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← FWD US INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FWD US INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,736,177
Total expenses
$17,927,363
Contributions and grants received
$12,175,691
Grants paid
$589,500
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,378,219
Management and general expenses
$4,414,531
Fundraising expenses
$134,613
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,378,219

Program services were 74.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • TODD SCHULTE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $515,833
    From this org
    $299,538
    From related orgs
    $164,500
    Other
    $51,795
    Hours/week
    32 + 18 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $297,538 + $164,500 related
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,908 + $4,892 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,526 + $13,469 related
    Filer's total
    $332,972 + $182,861 related

  • ZOE TOWNS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $446,773
    From this org
    $260,379
    From related orgs
    $140,700
    Other
    $45,694
    Hours/week
    32 + 18 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $258,379 + $140,700 related
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,253 + $6,081 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,411 + $9,949 related
    Filer's total
    $290,043 + $156,730 related

  • MARK DELICH

    DIRECTOR OF CONGRESSIONAL

    Total calculated
    $336,417
    From this org
    $263,169
    From related orgs
    $13,850
    Other
    $59,398
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $261,169 + $13,850 related
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,789 + $831 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,639 + $2,139 related
    Filer's total
    $319,597 + $16,820 related

  • CHRISTOPHER COGER

    VP, CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $315,855
    From this org
    $176,486
    From related orgs
    $93,978
    Other
    $45,391
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,486 + $93,978 related
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,303 + $5,486 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,316 + $10,286 related
    Filer's total
    $206,105 + $109,750 related

  • TIFFANY LAWRENCE

    VP, CHIEF HR OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $295,124
    From this org
    $160,798
    From related orgs
    $89,053
    Other
    $45,273
    Hours/week
    26 + 14 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,798 + $89,053 related
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,340 + $5,173 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,796 + $10,964 related
    Filer's total
    $189,934 + $105,190 related

  • RENA KAREFA-JOHNSON

    VP, OF NATIONAL INITIATIVES

    Total calculated
    $258,193
    From this org
    $117,269
    From related orgs
    $113,701
    Other
    $27,223
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,269 + $113,701 related
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,682 + $1,630 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,140 + $11,771 related
    Filer's total
    $131,091 + $127,102 related

  • BINA SURGEON

    COO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $246,151
    From this org
    $140,402
    From related orgs
    $79,473
    Other
    $26,276
    Hours/week
    32 + 18 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,402 + $79,473 related
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,563 + $4,847 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,216 + $4,650 related
    Filer's total
    $157,181 + $88,970 related

  • JUAN PACHON

    VP COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $245,439
    From this org
    $144,563
    From related orgs
    $83,904
    Other
    $16,972
    Hours/week
    25 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,563 + $83,904 related
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,739 + $6,233 related
    Filer's total
    $155,302 + $90,137 related

  • LORELLA PRAELI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $32,500
    From this org
    $16,250
    From related orgs
    $16,250
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related

  • DAVID PLOUFFE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • ANDREW PINCUS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related

  • JORDAN FOX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related

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 — 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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART II
AS REFLECTED ON SCHEDULE R., FWD.US, INC. SHARES PAID EMPLOYEES WITH FWD.US EDUCATION FUND, INC., A RELATED 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, PURSUANT TO A SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. FWD.US, INC. ACTS AS A COMMON PAYMASTER FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS. CERTAIN EMPLOYEES ALLOCATE THEIR TIME BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS, AND FWD.US EDUCATION FUND, INC. REIMBURSES FWD.US, INC. FOR FWD.US EDUCATION FUND, INC.'S ALLOCABLE SHARE OF SALARY AND BENEFITS EXPENSE. FWD.US, INC. HAS REPORTED THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS ATTRIBUTABLE TO IT ON ROW (I) OF THIS SCHEDULE. COMPENSATION ATTRIBUTABLE TO FWD.US EDUCATION FUND, INC. IS REPORTED ON ROW (II) OF THIS SCHEDULE.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349319694

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