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← FORGE CITY WORKS

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FORGE CITY WORKS.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,983,909
Total expenses
$6,198,451
Contributions and grants received
$3,318,016
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,600,610
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$65,283
Total assets, end of year
$5,377,512
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,041,240
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,336,272
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,275,313
Management and general expenses
$717,562
Fundraising expenses
$205,576
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,275,313

Program services were 85.1% 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

    $6,409

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,311,607

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CATERING/CULINARY/GROC

    total $2,600,610 · related or exempt $2,600,610

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $72,353

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

    $6,409

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $7,070

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $65,283 · excluded $65,283

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $135,200 · program services $47,320 · management and general $47,320 · fundraising $40,560

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,937,133 · program services $2,553,986 · management and general $324,326 · fundraising $58,821

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $326,429 · program services $277,465 · management and general $45,700 · fundraising $3,264

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $249,613 · program services $210,413 · management and general $30,894 · fundraising $8,306

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $335,121 · program services $181,134 · management and general $139,665 · fundraising $14,322

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $49,939 · program services $32,925 · management and general $11,153 · fundraising $5,861

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $261,316 · program services $214,412 · management and general $42,203 · fundraising $4,701

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,790 · program services $6,850 · management and general $8,940

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $379,978 · program services $303,190 · management and general $17,840 · fundraising $58,948

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,661 · program services $2,053 · management and general $2,593 · fundraising $1,015

  • 20 · Interest

    total $56,554 · program services $53,203 · management and general $2,972 · fundraising $379

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $118,558 · program services $111,009 · management and general $6,449 · fundraising $1,100

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $67,485 · program services $42,920 · management and general $24,565

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF SALES

    total $956,819 · program services $956,819

  • 24b · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $104,906 · program services $98,693 · management and general $5,510 · fundraising $703

  • 24c · Other expenses: LOSS ON DISPOSAL

    total $46,763 · program services $46,763

  • 24d · Other expenses: LAUNDRY

    total $38,498 · program services $37,757 · management and general $0 · fundraising $741

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $112,688 · program services $98,401 · management and general $7,432 · fundraising $6,855

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $599,933 · end of year $301,090

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,436,240 · end of year $3,529,192

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $58,284

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $50,654 · end of year $27,776

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

    $1,370,001

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

    $470,938

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $759,438 · end of year $899,063

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $27,144 · end of year $562,107

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $230,168 · end of year $434,764

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $30,269

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $27,144 · end of year $576,207

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,064,658 · end of year $475,899

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,551,439 · end of year $3,860,373

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FORGE CITY WORKS USES THE POWER OF FOOD TO TRANSFORM PEOPLE, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND OUR CITY BY CREATING FOOD-BASED CAREER PATHWAYS, PROVIDING EQUITABLE, AFFORDABLE FOOD ACCESS, AND OPERATING FOOD-BASED SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BUSINESSES.

  • JOB TRAINING: OUR JOB TRAINING PROGRAM PREPARES LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS WITH BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT FOR JOBS EACH YEAR, FOCUSING ON BOTH SOFT SKILLS AND TECHNICAL CULINARY SKILLS. MOST PARTICIPANTS ARE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH (AGES 18-24 WHO ARE DISCONNECTED FROM SCHOOL AND WORK). PARTICIPANTS EARN MINIMUM WAGE DURING TRAINING AND WORK 20-25 HOURS/WEEK FOR ABOUT 16 WEEKS IN LEVEL 1 WHILE THEY MASTER INITIAL SKILLS, THEN MOVE UP TO LEVEL 2 INTERNSHIPS. WAGES EARNED BY TRAINEES IN THE PROGRAM IN 2024 TOTALED $222,863. IN 2024, 28 PEOPLE STARTED PROGRAM AND 75% COMPLETED THE LEVEL 1 TRAINING OR LEFT EARLY FOR A JOB. TWENTY (72%) HAD POSITIVE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES: EMPLOYED (50%), IN LEVEL 2 (14%), OR JUST FINISHED AND ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR WORK (7%).

    Expenses $4,987,606 · Revenue $2,184,088

  • THE GROCERY ON BROAD: OPENED IN 2024, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY OFFERS HEALTHY STAPLES AND FRESH FOODS. THE SLIDING SCALE PRICING OFFERS DISCOUNTS UP TO 50% OFF TO LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORS, WHICH EQUATED TO $53,840 IN DISCOUNTS. IN 2024, WE SERVED 838 FAMILIES, MOST OF WHICH WERE FAMILIES WITHIN THE FROG HOLLOW NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH THE STORE RESIDES.

    Expenses $287,707 · Revenue $416,522

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ojala Naeem

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aimee Hendrigan

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara Batchelder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maggie Willard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenya Rutland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Price

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Pliney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tasha Roberts

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carlos Espinosa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Whitney Bundy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Al Loomer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jaime McDonald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Hockenhull

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benjamin Dubow

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $139,560
    From this org
    $132,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,760
    Hours/week
    40

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.

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502109349300115

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