Forward Florida Action INC

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Hollywood, FLUnknown exempt organization EIN 83-4380076Revenue $432K in FY2020

On file with the IRS2521 Hollywood Blvd · Hollywood, FL

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Working with partner organizations and dedicated grassroot volunteers we build the power of everyday Floridians: registering and re-engaging voters who are unseen and unheard and electing more leaders that share our values making the state legislature more diverse.

54¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 30 volunteers and 10 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
Revoked
IRS exemption revoked
Concern: the IRS revoked its tax exemption.
IRS Auto-Revocation List
Latest return
FY2020
latest Form 990
Concern: the latest return is for FY2020, 6 tax years back; more than 4 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $83K a year · 7% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
54%
of spending
Worth a look: 54% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$133K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $8K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2K
0.9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
1
of 1 voting members
Looks good: 1 of 1 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$432K
-79% vs prior year
Spent
$740K
To programs
54%
Net assets
$167K
By yearFY2019–FY2020
Revenue
$432K
FY2020▼ -79%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$2.0M
FY2020$432K
Expenses
$740K
FY2020▼ -52%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$1.5M
FY2020$740K
Net assets
$167K
FY2020▼ -65%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$474K
FY2020$167K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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IRS revoked this organization's tax-exempt status on May 15, 2024

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No. The IRS revoked its tax exemption. Latest filing on record: FY2020.

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Where the money goes

54 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 54% · $401K Management & general 42% · $311K Fundraising 4% · $27K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $133K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director
$85,000Pt VII · Sec A
Interim Director
$48,060Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2020FY2019
Rosy Speers—$100,286
Ryan Hurst$85,000—
Karen Andre$48,060—

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

Empowering Floridians by registering voters and electing diverse leaders who share their values.

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1 program · $401K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Funded non-profit organizations in Florida to conduct voter registration activities. Forward Florida Action also ran digital voter registration which contacted hundreds of thousands of potential voters in Florida.

$401Kprogram 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 · FY2020
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$8K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $520K · 2019–2020
Organize Now INCFL · FY2020$40,000
Organize Now INCFL · FY2019$250,000
For Our Future Action FundDC · FY2019$100,000
Tides AdvocacyCA · FY2019$75,000
Equality Florida Action INCFY2019$30,000
Journey Forward INCFY2019$25,000

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$432K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$432K
Money outPt IX
$740K
Ln 25
Programscol B$401K
Managementcol C$311K
Fundraisingcol D$27K
Owns and owesPt X
$167K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$160K
Total assetsLn 16$168K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a1
IndependentVI 1b1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$432K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$432K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$160K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$160K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$168K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
Net assetsLn 32$167K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 630
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$466K$160K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K$8K
Total assetsLn 16$474K$168K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$2K
Net assetsLn 32$474K$167K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$40K$40K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$159K$0$159K$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$132K$132K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$29K$0$29K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$0$17K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$27K$27K
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$39K$0$39K$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$65K$0$65K$0
TravelLn 17$16K$16K$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$0$0$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$213K$211K$2K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$740K$401K$311K$27K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2020 Latest Viewing $432K$740K−$307K$167K 990 PDF
FY2019 $2.0M$1.5M$474K$474K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $432,198 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,022,674$432,198
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,022,674$432,198
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $485,500$40,250
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $484,808$290,377
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $17,217$27,000
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $561,205$381,885
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,548,730$739,512
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $473,944−$307,314
Part VI · Governance 1 of 1 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body1
VI-1b Independent voting members1
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
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $432,198 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$432,198
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$432,198
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$432,198
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $739,512 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $40,250$40,250
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $158,655 · Fundraising $0$158,655
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $131,722 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$131,722
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $28,933 · Fundraising $0$28,933
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $17,319 · Fundraising $0$17,319
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $27,000$27,000
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,500 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,500
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $39,212 · Fundraising $0$39,212
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $65,346 · Fundraising $0$65,346
IX-17 TravelPrograms $15,611 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$15,611
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $211,282 · Management $1,682 · Fundraising $0$212,964
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $401,365 · Management $311,147 · Fundraising $27,000$739,512
Part X · Balance sheet $168,190 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $465,754$160,000
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,190$8,190
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $473,944$168,190
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$1,560
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$1,560
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $473,944$166,630
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $473,944$168,190
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $166,630 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$432,198
XI-2 Total expenses$739,512
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$307,314
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$473,944
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$166,630

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