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ONWARD A LEGACY FOUNDATION

EIN 26-0045741 CORTEZ, CO

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Revenue 2024
$5,147,847
Expenses 2024
$3,846,492

Program services were 86.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B82
Classification
3000
Street
PO BOX 26

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ONWARD! IS A TAX-EXEMPT, NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ORGANIZED FOR PUBLIC CHARITY PURPOSES. ONWARD!'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE BASE THAT WILL ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOUR CORNERS' COMMUNITIES.

  • ADMINISTRATION OF 43 FISCAL FUNDS. THE LARGEST FUNDS ARE RELATED TO School Community Youth, after school programs, Food Equity programs, Canyon lands preservation/education and apple orchard restoration.

    Expenses $2,988,490 · Grants $162,404 · Revenue $4,108,628

  • ADMINISTRATION OF 7 DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS WHICH MADE GRANTS TO 18 NON-PROFIT AND GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $121,185 · Grants $104,000 · Revenue $144,347

  • ADMINISTRATION OF 22 SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS WHICH PAID SCHOLARSHIPS TO 101 INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $103,425 · Revenue $326,135

  • ADMINISTRATION OF 13 MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL INTEREST FUNDS.

    Expenses $64,768 · Grants $27,300 · Revenue $187,696

  • ADMINISTRATION OF 5 ENDOWMENT FUNDS WHICH PROVIDED GRANTS TO 19 NON-PROFITS.

    Expenses $63,511 · Grants $50,713 · Revenue $125,147

  • ADMINISTRATION OF 8 AGENCY FUNDS. ONWARD INVESTS FUNDS ON BEHALF OF THESE DIFFERENT NON-PROFITS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES, INCLUDING RESERVE FUNDS, BUILDING FUNDS AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIC FUNDS.

    Expenses $1

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Charles R Forth Jr

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $37,300
    From this org
    $37,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • David Coit Jr

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mb McAfee

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jennifer Tewell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rebecca Samulski

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pete Montano

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laura Herrick

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jessie Farias Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Youvonne Neeley

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Casey Simpson

    Director

    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,147,847
    Expenses
    $3,846,492
    Contributions
    $4,041,373
    Grants paid
    $441,892
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,158,533
    Expenses
    $3,781,548
    Contributions
    $3,709,870
    Grants paid
    $915,359
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,597,468
    Expenses
    $2,572,635
    Contributions
    $3,246,137
    Grants paid
    $364,229

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
    $2,913,041
    Expenses
    $1,715,956
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,517,184

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,201,949
    Expenses
    $1,317,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,255,081

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,011,121
    Expenses
    $1,621,082
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,260,012

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,082,196
    Expenses
    $972,695
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,364,855

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $615,903
    Expenses
    $465,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,757,228

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $688,149
    Expenses
    $420,764
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,568,808

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $280,753
    Expenses
    $409,708
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,134,645

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $479,851
    Expenses
    $393,194
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,285,299

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $605,516
    Expenses
    $418,287
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,136,113

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $327,769
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,770,093

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.