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← NORTHWEST INDIANA FORUM FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NORTHWEST INDIANA FORUM FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,608,519
Total expenses
$7,625,634
Contributions and grants received
$7,564,566
Grants paid
$7,564,566
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$703
Other revenue
$43,250
Total assets, end of year
$1,442,425
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,403,425
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$39,000
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,581,767
Management and general expenses
$43,867
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,581,767

Program services were 99.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $7,564,566

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $703 · excluded $703

  • 11a · Other revenue: MANAGEMENT FEE

    total $43,250 · related or exempt $43,250

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $43,250

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,564,566 · program services $7,564,566

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $43,250 · management and general $43,250

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,200 · program services $5,766 · management and general $434

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,000 · program services $9,000

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,498 · program services $2,323 · management and general $175

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $120 · program services $112 · management and general $8

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $87,923 · end of year $1,378,929

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $62,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $129,317

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $576 · end of year $996

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

    $11,346

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

    $11,346

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $128,951 · end of year $1,358,425

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $32,750 · end of year $45,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $56,115 · end of year $39,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WORKING TO MEET ENVIRONMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL CONCERNS, PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IN NORTHWEST INDIANA, AND SECURE GRANTS TO ACCOMPLISH ENVIRONMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL GOALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMITE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN HARMONY WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, AND A POSITIVE IMAGE FOR NORTHWEST INDIANA.

  • OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS ENCOURAGING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION, AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE 7-COUNTY AREA (LAKE, PORTER, LAPORTE, STARKE, JASPER, NEWTON, AND PULASKI).

    Expenses $7,581,767 · Grants $7,564,566 · Revenue $43,250

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brian Hittinger

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Dewey Pearman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Erica Dombey

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Helen Pennington

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Jim Jorgensen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Lisa Daughtery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Tony Oss

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Greg Gordon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Natalie Skaro

    DIRECTOR (TERM 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Nathan Origer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Jill Ritchie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Heather Ennis

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $229,851
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $200,000
    Other
    $29,851
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $175,000 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $25,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,143 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,708 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $229,851 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, 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 · 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 I, LINE 3
THE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT & CEO IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS POLICY HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE OUR LAST REPORT.

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
202523219349303437

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