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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FORWARD.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,261,803
Total expenses
$6,947,275
Contributions and grants received
$6,908,623
Grants paid
$1,188,279
Program service revenue
$25,250
Investment income
$327,930
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,921,873
Total liabilities, end of year
$143,974
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,777,899
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,094,209
Management and general expenses
$291,661
Fundraising expenses
$561,405
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,094,209

Program services were 87.7% 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

    $6,908,623

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE

    total $25,250 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $267,034 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $267,034

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,053,503

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $992,607

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $60,896

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $60,896 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $60,896

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,188,279 · program services $1,188,279

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,032,239 · program services $776,419 · management and general $53,395 · fundraising $202,425

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $493,989 · program services $490,301 · management and general $0 · fundraising $3,688

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $22,184 · program services $22,090 · management and general $0 · fundraising $94

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $37,478 · program services $37,386 · management and general $0 · fundraising $92

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $82,467 · program services $72,395 · management and general $1,402 · fundraising $8,670

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $22,179 · program services $6,843 · management and general $15,336 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,094 · program services $0 · management and general $23,094 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $289,175 · fundraising $289,175

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $22,688 · program services $0 · management and general $22,688 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,507,546 · program services $1,398,873 · management and general $108,558 · fundraising $115

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $40,000 · program services $40,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,101 · program services $23,587 · management and general $3,524 · fundraising $4,990

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $76,546 · program services $74,663 · management and general $391 · fundraising $1,492

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $219,328 · program services $183,779 · management and general $7,455 · fundraising $28,094

  • 17 · Travel

    total $107,355 · program services $107,087 · management and general $181 · fundraising $87

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $199,545 · program services $199,545 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,470,558 · program services $1,458,247 · management and general $12,090 · fundraising $221

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,290 · program services $0 · management and general $18,290 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS

    total $25,220 · program services $0 · management and general $25,220 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $22,262 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $22,262

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOOKS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, REFERENCES

    total $14,752 · program services $14,715 · management and general $37 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,557,131 · end of year $1,491,247

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,942,668 · end of year $4,413,103

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $17,523

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,098 · end of year $143,974

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $5,506,701 · end of year $5,777,899

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO GIVE CENTRIST ALLIES THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO CRAFT COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS AND PROVIDE THOSE ALLIES THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO TURN THOSE IDEAS INTO RESULTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVANCE THE MAINSTREAM PRINCIPLES ESPOUSED BY THE MODERATE MOVEMENT BY PROVIDING A SERIES OF FORUMS AND PROGRAMS THROUGH WHICH PARTICIPANTS CAN ENGAGE IN THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION AND DEBATE.

  • THE ORGANIZATIONS 2024 EXEMPT PURPOSE ACHIEVEMENTS WERE TO ADVANCE THE MAINSTREAM PRINCIPLES ESPOUSED BY THE CENTRIST MOVEMENT. SPECIFICALLY, THE ORGANIZATION HELD PANEL AND DISCUSSION EVENTS AND CONFERENCES ON ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE WORK IN CONGRESS. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTED AND PRODUCED RESEARCH ON THE MODERATE MOVEMENT.

    Expenses $6,094,209 · Grants $1,188,279

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • CORI KRAMER

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $762,350
    From this org
    $745,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,250
    Hours/week
    39.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $619,385
    Bonus
    $125,715
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $443
    Filer's total
    $762,793

  • RILEY KILBURG

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $269,145
    From this org
    $253,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,055
    Hours/week
    39.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,600
    Bonus
    $54,490
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,461
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,895
    Filer's total
    $269,446

  • ROBERT BUD CRAMER

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFFERIES MURRAY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • VICKIE WALLING

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN TANNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Pt I Line 7
COMPENSATION INCLUDES PERFORMANCE BASED BONUSES.

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

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
22 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513139349300001

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