Educates the public on a wide range of social issues regarding the u.s. Justice system.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$477K 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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FY2020 · 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $831K a year · 26% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$477K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
15
named funders · $1.5M
Looks good: 15 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.3M
69% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 69% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.1M
Spent
$7.9M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$582K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$2.9M
FY2023$3.8M
FY2024$5.0M
Expenses
$7.9M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.9M
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$2.8M
FY2024$3.6M
Net assets
$582K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$582K
FY2021$653K
FY2022$770K
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$3.2M

From the FY2020 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 2018.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $7.2M Management & general 6% · $462K Fundraising 4% · $288K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $477K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$192,667Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Impact Campaigns
$177,599Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Impact Distribution
$106,680Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member (until 06/2020)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Daniel Forkkio’s $295K as Chief Executive Officer & Treasurer is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Daniel Forkkio$294,572$227,551$228,632$199,223$192,667
Jamie Dobie$177,630$172,331$142,304$115,578—
Gretel Truong——$171,182$162,691$177,599
Carla Fleisher$159,584$149,195$142,209$137,557$106,680
Denise Beek$155,939————
Marshan Allen—$137,441$129,300$112,749—
Leo Blumberg-Woll$104,458————

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Informs the public about social issues within the U.S. justice system.

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1 program · $7.2M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Forward impact works to educate the public on on the U.S. Justice system and its intersection with the topics of racial equality, gender equality, women and reproductive rights, education reform, refugee and migration rights, homelessness and income equality, health and mental HEALTH/WELLNESS/ADDICTION, gun rights / control, modern…

$7.2Mprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2024
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Grants paid · 45 grants · $2.9M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$80,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$25,000
Life Life LLCFY2024$23,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,000
A Little Piece of Light INCNY · FY2023$8,500
Unitemized GrantFY2022$35,000
Everyblackgirl INCSC · FY2022$25,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$15,000
Women on the RiseFY2021$70,000
Louisiana Parole Project INCLA · FY2021$10,000
Equal Justice InitiativeAL · FY2020$1,000,000
Art for JusticePA · FY2020$500,000
Tides AdvocacyCA · FY2020$246,000
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$7.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$7.2M
Managementcol C$462K
Fundraisingcol D$288K
Owns and owesPt X
$582K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$310K
SavingsLn 2$1.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$582K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 67
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.0M$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$6K
Total assetsLn 16$8.9M$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.5M$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$7.4M$582K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$2.6M$2.6M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$381K$255K$77K$50K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$398K$314K$50K$33K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$15K$11K$2K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$54K$40K$9K$6K
Legal feesLn 11b$37K$37K
Accounting feesLn 11c$88K$88K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$97K$97K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.9M$2.7M$146K$15K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$126K$83K$163$42K
Office expensesLn 13$125K$114K$8K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$31K$26K$3K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$40K$40K
TravelLn 17$163K$156K$7K$259
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$667K$660K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$523$373$98$52
InsuranceLn 23$13K$11K$1K$700
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$208K$150K$20K$37K
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.9M$7.2M$462K$288K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $5.0M$3.6M$1.4M$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.8M$2.8M$1.0M$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.9M$2.8M$117K$770K 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.8M$2.7M$70K$653K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.1M$7.9M−$6.8M$582K 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,138,673 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $10,880,164$1,135,894
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,509$2,779
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $10,883,673$1,138,673
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $800,000$2,627,700
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $406,433$847,714
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$96,631
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,295,941$4,365,543
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,502,374$7,937,588
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $7,381,299−$6,798,915
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,138,673 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,135,894
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,135,894
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,779$2,779
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,779$1,138,673
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,937,588 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $2,627,700$2,627,700
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $254,579 · Management $76,964 · Fundraising $49,511$381,054
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $313,803 · Management $50,489 · Fundraising $33,370$397,662
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $11,466 · Management $2,030 · Fundraising $1,380$14,876
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $39,544 · Management $8,831 · Fundraising $5,747$54,122
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $36,560$36,560
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $88,004$88,004
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $96,631$96,631
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,700,313 · Management $145,663 · Fundraising $14,875$2,860,851
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $83,356 · Management $163 · Fundraising $42,440$125,959
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $113,751 · Management $7,615 · Fundraising $4,035$125,401
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $26,351 · Management $2,929 · Fundraising $1,551$30,831
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $39,502$39,502
IX-17 TravelPrograms $155,833 · Management $6,883 · Fundraising $259$162,975
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $659,613 · Management $7,315$666,928
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $373 · Management $98 · Fundraising $52$523
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,374 · Management $1,321 · Fundraising $700$13,395
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $150,028 · Management $20,243 · Fundraising $37,384$207,655
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $6,959$6,959
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $7,187,586 · Management $462,067 · Fundraising $287,935$7,937,588
Part X · Balance sheet $1,908,396 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,220,170$309,708
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,793,487$1,546,247
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,852,253$5,400
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $19,598$41,117
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$5,924
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,885,508$1,908,396
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $704,209$81,790
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $800,000$400,000
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$844,220
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,504,209$1,326,010
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $786,402$477,386
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $6,594,897$105,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,381,299$582,386
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,885,508$1,908,396
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $582,386 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,138,673
XI-2 Total expenses$7,937,588
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$6,798,915
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,381,299
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$582,386

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