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← FORWARD ARKANSAS

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FORWARD ARKANSAS.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,018,954
Total expenses
$3,927,743
Contributions and grants received
$3,018,954
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,341,837
Total liabilities, end of year
$892,368
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,449,469
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,629,013
Management and general expenses
$298,730
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,629,013

Program services were 92.4% 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

    $3,018,954

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $148,054 · management and general $148,054

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $699,384 · program services $561,988 · management and general $137,396

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,772,187 · program services $2,772,187

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $205,141 · program services $205,141

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,892 · program services $8,565 · management and general $3,327

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $40,180 · program services $34,154 · management and general $6,026

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,123 · program services $27,123

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,093 · program services $19,855 · management and general $2,238

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,689 · management and general $1,689

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,062,882 · end of year $1,202,071

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,372,038 · end of year $1,133,229

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,787 · end of year $2,586

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

    $10,618

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

    $6,667

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,640 · end of year $3,951

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $84,089 · end of year $892,368

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $771,220 · end of year $58,152

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,587,038 · end of year $1,391,317

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FORWARD ARKANSAS IS A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHED BY THE ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION, AND THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION TO INCREASE EQUITY AND ACHIEVE INCREASES IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOR ARKANSAS.

  • FORWARD ARKANSAS IS A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHED BY THE ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION, AND THE WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION TO INCREASE EQUITY AND ACHIEVE INCREASES IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOR ARKANSAS.

    Expenses $3,629,013 · Revenue $3,018,954

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

Listed in Part VII

  • VICKI SAVIERS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PHILLIP BALDWIN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JERRY JONES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEBORAH FRAZIER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARY ELIZABETH ELDRIDGE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DARRIN WILLIAMS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TEQUILLA BROWNIE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICK NEAL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHANEIL PJ YARBROUGH

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANNA STRONG

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BEN KUTYLO

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $225,934
    From this org
    $194,771
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,163
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,771
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $31,163
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $225,934

  • MALACHI NICHOLS

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $124,805
    From this org
    $107,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,214
    Hours/week
    40

  • COURTNEY LINCOLN

    SENIOR DIREC

    Total calculated
    $126,903
    From this org
    $109,399
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,504
    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. 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 · 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
2023
Filed
31 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202433199349303003

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