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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FORWARD MICHIGAN.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,476,219
Total expenses
$5,890,780
Contributions and grants received
$853,870
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,617,885
Investment income
$3,362
Other revenue
$1,102
Total assets, end of year
$1,672,494
Total liabilities, end of year
$774,255
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$898,239
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,467,528
Management and general expenses
$403,416
Fundraising expenses
$19,836
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,467,528

Program services were 92.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $853,870

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $5,617,885 · related or exempt $5,617,885

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,362 · excluded $3,362

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,102 · excluded $1,102

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,102

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $86,964 · management and general $86,964

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $502,626 · program services $471,672 · management and general $25,058 · fundraising $5,896

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $33,926 · program services $27,141 · management and general $6,446 · fundraising $339

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $48,204 · program services $38,563 · management and general $9,159 · fundraising $482

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,250 · management and general $18,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $75,868 · management and general $75,868

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,587 · fundraising $10,587

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $98,533 · program services $3,489 · management and general $94,900 · fundraising $144

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $54,930 · program services $7,690 · management and general $46,691 · fundraising $549

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $832 · program services $566 · management and general $266

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,700 · program services $8,850 · management and general $7,611 · fundraising $1,239

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,494 · management and general $24,494

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED

    total $4,824,913 · program services $4,824,913

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $39,590 · program services $39,590

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $39,220 · program services $39,220

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS AND APPRECIATION

    total $7,471 · program services $4,333 · management and general $3,138

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,672 · program services $1,501 · management and general $4,571 · fundraising $600

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $439,447 · end of year $859,353

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $619,373 · end of year $808,175

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,653 · end of year $4,966

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $925

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $232,290 · end of year $177,846

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $28,651

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $150,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $257,856 · end of year $446,409

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $397,601 · end of year $816,587

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $81,652

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO IMPROVE SOCIAL WELFARE, INCLUDING ECONOMIC SECURITY, PUBLIC SAFETY, EFFECTIVE AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING,AND UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE COVERAGE ON COMMUNITIES TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED AMONG MICHIGAN POLICY MAKERS, INCLUDING THROUGH ORGANIZING,LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ISSUE ADVOCAY, FISCAL SPONSORSHIP OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS,AND ALL OTHER PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

  • BACK OFFICE FOR ORGANIZING IN MICHIGAN, LLC ("BOOM") WAS ORGANIZED BY FORWARD MICHIGAN AS A MICHIGAN SINGLE MEMBER LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A BACK-OFFICE HUB WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY-BASED SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS BUILDING MULTIRACIAL WORKING CLASS POWER. BOOM SUPPORTS THE GROWTH OF A LOCAL MOVEMENT ECOSYSTEM BY EXECUTING ADMINISTRATIVE AND BACKGROUND WORK SO THAT PARTNERS HOLD THE NECESSARY CAPACITY FOR PROGRAMMATIC AND ORGANIZING PRIORITIES. FORWARD MICHIGAN IS THE SOLE SHAREHOLDER OF BOOM.

    Expenses $5,467,528 · Revenue $5,617,885

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Molly Sweeney

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Patrina Tocco

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Rebeca Velazquez-Publes

    SECRETARY &

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Alisha Lauchie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Jamila Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Le Tim Ly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Mary Brady Enerson

    OFFICER TO B

    Total calculated
    $102,522
    From this org
    $86,964
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,558
    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.

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.

  • BOOM LLC

    MI · income $5,680,772 · assets $1,672,494

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202542829349301379

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