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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FORWARDTN.

Totals

Total revenue
$358,450
Total expenses
$515,785
Contributions and grants received
$358,450
Grants paid
$32,499
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$52,698
Total liabilities, end of year
$255
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$52,443
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$422,080
Management and general expenses
$48,605
Fundraising expenses
$45,100
Program service expenses (Part III)
$422,080

Program services were 81.8% 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

    $358,450

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $32,499 · program services $32,499

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $117,851 · program services $117,851

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,200 · program services $2,200

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,211 · program services $6,211

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $132,500 · program services $56,600 · management and general $30,800 · fundraising $45,100

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,230 · management and general $11,230

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $58,796 · program services $58,796

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,951 · program services $993 · management and general $2,958

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,444 · program services $7,444

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,223 · program services $2,223

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,582 · program services $2,582

  • 20 · Interest

    total $17 · program services $17

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTORS

    total $108,455 · program services $108,455

  • 24b · Other expenses: TNDF CONTRACTORS

    total $25,810 · program services $25,810

  • 24c · Other expenses: DONATION PORTAL FEES

    total $1,846 · management and general $1,846

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL SERVICES

    total $768 · management and general $768

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,402 · program services $399 · management and general $1,003

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $205,958 · end of year $52,572

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,480 · end of year $126

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,660 · end of year $255

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $209,778 · end of year $52,443

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FORWARDTN IS A NON-PROFIT PROJECT DEDICATED TO ELEVATING VOICES OF FORWARD-THINKING TENNESSEANS WHO WANT A BALANCED APPROACH TO GOVERNMENT WHERE POLICY AFFECTING THE WELLBEING OF PEOPLE'S LIVES IS SHAPED BY EVIDENCE AND RESULTS, INSTEAD OF EXTREME PARTISAN IDEOLOGY. FORWARDTN'S GOAL IS TO EDUCATE TENNESSEANS ABOUT THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS EXTREME POLICIES,CERTAIN ELECTED LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE ON THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH ORGANIZING,SOCIAL MEDIA AND ACTION. FORWARDTN PROVIDES ISSUE AND OPINION RESEARCH, SHARED MESSAGE DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SHARED TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES TO PARTNER PROGRESSIVE ADVOCACY GROUPS. WE MONITOR THE STATEWIDE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, IDENTIFYING EXTREME LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS AND OTHER POLICY CHANGES THAT COULD AFFECT YOUR LIFE. WE TELL YOU ABOUT THEM QUICKLY AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THEM. WE ARE DETERMINED TO SEE TENNESSEE BE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY. TO THAT END, FORWARD TN RAISES THE VISIBILITY OF ISSUES

  • WE MONITOR THE STATEWIDE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, IDENTIFYING EXTREME LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS AND OTHER POLICY CHANGES THAT COULD AFFECT YOUR LIFE. WE TELL YOU ABOUT THEM QUICKLY AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THEM. WE ARE DETERMINED TO SEE TENNESSEE BE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY. TO THAT END, FORWARD TN RAISES THE VISIBILITY OF ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR STATE.

    Expenses $295,818 · Grants $32,499

  • WE MONITOR THE STATEWIDE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, IDENTIFYING EXTREME LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS AND OTHER POLICY CHANGES THAT COULD AFFECT YOUR LIFE. WE TELL YOU ABOUT THEM QUICKLY AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THEM. WE ARE DETERMINED TO SEE TENNESSEE BE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY. TO THAT END, FORWARD TN RAISES THE VISIBILITY OF ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR STATE.

    Expenses $126,262

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Amy Gordon Bono

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Judy Cummings

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Eichenthal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Natasha Deane

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lenda Sherrell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Justin Wilkins

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • TN PROGRESS

    $32,499

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • TOGETHER TENNESSEE LLC

    S CORP · SERVICE · TN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533149349304698

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