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← ALABAMA FORWARD

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ALABAMA FORWARD.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,998,335
Total expenses
$1,828,247
Contributions and grants received
$1,946,981
Grants paid
$743,919
Program service revenue
$20,528
Investment income
$216
Other revenue
$30,610
Total assets, end of year
$2,132,388
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,530
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,130,858
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,683,069
Management and general expenses
$145,178
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,683,069

Program services were 92.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,946,981

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRAINING & CAPACITY BU

    total $20,528 · related or exempt $20,528

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $216 · excluded $216

  • 11a · Other revenue: RETURNED PY GRANT

    total $30,041 · excluded $30,041

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $569 · excluded $569

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $30,610

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $743,919 · program services $743,919

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $224,194 · program services $195,049 · management and general $29,145

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $94,014 · program services $81,792 · management and general $12,222

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $27,112 · program services $23,587 · management and general $3,525

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,399 · program services $19,487 · management and general $2,912

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,141 · program services $12,303 · management and general $1,838

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,339 · management and general $26,339

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $296,065 · program services $257,577 · management and general $38,488

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,421 · program services $13,416 · management and general $2,005

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,073 · program services $7,023 · management and general $1,050

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $138 · program services $120 · management and general $18

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,841 · program services $15,522 · management and general $2,319

  • 17 · Travel

    total $55,644 · program services $48,410 · management and general $7,234

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,775 · program services $10,244 · management and general $1,531

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,537 · program services $3,077 · management and general $460

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $215,432 · program services $215,432

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $15,184 · program services $13,210 · management and general $1,974

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $10,697 · management and general $10,697

  • 24d · Other expenses: OUTREACH

    total $10,215 · program services $8,887 · management and general $1,328

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,107 · program services $14,014 · management and general $2,093

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,808,720 · end of year $1,576,638

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $400,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,050 · end of year $155,750

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $1,530

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,960,770 · end of year $2,130,858

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ALABAMA FORWARD IS A STATE-BASED 501(C)(3) CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COORDINATING TABLE COMMITTED TO ADVANCING MOVEMENT TOWARDS GREATER FREEDOM AND PROGRESSIVE, SOLUTION-ORIENTED POLICY AMONG A DIVERSE COALITION OF ALABAMA-BASED PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, SO THAT EVERY ALABAMIAN CAN ENGAGE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. IN PURSUIT OF THIS MISSION, ALABAMA FORWARD WILL PRIORITIZE RACE AND GENDER EQUITY TO ENGAGE EVERY ALABAMIAN IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ALABAMA FORWARD IS A 501(C)(3) CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COORDINATING TABLE COMMITTED TO ADVANCING FREEDOM MOVEMENT AND PROGRESSIVE, SOLUTION-ORIENTED POLICY AMONG A COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS, IN ORDER FOR EVERY ALABAMIAN TO ENGAGE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

  • ALABAMA FORWARD PROVIDES A VARIETY OF CAPACITY-BUILDING SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND RESOURCES TO ITS NETWORK OF MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING SUBGRANTS, TRAININGS, TECHINICAL ASSISTANCE, ACCESS TO CAPACITY-BUILDING TOOLS AND RESOURCES, AND PROGRAMS THAT AMPLIFY THEIR INDIVIDUAL MISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $743,919 · Grants $743,919 · Revenue $20,528

  • SHAKE THE FIELD IS A NARRATIVE CAMPAIGN, INTERACTIVE WEBSITE, COMMUNITY, AND LIFESTYLE BRAND TARGETING ALABAMIANS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-45 WHO LIVE IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND/OR IN THE ALABAMA DIASPORA. THE GOAL OF EACH OF THESE COMPONENTS IS TO CREATE AN ENCOURAGING AND FUN SPACE FOR TARGET AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO CULTIVATE PRO-DEMOCRACY CIVIC IDENTITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS WHILE ALSO EMBRACING COMMITMENT TO LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN ALABAMA'S CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, ARTISTIC, AND CULTURAL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $481,501

