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FORWARD FOUNDATION

EIN 88-0808418 CONCORD, NH

Revenue 2023
$25,031
Expenses 2023
$32,126

Program services were 65.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B01
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 676

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 · 2023

Mission

THE FORWARD FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION OF WORKING-AGE PEOPLE IN THEIR GRANITE STATE COMMUNITIES THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND LEADERSHIP GROWTH. WORKING-AGE PEOPLE ARE VASTLY UNDERREPRESENTED AS LEADERS IN LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND STATE GOVERNMENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE FORWARD FOUNDATION SEEKS TO EMPOWER THIS POPULATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES BY IDENTIFYING, EDUCATING, AND SUPPORTING THEM SO THEY WILL GROW AS LEADERS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN OUR DEMOCRACY.

  • IN 2023, THE FORWARD FOUNDATION RAN A DIGITAL EDUCATION PROGRAM IN COMMUNITIES WITH THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF SAME-DAY VOTER REGISTRATION TO ENSURE THIS COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THEIR CONSTITUTIONALLY-PROTECTED RIGHT TO VOTE. THE FORWARD FOUNDATION'S DIGITAL VOTER EDUCATION PROGRAM SAW STRONGER-THAN-ANTICIPATED RESULTS, SHOWING THAT THE TARGETED COMMUNITIES (THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF SAME-DAY VOTER REGISTRATION) WERE INTERESTED AND ENGAGED IN LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO REGISTER AND VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.

    Expenses $9,443

  • ISSUE-BASED EDUCATION FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS: NEW HAMPSHIRE'S ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE TASKED WITH MAKING DECISIONS ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY A LEGISLATOR CANNOT BE AN EXPERT IN EACH OF THESE ISSUES. THAT IS WHY THE FORWARD FOUNDATION ENGAGES IN A GOVERNANCE PROGRAM, TO MAKE SURE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN TOWNS, CITIES, AND IN THE STATE HOUSE ARE EDUCATED ON ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST TO WORKING-AGE INDIVIDUALS. IN 2023, WE WERE ABLE TO TRAIN 70 ADDITIONAL FOLKS WITH THIS PROGRAM - HOWEVER, THE FIRST SET OF ABOUT 50 FOLKS WE TRAINED ON HOUSING ARE CONTINUALLY COMING BACK TO INTERACT WITH OUR ORGANIZATION, ATTEND MORE TRAININGS, AND HELP WITH OUR OTHER PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $7,347

  • RECRUITMENT OF APPOINTED POSITIONS THAT PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY: THE FORWARD FOUNDATION RAN A COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN TO IDENTIFY, EDUCATE, AND ACTIVATE WORKING-AGE ADULTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO SIGN UP TO SERVE AS VOLUNTEER POLL WORKERS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE'S CITY AND TOWN ELECTIONS. THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH, PAID DIGITAL ADVERTISING, TRAINING WEBINARS, AND RELATIONAL ORGANIZING, THE FORWARD FOUNDATION IDENTIFIED 50 NEW FOLKS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN POLL WORKING, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY ELECTIONS. THIS SET THE GROUNDWORK FOR A SMOOTH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2024 AS WELL.

    Expenses $4,191

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • ELIZABETH WESTER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • MATTHEW GERDING

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AVA HAWKES

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICK TAYLOR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOANNA KELLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MOLLY LUNN OWEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $25,031
    Expenses
    $32,126
    Contributions
    $25,000
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $424,179
    Expenses
    $436,041
    Contributions
    $423,408
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $378,110
    Expenses
    $145,698
    Contributions
    $378,104
    Grants paid
    $15,000

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.

Grants made

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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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.