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HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION

EIN 20-0167282 KANSAS CITY, MO

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Revenue 2024
$45,105,484
Expenses 2024
$51,303,039

Program services were 74.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E99
Classification
1000
Street
2300 MAIN SUITE 304

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 · 2024

Mission

HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO ACHIEVE HEALTH EQUITY AND SECURE A FAIR AND JUST REGION THROUGH LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY, AND RESOURCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ACHIEVE HEALTH EQUITY & SECURE A FAIR & JUST REGION THROUGH LEADERSHIP,ADVOCACY,& RESOURCES

  • FOUR PURPOSE AREAS: HEALTH FORWARD'S NEW PURPOSE AREAS INCLUDE: PEOPLE, WHICH SEEKS TO CENTER EQUITY AND REMOVE BARRIERS IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; POWER, WHICH FOCUSES ON ADVANCING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AMPLIFYING COMMUNITY-DRIVEN MOVEMENTS, AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFITS; PLACE, WHICH FOCUSES ON TWO INFLUENTIAL SOCIAL FACTORS: HOUSING AND DIGITAL ACCESS; AND PLATFORM, WHICH FOCUSES ON ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION IN SYSTEMS, POLICIES AND STORIES.

    Expenses $36,491,271 · Grants $26,768,598

  • PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENTS: HEALTH FORWARD PROVIDED LOW-INTEREST RATE LOANS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A STRONG TRACK RECORD OF CONSTRUCTING SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ECONOMICALLY EXCLUDED COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $869,280 · Grants $637,610

  • HEALTH SCIENCES PATHWAY: HEALTH FORWARD ESTABLISHED THE HEALTH SCIENCES PATHWAYS FUND. THIS BOARD DESIGNATED FUND PROVIDED GRANTS TO GROW AND SUPPORT PATHWAYS FOR PEOPLE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE HEALTH PROFESSION TO STRENGTHEN THE REGIONS' HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE IN SERVICE TO HEALTH FORWARD'S COMMUNITIES OF FOCUS WITH A GOAL TO ELIMINATE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND FOSTER ECONOMIC INCLUSION.

    Expenses $598,696 · Grants $440,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Lynette Wheeler

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dred Scott

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kent Hawkins

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Irene Caudillo

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Brice

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacey Daniels-Young

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Duncan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ed Ellerbeck

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ned Holland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Naiomi Jamal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Geoff Jolley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Siobhan McLaughlin Lesley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nikki Newton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Perdomo-Morales

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Pryde

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisse Regehr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Awais Sufi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terry Trafton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kia Walsh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Qiana Thomason

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $616,697
    From this org
    $545,477
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,220
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $544,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $810
    Deferred
    $34,480
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,740
    Filer's total
    $616,697
  • Christie Zarkovich

    CAFIO/ASST TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $489,388
    From this org
    $432,670
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,718
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $431,860
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $810
    Deferred
    $34,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,218
    Filer's total
    $489,388
  • McClain Bryant Macklin

    VP OF POLICY & IMPACT/ASST SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $310,533
    From this org
    $249,303
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,230
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,093
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,210
    Deferred
    $24,809
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,421
    Filer's total
    $310,533
  • Eusebio Diaz

    VP SLC & ASST SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $269,927
    From this org
    $225,273
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,654
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,463
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $810
    Deferred
    $22,436
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,218
    Filer's total
    $269,927
  • Brenda Calvin

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $242,825
    From this org
    $220,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,800
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,815
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,210
    Deferred
    $21,682
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,118
    Filer's total
    $242,825
  • Jennifer Sykes

    DIR. OF COMMUNICATIONS & NARRATIVE

    Total calculated
    $206,403
    From this org
    $154,717
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,686
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,907
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $810
    Deferred
    $15,391
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,295
    Filer's total
    $206,403

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $45,105,484
    Expenses
    $51,303,039
    Contributions
    $1,475,360
    Grants paid
    $27,846,208
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $20,187,873
    Expenses
    $50,327,425
    Contributions
    $5,000
    Grants paid
    $31,576,111
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $180,098,421
    Expenses
    $43,715,710
    Contributions
    $15,001,466
    Grants paid
    $28,770,002

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $44,980,077
    Expenses
    $30,398,674
    Assets (EOY)
    $962,196,550
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,289,913
    Expenses
    $35,779,287
    Assets (EOY)
    $855,422,735
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,379,378
    Expenses
    $34,008,498
    Assets (EOY)
    $805,912,359
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $55,662,893
    Expenses
    $31,575,201
    Assets (EOY)
    $725,880,922
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $203,929,352
    Expenses
    $28,193,248
    Assets (EOY)
    $784,939,990

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

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 SO.

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.