  • POWER ON THE LINE IS A NATIONAL NARRATIVE CAMPAIGN INTENDED TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE MERRILL V. MILLIGAN CASE BROUGHT BEFORE THE US SUPREME COURT, THE ISSUES WITH ALABAMA'S REDISTRICTING PROCESS THAT WERE AT THE CENTER OF THE CASE, AN THE IMPACT REDISTRICTING HAS ON EVERY DAY LIFE FOR AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

    Expenses $457,649

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Carlos Aleman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Adia Winfrey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jataune Bosby

    VICE BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kynesha Brown

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Todd

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rodreshia Russaw

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Curry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bernard Simelton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Letetia Jackson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robyn Hyden

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Evan Milligan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (~

    Total calculated
    $126,477
    From this org
    $108,426
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,051
    Hours/week
    40

  • Deanna Fowler

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $97,716
    From this org
    $90,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,356
    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

  • HISPANIC INTEREST COALITION OF ALABAMA

    $110,500

    2023 ANNUAL TABLE MEETING TRAVEL STIPEND2023 MEMBER CAPACITY BUILDING SUBGRANT2023 SHAKE THE FIELD SUBGRANT2023 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUBGRANT2023 STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION & MOBILIZATION PROJECT SUBGRANT2023 STRONGHOLD COUNTIES FIELD PLAN PROJECT SUBGRANT

  • TRANSFORM ALABAMA

    $107,461

    2023 ANNUAL TABLE MEETING TRAVEL STIPEND2023 EMERGING GROWTH COUNTIES FIELD PLAN PROJECT SUBGRANT2023 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUBGRANT2023 MUNICIPAL ELECTION MOBILIZATION PLAN - MONTGOMERY 2023 MUNICIPAL ELECTION MOBILIZATION PLAN - TALLADEGA2023 STRONGHOLD COUNTIES FIELD PLAN PROJECT SUBGRANTDN2 FESTIVAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH STIPENDFIELD & DATA WORKING GROUP MINI GRANTPOWER ON THE LINE TOWN HALL STIPEND

  • FAITH IN ACTION ALABAMA

    $80,694

    2023 ANNUAL TABLE MEETING TRAVEL STIPEND2023 EMERGING GROWTH COUNTIES FIELD PLAN PROJECT SUBGRANT2023 EMERGING GROWTH COUNTIES FILED PLAN PROJECT SUBGRANT2023 MEMBER CAPACITY BUILDING SUBGRANT

  • PEOPLE'S BUDGET BIRMINGHAM (FISCAL SPONSOR SWEET ALABAMA)

    $79,760

    2023 ANNUAL TABLE MEETING TRAVEL STIPEND2023 MEMBER CAPACITY BUILDING SUBGRANT2023 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUBGRANT

  • ALABAMA JUSTICE INITIATIVE

    $49,000

    2023 ANNUAL TABLE MEETING TRAVEL STIPEND2023 MEMBER CAPACITY BUILDING SUBGRANT2023 SHAKE THE FIELD SUBGRANT

  • GREATER-BIRMINGHAM ALLIANCE TO STOP POLLUTION (GASP)

    $40,500

    2023 ANNUAL TABLE MEETING TRAVEL STIPEND2023 MEMBER CAPACITY BUILDING SUBGRANT2023 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUBGRANT2023 SHAKE THE FIELD SUBGRANT

  • GREATER BIRMINGHAM MINISTRIES

    $40,175

    2023 ANNUAL TABLE MEETING TRAVEL STIPEND2023 STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATIONMOBILIZATION PROJECT SUBGRANTDN2 FESTIVAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH STIPEND

  • HOMETOWN ORGANIZING PROJECT

    $40,061

    2023 ANNUAL TABLE MEETING TRAVEL STIPEND2023 MEMBER CAPACITY BUILDING SUBGRANT2023 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUBGRANT2023 SHAKE THE FIELD SUBGRANT

  • BAY AREA WOMEN'S COALITION

    $35,000

    2023 STRONGHOLD COUNTIES FIELD PLAN PROJECT SUBJECT

  • THE ORDINARY PEOPLE'S SOCIETY

    $35,000

    2023 STRONGHOLD COUNTIES FIELD PLAN PROJECT SUBGRANT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521699349300702

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