONTINUALLY COMING BACK TO INTERACT WITH OUR ORGANIZATION, ATTEND MORE TRAININGS, AND HELP WITH OUR OTHER PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $8,334

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ELIZABETH WESTER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • MATTHEW GERDING

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AVA HAWKES

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICK TAYLOR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOANNA KELLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MOLLY LUNN OWEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $11,931
    From this org
    $11,931
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
7 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421369349315912

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