SPEAK IT FORWARD INCORPORATED

EIN 94-3452447 KALAMAZOO, MI

Revenue 2023: $236,131
Expenses 2023: $201,494

Program services were 44.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
Classification: 2000
Street: 617 DOUGLAS AVE STE 1

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

DEDICATED TO TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF YOUTH AND ADULTS BY USING SPOKEN- WORD POETRY AS AN EDUCATION VEHICLE TO RAISE AWARENESS, CHALLENGE STEREOTYPES, BREAK DOWN BARRIERS AND INSTILL A SENSE OF EMPOWERMENT AND COMMUNITY.

CALHOUN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL - WORKSHOPS THAT ENGAGES INDIVIDUALS IN SELF- REFLECTION THROUGH A WRITING AND SPOKEN WORD CURRICULUM. OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL GROWTH AND STRONGER CONNECTION WITH SOCIETY ARE REACHED BY INDIVIDUALS.

Expenses $19,529 · Revenue $20,000
CALHOUN COUNTY JUVENILE HOME - WORKSHOPS THAT ENGAGES INDIVIDUALS IN SELF- REFLECTION THROUGH A WRITING AND SPOKEN WORD CURRICULUM. OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL GROWTH AND STRONGER CONNECTION WITH SOCIETY ARE REACHED BY INDIVIDUALS.

Expenses $19,529 · Revenue $20,000
KALAMAZOO PUBLIC LIBRARY - WORKSHOPS THAT ENGAGES INDIVIDUALS IN SELF- REFLECTION THROUGH A WRITING AND SPOKEN WORD CURRICULUM. OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL GROWTH AND STRONGER CONNECTION WITH SOCIETY ARE REACHED BY INDIVIDUALS.

Expenses $4,217 · Revenue $4,500
OTHER TRANSFORMATIVE WORK AND WORKSHOPS IN 2023 INCLUDED PROGRAMS WITH MICHIGAN YOUTH JOB CHALLENGE AND WILLARD LIBRARY, AMONG OTHERS.

Expenses $46,473 · Revenue $1,800

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

GABRIEL GIRON

EXECUTIVE DI

Total calculated

$50,000

From this org

$50,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
ED GRIFFIN

DIR. COM. EN

Total calculated

$50,000

From this org

$50,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
HANNA CHANNELL

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
GABRIELLE CONTESTI

BOARD PRESID

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
JUDAH GESMUNDO

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
JAMES LETTOW

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
HOWARD WALTERS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
KATHY WILSON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2023

Revenue

$236,131

Expenses

$201,494

Contributions

$188,140

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$198,557

Expenses

$188,816

Contributions

$186,421

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$158,557

Expenses

$188,816

Contributions

$146,421

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$236,131	$201,494	$188,140	$0
2022	$198,557	$188,816	$186,421	$0
2022	$158,557	$188,816	$146,421	$0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$207,377

Expenses

$186,039

Assets (EOY)

$148,876
2020 · 990

Revenue

$206,657

Expenses

$138,517

Assets (EOY)

$151,665
2019 · 990

Revenue

$156,787

Expenses

$193,519

Assets (EOY)

$60,669
2018 · 990

Revenue

$275,403

Expenses

$230,020

Assets (EOY)

$99,278
2017 · 990

Revenue

$142,553

Expenses

$165,048

Assets (EOY)

$52,117
2016 · 990

Revenue

$203,172

Expenses

$171,477

Assets (EOY)

$77,271
2015 · 990

Revenue

$230,620

Expenses

$243,747

Assets (EOY)

$49,136
2014 · 990

Revenue

$321,972

Expenses

$299,404

Assets (EOY)

$63,290
2013 · 990

Revenue

$257,320

Expenses

$247,810

Assets (EOY)

$41,448
2012 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$167,902

Expenses

$171,122

Assets (EOY)

$23,912

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$207,377	$186,039	$148,876
2020	990	$206,657	$138,517	$151,665
2019	990	$156,787	$193,519	$60,669
2018	990	$275,403	$230,020	$99,278
2017	990	$142,553	$165,048	$52,117
2016	990	$203,172	$171,477	$77,271
2015	990	$230,620	$243,747	$49,136
2014	990	$321,972	$299,404	$63,290
2013	990	$257,320	$247,810	$41,448
2012	990-EZ	$167,902	$171,122	$23,912

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010

Tax period: 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010
Principal officer: Gabriel Giron
Mailing address: 10007 Wildwood CourtRichland MI 49083

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

KALAMAZOO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NETWORK

$55,000

2023 YOUTH SERVICES
KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$36,000

2022 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$35,000

2024 ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES
KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$31,500

2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.