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← FORWARD FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FORWARD FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$356,970
Total expenses
$333,588
Contributions and grants received
$187,058
Grants paid
$57,500
Program service revenue
$207,043
Investment income
$21,275
Other revenue
-$58,406
Total assets, end of year
$2,342,845
Total liabilities, end of year
$213,678
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,129,167
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$186,248
Management and general expenses
$147,340
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$186,248

Program services were 55.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $56,200

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $130,858

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Rock Internship Fees

    total $166,132 · related or exempt $166,132

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Event Admission Fees

    total $37,926 · related or exempt $37,926

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Membership Dues

    total $2,985 · related or exempt $2,985

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,275 · excluded $21,275

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $58,960

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $60,628

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$1,668

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$1,668 · related or exempt $2,286 · unrelated business -$3,954

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $796

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $56,200

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $57,534

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$56,738 · excluded -$56,738

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $57,500 · program services $57,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $58,236 · management and general $58,236

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,104 · program services $2,104

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,829 · management and general $28,829

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $58,803 · management and general $58,803

  • 24a · Other expenses: Workforce Initiative

    total $97,668 · program services $97,668

  • 24b · Other expenses: Community Development

    total $26,578 · program services $26,578

  • 24c · Other expenses: Vision Forward Fund

    total $2,398 · program services $2,398

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,472 · management and general $1,472

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $53,506 · end of year $92,477

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $729,843 · end of year $921,272

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $331,794 · end of year $90,251

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,563 · end of year $37,280

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

    $1,430,209

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

    $279,139

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,167,163 · end of year $1,151,070

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $50,495 · end of year $50,495

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $20,223 · end of year $13,521

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $167,414 · end of year $149,215

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $50,942 · end of year $50,942

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $533,472 · end of year $572,401

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,572,313 · end of year $1,556,766

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The purpose is to encourage economic development by marketing and promoting activities aimed at attracting new industries to Janesville.

  • Rock County 5.0 Project: This is a joint-county effort to improve the economic condition of the area. This effort will consist of 5 economic development strategies - Business Retention & Expansion, Business & Investment Attraction, Real Estate Positioning, Small Business & Entrepreneurship, & Workforce Profiling.

    Expenses $97,668 · Revenue $166,132

  • Economic Development: the purpose is to encourage economic development by marketing & promoting activities aimed at attracting new industries to Janesville.

    Expenses $66,182 · Grants $57,500 · Revenue $43,197

  • Vision Forward Fund: the Vision Forward Fund (VFF) catalyzes change in the following four areas: Brand & Advocacy, Development Culture for Economic Opportunity, Talent Retention & Attraction, Business Retention & Strategic Diversification.

    Expenses $22,398

  • Woodman's Sports & Convention Center: the purpose is to encourage development of the sports & convention center by marketing & promoting activities.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sharlon Hermanson

    President

    Total calculated
    $71,139
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $70,316
    Other
    $823
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related
  • Corinne Webber

    Mgr Finance & Ops

    Total calculated
    $46,612
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $41,804
    Other
    $4,808
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related
  • Angela Pakes

    President (until 3/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $44,252
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $38,241
    Other
    $6,011
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related
  • Craig DeGarmo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Squire

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean Kennedy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lynn Gardinier

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Lindau

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Derek Greene

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Michael Gilbertson

    Future Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Oakleigh Ryan

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Hiller

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • George Cullen

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 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.

Grants on this return

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
11 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503499349301555

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