Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,252,189

Total expenses

$1,752,296

Contributions and grants received

$1,168,753

Grants paid

$64,940

Program service revenue

$48,199

Investment income

$33,382

Other revenue

$1,855

Total assets, end of year

$2,151,233

Total liabilities, end of year

$291,861

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,859,372

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,248,775

Management and general expenses

$365,353

Fundraising expenses

$138,168

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,248,775

Program services were 71.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• STATE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ISSUES - KIDS FORWARD ADVOCATES FOR EFFECTIVE, LONG-LASTING SOLUTIONS THAT BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO SUCCESS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN WISCONSIN, NOTABLY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF COLOR AND THOSE FURTHEST FROM OPPORTUNITY. USING RESEARCH AND A COMMUNITY-INFORMED APPROACH, KIDS FORWARD WORKS TO HELP EVERY CHILD, EVERY FAMILY, AND EVERY COMMUNITY THRIVE. KIDS FORWARD SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS WITH A FOCUS ON ENSURING EQUITY WITHIN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEM. RESEARCH HAS CONSISTENTLY CONFIRMED THAT CHILDREN WHO PARTICIPATE IN HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS ARE MORE LIKELY READY TO START SCHOOL READY TO LEARN AND ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING POSITIVE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES RELATED TO GRADUATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND HEALTH. GOALS FOR THE EARLY LEARNING WORK INCLUDE EMBEDDING PARENT AND CAREGIVER VOICE INTO REFORM OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEM, ELIMINATING RACIAL DISPARITIES IN ACCESS AND OUTCOMES, INCREASING INVESTMENTS (PRIVATE AND PUBLIC) IN TRAINING EARLY LEARNING TEACHERS, PROVIDING SUPPORT TO EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE HIGHER QUALITY SERVICES, AND SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND MONITORING OF AN EFFECTIVE QUALITY RATING AND IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM THAT HELPS PARENTS UNDERSTAND THE QUALITY OF PROGRAMS THEY SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO AND PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR MAKING OVERALL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EARLY LEARNING SYSTEM IN WISCONSIN. KIDS FORWARD SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO NEED HEALTH CARE HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AND SERVICES THAT MEETS THEIR HEALTH CARE NEEDS. WISCONSIN HAS MADE PROGRESS IN THE PAST IN INCREASING COVERAGE FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AND MANY ADULTS, AND KIDS FORWARD SEEKS TO PROMOTE POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT AT LEAST MAINTAIN, IF NOT EXPAND, THAT COVERAGE. KIDS FORWARD IS ACTIVE IN WORKING TO EXPAND BADGERCARE (MEDICAID), PROTECT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AS CRITICAL SOURCES OF ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, AND REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES THROUGH A FOCUS ON HEALTH EQUITY IN ALL POLICIES. KIDS FORWARD WORKS TO ACHIEVE RACIAL AND ETHNIC EQUITY AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL. USING AN ANTIRACIST POLICY ADVOCACY MODEL - RESEARCH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, POLICY ANALYSIS AND PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION - OUR TEAM APPLIES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ENGAGING LEADERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS WISCONSIN IN A BROADER, SOLUTION-ORIENTED DIALOGUE AIMED AT REDUCING THE PROFOUND AND PERSISTENT RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH, EDUCATION, CHILD WELFARE, YOUTH JUSTICE, EMPLOYMENT, AND INCOME THAT PLAGUE THE STATE AND NATION. THROUGH REIMAGINE WISCONSIN WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP AND ADVANCE AN ANTIRACIST, ANTI-AUSTERITY, PRO WORKER POLICY AGENDA DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT EVERY WISCONSIN CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY THRIVES. KIDS FORWARD PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS AND EDUCATION ON STATE BUDGET AND TAX ISSUES, PARTICULARLY THOSE RELATING TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND THOSE FURTHEST FROM OPPORTUNITY. OUR WORK SEEKS TO EMBED THE PERSPECTIVES OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE BROADER DEBATE ON BUDGET AND TAX POLICY THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND BY ENCOURAGING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ON THESE ISSUES.

  Expenses $1,248,775 · Grants $64,940 · Revenue $48,199

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

Listed in Part VII

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

• MILWAUKEE AREA SERVICE & HOSPITALITY WORKERS HIRING HALL INC

  $25,000

  SUBGRANT - WORKER-CENTERED POLICIES FOR AN EQUITABLE RECOVERY

• WORKER JUSTICE WISCONSIN

  $25,000

  SUBGRANT - WORKER-CENTERED POLICIES FOR AN EQUITABLE RECOVERY

• CENTER FOR COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP INC

  $12,940

  SUBGRANT - HEALTHY EARLY LEADERS & PARTNERS

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.

• KIDS FORWARD FOUNDATION INC

  501(C)(3) · SUPPORT THE MISSION OF KIDS FORWARD, INC. · WI · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by KIDS FORWARD INC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

11 September 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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