Totals
- Total revenue
- $7,856,409
- Total expenses
- $2,288,987
- Contributions and grants received
- $7,851,097
- Grants paid
- $30,442
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $5,312
- Total assets, end of year
- $24,355,200
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $5,361,430
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $18,993,770
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,247,907
- Management and general expenses
- $406,116
- Fundraising expenses
- $634,964
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,247,907
Program services were 54.5% 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.
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$7,851,097
-
3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6a · Gross rents
real property $5,312
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $5,312
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $5,312 · related or exempt $5,312
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $30,442 · program services $30,442
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $190,000 · program services $95,000 · management and general $47,500 · fundraising $47,500
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $485,269 · program services $215,624 · management and general $121,317 · fundraising $148,328
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $52,216 · program services $24,019 · management and general $13,054 · fundraising $15,143
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $53,820 · program services $24,757 · management and general $13,455 · fundraising $15,608
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $82,238 · program services $36,281 · management and general $10,536 · fundraising $35,421
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $209,996 · program services $92,644 · management and general $26,904 · fundraising $90,448
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $368,065 · program services $171,644 · management and general $49,845 · fundraising $146,576
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $117,659 · program services $785 · management and general $6,148 · fundraising $110,726
-
13 · Office expenses
total $110,325 · program services $47,608 · management and general $47,407 · fundraising $15,310
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $277,262 · program services $229,487 · management and general $46,867 · fundraising $908
-
17 · Travel
total $23,309 · program services $6,036 · management and general $10,350 · fundraising $6,923
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $15,830 · program services $15,830
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $110,215 · program services $104,049 · management and general $6,166
-
23 · Insurance
total $30,008 · program services $23,441 · management and general $6,567
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24a · Other expenses: REAL ESTATE TAXES
total $69,930 · program services $69,930
-
24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES
total $50,570 · program services $50,570
-
24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL
total $11,833 · program services $9,760 · fundraising $2,073
-
24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $3,688,812 · end of year $6,375,496
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $6,895,643
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $4,232 · end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $12,212 · end of year $34,698
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$6,346,178
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$235,389
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $7,023,208 · end of year $6,110,789
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $11,819 · end of year $4,938,574
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $189,786 · end of year $441,028
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $2,819,894 · end of year $2,852,332
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
end of year $500,000
-
25 · Other liabilities
end of year $1,568,070
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $5,208,346 · end of year $7,920,431
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,522,257 · end of year $11,073,339
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Forest Forward works with the community to combat the causes and effects of systemic inequities through neighborhood revitalization that centers efforts to accelerate the advancement of marginalized people. The centerpoint of the project is the restoration and renovation of the historic Forest Theater in South Dallas.
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Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.
Expenses $1,247,907 · Grants $30,442
As filed on the 2023 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.
Listed in Part VII
-
Elizabeth WattleyELIZABETH WATTLEY
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $190,000
- From this org
- $190,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $165,000
- Bonus
- $25,000
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $190,000
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Alicia PeoplesALICIA PEOPLES
CHIEF DEV. OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $120,000
- From this org
- $120,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Chris DowdyCHRIS DOWDY
VP OF STRATEGY
- Total calculated
- $120,000
- From this org
- $120,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Larry JamesLARRY JAMES
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Matrice Ellis-KirkMATRICE ELLIS-KIRK
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Jon HalbertJON HALBERT
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Linda HalbertLINDA HALBERT
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Gilbert GerstGILBERT GERST
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Rev Matthew RuffnerREV MATTHEW RUFFNER
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Froswa Booker-DrewFROSWA BOOKER-DREW
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Diane RagsdaleDIANE RAGSDALE
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
-
Rabbi David SternRABBI DAVID STERN
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 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.
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.
Disregarded entities
Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.
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HAROLD & LOIS LLC
PROPERTY ACQUISITION · TX
Directly controlled by FOREST FORWARD
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FOREST THEATER LLC
THEATER/EVENTS · TX
Directly controlled by FOREST FORWARD
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 16 October 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202442909349300339
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