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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FORWARD ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$16,824,765
Total expenses
$15,640,515
Contributions and grants received
$16,106,812
Grants paid
$2,937,272
Program service revenue
$639,588
Investment income
$5,242
Other revenue
$73,123
Total assets, end of year
$2,972,772
Total liabilities, end of year
$93,615
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,879,157
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,253,232
Management and general expenses
$181,333
Fundraising expenses
$205,950
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,253,232

Program services were 97.5% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $235,376

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $15,871,436

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FISCAL MANAGEMENT FEE

    total $619,737 · related or exempt $619,737

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $19,851 · related or exempt $19,851

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,242 · excluded $5,242

  • 11a · Other revenue: BILLABLE EXP. REV.

    total $73,123 · excluded $73,123

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $73,123

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,937,272 · program services $2,937,272

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $779,403 · program services $779,403

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $85,917 · management and general $85,917

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,394 · management and general $22,394

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $205,950 · fundraising $205,950

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,254,086 · program services $8,254,086

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,140,608 · program services $2,140,608

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $147,025 · program services $127,286 · management and general $19,739

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,938 · management and general $15,938

  • 17 · Travel

    total $126,514 · program services $126,514

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $96,023 · program services $96,023

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,862 · management and general $8,862

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT MAIL

    total $423,588 · program services $423,588

  • 24b · Other expenses: FIELD MATERIALS

    total $318,213 · program services $318,213

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $49,278 · program services $49,278

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAXES AND FEES

    total $28,483 · management and general $28,483

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $961 · program services $961

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $713,029 · end of year $1,427,215

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $926,055 · end of year $1,447,574

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $57,335

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,902 · end of year $32,097

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

    $38,440

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

    $9,610

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,440 · end of year $28,830

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $37,056

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $35,854 · end of year $56,559

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $37,056

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $51,152 · end of year $244,783

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,674,755 · end of year $2,634,374

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTION FUND WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL WELFARE BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING POLICIES RELATED TO ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR WORKING FAMILIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • IN 2022, SOMOS VOTANTES HAD TEAMS ON THE GROUND IN NEVADA, ARIZONA, AND MICHIGAN WITH CANVASS AND BUSINESS ORGANIZING PROGRAMS UP AND RUNNING, AND EVEN ESTABLISHED A PERMANENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZING TEAM IN LAS VEGAS. ACROSS OUR STATES, WE MADE MORE THAN 1.7 MILLION ATTEMPTS AT THE DOORS AND REACHED OUT TO OVER 10,000 LATINO SMALL BUSINESSES. OUR PROGRAM TARGETED BROADLY TO ENGAGE OUR LATINO COMMUNITY, INCLUDING YOUTH OUTREACH, LATINA-SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENT, AND LATINO SMALL BUSINESS RECRUITMENT. WE USED DIGITAL MEDIA, RADIO, AND TV TO REACH LATINO VOTERS EARLY IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH - TESTING, MEASURING, AND ADJUSTING ADVERTISING DYNAMICALLY DURING THE CAMPAIGN TO DRIVE STRONGER AD PERFORMANCE, AND OUR MAIL PROGRAMS USED RESEARCH-TESTED MESSAGING AND LANGUAGE PREFERENCES.

    Expenses $8,776,882 · Grants $387,272

  • THE CAMPAIGN FOR A FAMILY FRIENDLY ECONOMY IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF WORKING FAMILIES. WE BUILD GRASSROOTS SUPPORT FOR SOLUTIONS THAT WOULD TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF AMERICAN FAMILIES, LIKE PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE, LOWER COST PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, AND AFFORDABLE ELDER AND CHILD CARE.

    Expenses $5,468,236 · Grants $2,526,000

  • THE FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTION FUND SUPPORTS PROGRAMMING THAT ADVANCES SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR WORKING FAMILIES BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES THAT IMPROVE THE LIVES OF WORKERS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $548,171 · Revenue $639,588

  • JUSTICE UNITES US IS AN AAPI-LED AND RUN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN BUILT TO ENGAGE AND MOBILIZE THE UNITED STATES' MOST RAPIDLY GROWING VOTER BLOC AND HELP CREATE PROGRESSIVE CHANGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

    Expenses $459,943 · Grants $24,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Deborah Butler

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Esther Dickinson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.3 related

  • Mary Schuh

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.3 related

  • Monica Ciolfi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • Courtney Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.3 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

  • HOUSE MAJORITY PAC

    $1,000,000

    GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

  • BPAC EDUCATION FUND

    $816,000

    NEW ACCOUNT FUNDING

  • FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTION PAC

    $400,000

    CAMPAIGN FOR A FAMILY FRIENDLY ECONOMY ACTIVITIES

  • TIOGA FUND

    $310,000

    CAMPAIGN FOR A FAMILY FRIENDLY ECONOMY

  • SOMOS PAC

    $222,150

    GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

  • NEW DAY NEVADA INC

    $100,000

    DISINFORMATION PROGRAM

  • PROTECT YOUR VOTE NEVADA

    $50,000

    TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY AND VOTING RIGHTS IN NEVADA

  • JUSTICE UNITES US PAC

    $24,000

    GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

  • FLORIDA RISING INC

    $10,000

    IN SUPPORT OF HABLAMOS ESPANOL FLORIDA

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.

  • NORTH MAIN STREET FUND

    501(C)(3) · DEDICATED TO ACHIEVING HEALTH, SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR WORKING PEOPLE. · NH

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323149349300217

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