Journey Forward INC FY2021 filing

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The organization's primary objective is to improve the lives of individuals who have suffered a spinal cord injury through an intensive exercise program.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$111K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $198K a year · 12% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$111K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.0M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $266K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$248K
17% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 17% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 5 voting members
Worth a look: 2 of 5 voting members are independent, under half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
+13% vs prior year
Spent
$1.4M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2021▲ +13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.5M
Expenses
$1.4M
FY2021▼ -2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.8M
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2021▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$3.4M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2009.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $1.1M Management & general 8% · $110K Fundraising 12% · $160K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990; $111K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$110,972Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Daniel Cummings’s $152K as Executive Director is at the 53rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3128 $1–10M health care nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Daniel Cummings$151,541$136,806$116,321$110,972$115,204

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Improves lives of spinal cord injury survivors through intensive exercise.

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1 program · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Client exercise, therapy and nutritional programming

$1.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$850K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$340K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Money outPt IX
$1.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$110K
Fundraisingcol D$160K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$317K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$248K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$340K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$155K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$850K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$317K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$317K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$30K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$248K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 516
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M$317K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$100K$30K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$274K$248K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$111K$0$55K$55K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$605K$543K$21K$41K
Payroll taxesLn 10$128K$98K$13K$17K
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$0$8K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$0$0$3K
OccupancyLn 16$253K$244K$5K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$73K$71K$1K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$34K$19K$3K$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$155K$124K$2K$29K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.4M$1.1M$110K$160K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Oct 23, 2025 $2.5M$1.8M$713K$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 5, 2024 $2.0M$1.5M$424K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 2, 2023 $1.7M$1.4M$359K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 14, 2022 $1.2M$1.4M−$167K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 11, 2021 $1.1M$1.4M−$340K$1.2M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,202,402 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $292,862$340,360
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $766,645$850,317
I-10 Investment income$7,713
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,621$4,012
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,061,128$1,202,402
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $891,059$843,558
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $509,997$526,003
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,401,056$1,369,561
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$339,928−$167,159
Part VI · Governance 2 of 5 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members2
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,202,402 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$155,245
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$185,115
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$340,360
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$850,317
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $7,713$7,713
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $4,012$4,012
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $850,317 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $11,725$1,202,402
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,369,561 across 9 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $55,486 · Fundraising $55,486$110,972
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $542,823 · Management $21,342 · Fundraising $40,878$605,043
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $97,694 · Management $13,241 · Fundraising $16,608$127,543
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $8,375 · Fundraising $0$8,375
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $2,694$2,694
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $244,121 · Management $5,017 · Fundraising $3,667$252,805
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $70,942 · Management $1,458 · Fundraising $1,065$73,465
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $19,450 · Management $3,362 · Fundraising $10,709$33,521
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $124,194 · Management $1,911 · Fundraising $29,038$155,143
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,099,224 · Management $110,192 · Fundraising $160,145$1,369,561
Part X · Balance sheet $1,492,276 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,154,001$316,954
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $176,225$94,935
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $40,786$44,507
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $100,331$30,134
X-11 Publicly traded securities$1,005,746
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,471,343$1,492,276
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $15,479$18,028
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $41,957$39,264
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $216,310$190,245
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $273,746$247,537
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,152,283$1,220,847
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $45,314$23,892
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,197,597$1,244,739
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,471,343$1,492,276
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,244,739 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,202,402
XI-2 Total expenses$1,369,561
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$167,159
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,197,597
XI-7 Investment expenses−$2,009
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$216,310
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,244,739

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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