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FORWARD THROUGH FERGUSON

EIN 81-1359671 SAINT LOUIS, MO

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Revenue 2024
$874,920
Expenses 2024
$1,219,588

Program services were 62.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R30
Classification
1000
Street
20 S SARAH 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).

Other organizations at this address

8 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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

EMBRACING THE FERGUSON COMMISSION'S MANDATE, FORWARD THROUGH FERGUSON CENTERS IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AND MOBILIZES ACCOUNTABLE BODIES TO ADVANCE RACIALLY EQUITABLE SYSTEMS AND POLICIES THAT ENSURE ALL PEOPLE IN THE ST. LOUIS REGION CAN THRIVE.

  • RACIAL EQUITY CAPACITY: FTF HELPS PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS FIND THEIR STARTING POINT, STRATEGIZE THE JOURNEY FORWARD, CREATE "NEXT PRACTICES", AND DISCOVER HOW TO BE A RADICALLY ACCOUNTABLE PARTNER IN SYSTEMS CHANGE AND EQUITY. WE DO THIS BY CONDUCTING WORKSHOPS, INTERVENTIONS, AND ASSESSMENTS THAT SUPPORT INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION, CREATING AND SHARING CURATED TOOLKITS TO SUPPORT INSTITUTIONS TRANSFORMING TOWARDS RACIAL EQUITY; PUBLICLY TRACKING INSTITUTIONAL AND REGIONAL PROGRESS TOWARDS RACIAL EQUITY WITH ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE FERGUSON COMMISSION. REPORT; AMPLIFYING SUCCESS STORIES OF INSTITUTIONS TRANSFORMING TOWARDS RACIAL EQUITY; AND CONVENING REDI (RACIAL EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION) AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS TO FOSTER SYNERGY AND MEASURABLE PROGRESS TOWARDS RACIAL EQUITY.

    Expenses $273,699 · Revenue $121,330

  • COMMUNICATIONS: BY FOCUSING ON COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY STORYTELLING, FTF BUILDS COMMUNITY AWARENESS, ELEVATES THE STORIES OF THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY RACIAL INEQUITY, AMPLIFIES THE STORIES OF PEOPLE ADVOCATING FOR POSITIVE CHANGES, AND CONNECTS ADVOCATES TO OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND SPHERE OF INFLUENCE.

    Expenses $160,016

  • POLICY AND SYSTEMS CHANGE: TO ACHIEVE POLICY AND SYSTEMS WINS THAT WILL DRIVE POPULATION-LEVEL OUTCOME SHIFTS TOWARDS RACIAL EQUITY, WE SUPPORT ISSUE-BASED ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS, ENGAGE IN GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZING, AND BUILD OPPORTUNITIES FOR DECISION MAKING BY COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY SYSTEMIC RACISM. WE PARTICULARLY FOCUS OUR CAMPAIGNS AND EFFORTS ON EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY TRANSFORMATION, AND RACIAL HEALING AND JUSTICE.

    Expenses $159,824

  • DATA & RESEARCH: THE DATA AND RESEARCH INITIATIVES USE THE TOOLS OF HUMAN-CENTERED DATA, RESEARCH, AND STORYTELLING TO CATALYZE AND MEASURE IMPACT, FACILITATE ACCOUNTABILITY, DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING, AND IMAGINE WHAT'S POSSIBLE ON THE PATH TO RACIAL EQUITY. IT DOES SO THROUGH 3 PRIMARY ACTIVITIES: DATA STORYTELLING, MOVEMENT TRACKING, AND INTERNAL SUPPORT/IMPACT MEASUREMENT.

    Expenses $163,066

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.

  • Travonne Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shonte Byrd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carrie Collins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlin Hughes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcel Hagens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa D'Souza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jhimae Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcherie Vazquez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Varnique May

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin Raymundo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Claire Schell

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ishak Hossain

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Riisa Rawlins

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adeola Adewale

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natalie Self

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elise Miller Hoffman

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annissa McCaskill

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $149,791
    From this org
    $131,181
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,610
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $874,920
    Expenses
    $1,219,588
    Contributions
    $715,830
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $967,551
    Expenses
    $1,181,799
    Contributions
    $846,976
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,459,690
    Expenses
    $1,006,107
    Contributions
    $1,180,345
    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
    $1,022,722
    Expenses
    $933,801
    Assets (EOY)
    $989,725
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,168,986
    Expenses
    $755,207
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,070,929
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $632,377
    Expenses
    $571,768
    Assets (EOY)
    $115,928
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $341,218
    Expenses
    $347,180
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,250
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $351,931
    Expenses
    $421,579
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,161
  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $0
    Expenses
    $0
    Assets (EOY)
    $0

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.

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

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.