Families Moving Forward helps Families in the crisis of homelessness find their way home. We provide temporary housing, case management, skills education, and connection to community resources to help parents and children thrive in stable homes.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 535 volunteers and 29 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $53K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$92K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.1M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 6.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$91K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.9M
+15% vs prior year
Spent
$1.8M
To programs
70%
Net assets
$3.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.9M
FY2025▲ +15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.9M
Expenses
$1.8M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$1.8M
Net assets
$3.6M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$3.6M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$3.4M
FY2025$3.6M

From the FY2025 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1989.

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Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $1.3M Management & general 22% · $396K Fundraising 8% · $149K

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

19 people listed on the 990; $92K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$91,500Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Program Committee Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tammy Laurence——$102,004$95,000$73,060—
Tasha Melvin$91,500$90,254————
Ryan Fehrman—————$87,578

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides housing, support, and education to homeless families, helping them achieve stable homes.

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3 programs · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

The Nest Emergency Shelter Program

The nest emergency shelter has the capacity to serve 20 families at a time. The majority of nest families also participate in programming, including behavioral health support, workforce development, children's services, family engagement activities, and case management.

$909Kprogram expense
02

The Rapid Rehousing Program

The rapid rehousing program places families into stable housing. The program provides ongoing case management before and after placement, as well as financial support to help secure and maintain housing for up to six months after placement.

$338Kprogram expense
03

The Branching Out Aftercare Program

Families can opt into aftercare services once they are placed into housing from the shelter. Services include ongoing case management, access to onsite programming, and connection to additional community resources.

$21Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $665K · 2024–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$443,473
Unitemized GrantFY2024$221,319

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$107K
Investment incomeLn 3$47K
Money outPt IX
$1.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$396K
Fundraisingcol D$149K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$3.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$91K
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$440K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$146K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$174K
Investment incomeLn 3$47K
Other incomeLn 4–11$107K
Gains on assetsLn 7$18K
Total revenueLn 12$1.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$519K
SavingsLn 2$518K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.5M
Total assetsLn 16$3.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$91K
Net assetsLn 32$3.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 529
VolunteersI 6535
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$857K$1.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$982K$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.5M$1.5M
Total assetsLn 16$3.5M$3.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$70K$91K
Net assetsLn 32$3.4M$3.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$443K$443K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$92K$56K$25K$11K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$714K$438K$192K$83K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$117K$64K$50K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$66K$40K$18K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$11K$3K$7K$1K
Investment management feesLn 11f$24K$4K$19K$1K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$33K$9K$20K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$8K$5K$2K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K$165
OccupancyLn 16$62K$49K$10K$3K
TravelLn 17$1K$1K$4
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$109K$76K$23K$10K
InsuranceLn 23$61K$20K$29K$13K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$71K$57K$2K$12K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.8M$1.3M$396K$149K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.9M$1.8M$42K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.6M$1.8M−$162K$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.5M$1.5M−$54K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.5M$1.6M−$101K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.8M$1.5M$322K$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.7M$1.5M$271K$3.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,855,136 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,434,359$1,701,749
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $78,569$46,746
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $96,326$106,641
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,609,254$1,855,136
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $384,981$443,473
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,044,253$987,460
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $341,902$382,647
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,771,136$1,813,580
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$161,882$41,556
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,855,136 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$16,823
VIII-1c Fundraising events$173,580
VIII-1e Government grants$440,436
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,070,910
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$145,766
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,701,749
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $29,201$29,201
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $17,545$17,545
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $103,526$103,526
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $3,115$3,115
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,115 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $150,272$1,855,136
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,813,580 across 15 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $443,473$443,473
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $56,181 · Management $24,644 · Fundraising $10,675$91,500
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $438,298 · Management $192,263 · Fundraising $83,280$713,841
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $64,281 · Management $50,356 · Fundraising $1,909$116,546
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $39,999 · Management $17,705 · Fundraising $7,869$65,573
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $3,189 · Management $6,610 · Fundraising $1,226$11,025
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $3,579 · Management $19,282 · Fundraising $1,376$24,237
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $9,444 · Management $19,571 · Fundraising $3,630$32,645
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,688 · Management $2,000 · Fundraising $1,280$7,968
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,865 · Management $165$2,030
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $49,373 · Management $9,927 · Fundraising $2,981$62,281
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,406 · Management $4$1,410
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $75,875 · Management $22,987 · Fundraising $10,390$109,252
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $19,800 · Management $28,763 · Fundraising $12,510$61,073
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $56,941 · Management $1,753 · Fundraising $12,032$70,726
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,268,392 · Management $396,030 · Fundraising $149,158$1,813,580
Part X · Balance sheet $3,735,534 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $374,254$519,040
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $482,603$517,723
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $167,320$105,485
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,800$1,800
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,493,577$1,460,943
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $982,049$1,130,543
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,501,603$3,735,534
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $67,417$91,451
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $70,447$91,451
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,169,856$3,569,322
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $261,300$74,761
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,431,156$3,644,083
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,501,603$3,735,534
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,644,083 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,855,136
XI-2 Total expenses$1,813,580
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$41,556
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,431,156
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$171,371
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,644,083

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