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FORWARD ASSOC INC

EIN 13-0623590 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$6,658,429
Expenses 2024
$6,615,681

Program services were 78.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A30
Classification
2000
Street
125 MAIDEN LN FL 8

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

THE FORWARD'S MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN ENGAGEMENT WITH JEWISH IDEAS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEDIA, AND IN PUBLIC EVENTS. IT CARRIES OUT THIS MISSION BY PUBLISHING COMMENTARY ON CURRENT ISSUES AND THE ARTS, IN ENGLISH AND YIDDISH, THAT MEET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN JOURNALISM AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION. IT FURTHERS THIS MISSION THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS THAT ENGAGE DEEPLY WITH THE HISTORY, RANGE AND VARIETY OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

STRENGTHEN ENGAGEMENT WITH JEWISH IDEAS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH VARIOUS MEDIA AND PUBLIC EVENTS

  • The largest program of the Forward Assocation is its website and associated digital properties, including newsletters, videos and social media programs. It reaches approximately 1.4 million readers a month via the internet at Forward.com and other websites. The quality of its journalism has been recognized with numerous awards for news and cultural coverage, editorials, and digital innovation.

    Expenses $4,844,702

  • YIDDISH MEDIA DIVISION: THE SECOND MAJOR PROGRAM OF THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION IS ITS YIDDISH PUBLICATION, FORVERTS. UPDATED REGULARLY ONLINE, IT IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING PUBLICATIONS IN YIDDISH IN THE WORLD AND PROVIDES AN INDISPENSABLE SERVICE TO ITS READERS THROUGH ITS COVERAGE OF YIDDISH CULTURE AS WELL AS NEWS FROM ISRAEL, THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE WEBSITE INCLUDES DOZENS OF VIDEO FEATURES. FORVERTS REACHES AROUND 20,000 READERS MONTHLY VIA THE INTERNET AT FORWARD.COM/YIDDISH.

    Expenses $328,193

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.

  • Alan Silberstein

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related

  • Howard Swibel

    Director-At-Large/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Jacob Morowitz

    Director/Investment Policy Committee Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • James Feldman

    Vice Chair/Nominating Committee Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Jeff Gottlieb thru 111224

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Samuel Norich

    Development Committee Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6 + 2 related

  • Yeheskel Dattner

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Cheryl Fishbein

    Director-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dennis Levitt from 111224

    Director-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Kimelman

    Director-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Blank thru 111224

    Director-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joel Brown

    Audit Committee Chair/Director-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Julie Stone from 111224

    Director-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Bob thru 111224

    Director-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Lisa Portnoy from 111224

    Director-At-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marcy Syms

    Compensation Committee Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marge Magner

    Budget Committee Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Ronnie Zolin thru 111224

    Audit Committee Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Fishman Feddersen

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $415,602
    From this org
    $365,640
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,962
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $330,640
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,821
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,141
    Filer's total
    $415,602

  • Sochieta Moth

    VP Finance

    Total calculated
    $238,823
    From this org
    $235,082
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,741
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,082
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,463
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,278
    Filer's total
    $238,823

  • Jay Ehrlich

    Senior VP Operations

    Total calculated
    $294,131
    From this org
    $245,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,571
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,560
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,634
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,937
    Filer's total
    $294,131

  • Jodi Rudoren

    Editor in Chief

    Total calculated
    $365,499
    From this org
    $316,505
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,994
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $276,505
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,738
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,256
    Filer's total
    $365,499

  • Lisa Lepson

    VP Development

    Total calculated
    $275,263
    From this org
    $218,966
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,297
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,966
    Bonus
    $18,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,370
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,927
    Filer's total
    $275,263

  • Adam Langer

    Managing Editor

    Total calculated
    $170,069
    From this org
    $124,059
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,010
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,059
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,310
    Filer's total
    $170,069

  • Cheuk Mui

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $155,749
    From this org
    $137,884
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,865
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,884
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,760
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,105
    Filer's total
    $155,749

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
    $6,658,429
    Expenses
    $6,615,681
    Contributions
    $6,296,281
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,696,897
    Expenses
    $6,696,409
    Contributions
    $7,187,645
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,073,352
    Expenses
    $6,213,351
    Contributions
    $5,776,162
    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

  • 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
    $5,957,432
    Expenses
    $5,750,071
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,999,330

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,957,225
    Expenses
    $5,274,833
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,778,782

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,083,887
    Expenses
    $5,592,910
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,469,854

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,262,912
    Expenses
    $7,231,854
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,581,639

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,385,375
    Expenses
    $8,120,673
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,267,983

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

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

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

Declared as related by

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