Girlforward FY2023 filing

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Chicago, IL501(c)(3)Since 2011Youth DevelopmentEIN 45-2987277Revenue $643K in FY2023

On file with the IRSgirlforward.org6263 N Clark St, 60660-1201 · Chicago, ILTax-exempt since Jan 2012Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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GirlForward's primary exempt purpose is to provide support to girls who have been displaced by conflict and persecution and been resettled in the United States through after-school mentorship, education and leadership opportunities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
64¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$74K 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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FY2023 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $65K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
64%
of spending
Worth a look: 64% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$74K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $204K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$46K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$643K
-4% vs prior year
Spent
$640K
To programs
64%
Net assets
$661K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$643K
FY2023▼ -4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$463K
FY2021$765K
FY2022$669K
FY2023$643K
FY2024$799K
FY2025$650K
Expenses
$640K
FY2023▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$533K
FY2021$443K
FY2022$571K
FY2023$640K
FY2024$688K
FY2025$722K
Net assets
$661K
FY2023+0.4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$243K
FY2021$565K
FY2022$658K
FY2023$661K
FY2024$772K
FY2025$701K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2012.

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

Where the money goes

64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 64% · $408K Management & general 12% · $75K Fundraising 24% · $157K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $74K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$73,500Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Johanna Hosking-Pulido’s $71K as Executive Director is at the 62nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1992 $100K–1M youth development 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ashley Marine——$73,500$70,570$61,607—
Johanna Hosking-Pulido$70,809$41,085————
Karnika Iyengar—————$56,250

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers displaced girls with mentorship, education, and leadership skills.

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1 program · $408K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Provide support to girls who have been displaced by conflict and persecution and been resettled in the United States through after-school mentorship, education and leadership opportunities.

$408Kprogram 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 FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$643K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$641K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$640K
Ln 25
Programscol B$408K
Managementcol C$75K
Fundraisingcol D$157K
Owns and owesPt X
$661K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$615K
Total assetsLn 16$707K
LiabilitiesLn 26$46K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$641K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$45K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$643K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$615K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$615K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K
Other assetsLn 15$38K
Total assetsLn 16$707K
LiabilitiesLn 26$46K
Net assetsLn 32$661K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 6139
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$513K$615K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$3K
Total assetsLn 16$758K$707K
LiabilitiesLn 26$100K$46K
Net assetsLn 32$658K$661K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$74K$47K$8K$19K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$326K$208K$34K$84K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$36K$26K$3K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$29K$21K$2K$6K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$19K$8K$11K$472
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$16K$6K$5K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$53K$33K$6K$14K
TravelLn 17$18K$11K$1K$5K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$9K$5K$1K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$53K$40K$2K$12K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$3K$242$525
Total functional expensesLn 25$640K$408K$75K$157K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $650K$722K−$72K$701K 990 PDF
FY2024 $799K$688K$111K$772K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $643K$640K$3K$661K 990 PDF
FY2022 $669K$571K$98K$658K 990 PDF
FY2021 $765K$443K$322K$565K 990 PDF
FY2020 $463K$533K−$70K$243K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $643,010 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $669,105$641,362
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1$1,648
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $669,106$643,010
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $380,336$465,117
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $190,805$174,994
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $571,141$640,111
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $97,965$2,899
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $643,010 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$45,156
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$596,206
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$641,362
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,648$1,648
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $1,648$643,010
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $640,111 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $46,902 · Management $7,734 · Fundraising $18,864$73,500
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $208,126 · Management $34,320 · Fundraising $83,708$326,154
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $25,728 · Management $2,979 · Fundraising $7,524$36,231
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $21,362 · Management $1,640 · Fundraising $6,230$29,232
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $7,756 · Management $10,688 · Fundraising $472$18,916
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,050 · Management $4,511 · Fundraising $5,931$16,492
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $33,324 · Management $6,219 · Fundraising $13,885$53,428
IX-17 TravelPrograms $11,186 · Management $1,120 · Fundraising $5,481$17,787
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $2,578$2,578
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,450 · Management $1,363 · Fundraising $2,271$9,084
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $39,752 · Management $1,563 · Fundraising $11,816$53,131
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,811 · Management $242 · Fundraising $525$3,578
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $408,447 · Management $74,957 · Fundraising $156,707$640,111
Part X · Balance sheet $707,337 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $513,079$614,949
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $149,803$47,792
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,429$4,559
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,085$2,508
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $85,603$37,529
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $757,999$707,337
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $14,012$10,636
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $85,915$35,730
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $99,927$46,366
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $658,072$660,971
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $658,072$660,971
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $757,999$707,337
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $660,971 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$643,010
XI-2 Total expenses$640,111
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,899
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$658,072
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$660,971

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