FORGE CITY WORKS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

S20

Classification

1000

Street

227 LAWRENCE ST

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 · 2025

• JOB TRAINING: OUR JOB TRAINING PROGRAM PREPARES LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS WITH BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT FOR JOBS EACH YEAR, FOCUSING ON BOTH SOFT SKILLS AND TECHNICAL CULINARY SKILLS. MOST PARTICIPANTS ARE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH (AGES 18-24 WHO ARE DISCONNECTED FROM SCHOOL AND WORK). PARTICIPANTS EARN MINIMUM WAGE DURING TRAINING AND WORK 20-25 HOURS/WEEK FOR ABOUT 16 WEEKS IN LEVEL 1 WHILE THEY MASTER INITIAL SKILLS, THEN MOVE UP TO LEVEL 2 INTERNSHIPS. WAGES EARNED BY TRAINEES IN THE PROGRAM IN 2025 TOTALED $255,208. IN 2025, 40 PARTICIPANTS STARTED THE PROGRAM; 82% OF PARTICIPANTS EXITING THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED LEVEL 1 TRAINING. IN 2025, 76% OF GRADUATES FOUND WORK WITHIN 90 DAYS OF EXITING THE PROGRAM WITH AVERAGE STARTING WAGES OF 17% OVER MINIMUM WAGE. WE HIRE TRAINEES TOO: 15-20% OF OUR HOURLY WORKFORCE ARE TRAINING GRADUATES.

  Expenses $1,701,616 · Revenue $680,369

• FIRE BY FORGE: IN 2023, WE OPENED FIRE BY FORGE, AN UPSCALE CASUAL, PAN-AMERICAN-INSPIRED CAFE, RESTAURANT, AND BAR WITH EQUITY STRATEGIES EMBEDDED IN THE FINANCIAL MODEL. OUR JOB TRAINING PROGRAM IS HOSTED AT THE RESTAURANT, WHICH ENABLES US TO TRAIN ON A MUCH BROADER RANGE OF JOBS, AND OFFERS THE POTENTIAL FOR TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYMENT. MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES LIVE IN OUR FROG HOLLOW NEIGHBORHOOD.

  Expenses $3,360,294 · Revenue $2,397,490

• THE GROCERY ON BROAD: OPENED IN 2024, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY OFFERS HEALTHY STAPLES AND FRESH FOODS. THE SLIDING SCALE PRICING OFFERS UP TO A 50% DISCOUNT IN 2025 TO LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORS, WHICH EQUATED TO $170,263 IN SAVINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY. IN 2025, WE SERVED ABOUT 600 FAMILIES.

  Expenses $571,304 · Revenue $161,993

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $5,556,580

  Expenses

  $6,447,878

  Contributions

  $2,316,728

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $5,983,909

  Expenses

  $6,198,451

  Contributions

  $3,318,016

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $7,557,332

  Expenses

  $4,168,267

  Contributions

  $6,282,082

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,286,703

  Expenses

  $1,872,447

  Contributions

  $1,781,108

  Grants paid

  $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

  $1,768,691

  Expenses

  $1,494,619

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,033,907

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,585,007

  Expenses

  $1,729,659

  Assets (EOY)

  $938,535

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,176,457

  Expenses

  $2,252,133

  Assets (EOY)

  $759,130

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,364,783

  Expenses

  $2,075,145

  Assets (EOY)

  $939,644

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,894,390

  Expenses

  $2,172,541

  Assets (EOY)

  $521,355

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,846,445

  Expenses

  $2,003,347

  Assets (EOY)

  $845,809

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,775,816

  Expenses

  $1,920,664

  Assets (EOY)

  $992,311

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,700,218

  Expenses

  $1,636,636

  Assets (EOY)

  $572,783

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,288,866

  Assets (EOY)

  $713,523

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,113,715

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,079,850

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

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

• DALIO FAMILY FUND INC

  $760,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS

• DALIO FAMILY FUND INC

  $750,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS

• GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION

  $364,400

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION

  $268,272

  2022 · COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• CAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS INC

  $190,409

  2023 · YOUTH EMPLOYMENT TRA

• GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION

  $183,175

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• CAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS INC

  $177,543

  2024 · YOUTH EMPLOYMENT TRA

• METROHARTFORD ALLIANCE INC

  $141,000

  2024 · ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• METROHARTFORD ALLIANCE INC

  $131,500

  2023 · ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• CAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS INC

  $75,048

  2022 · YOUTH EMPLOYMENT TRA

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

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