Hand Forward Foundation FY2025 filing

Tax-deductible

Nixa, MO501(c)(3)Foundations & GrantmakersEIN 85-0945604

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2025 · Form 990-PFIndependent: 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
FY2026
latest Form 990-PF
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2026, this tax year; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4K a year · 20% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
990-PF Pt I · 6 filings
Cash reserves
32 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 32.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $59K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
990-PF Pt II
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$200
-100% vs prior year
Spent
$20K
Net assets
$53K
By yearFY2021–FY2026
Revenue
$200
FY2025▼ -100%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$32K
FY2022$30K
FY2023$1K
FY2024$59K
FY2025$200
FY2026$250
Expenses
$20K
FY2025▲ +2%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$2K
FY2022$32K
FY2023$12K
FY2024$19K
FY2025$20K
FY2026$13K
Net assets
$53K
FY2025▼ -26%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$30K
FY2022$43K
FY2023$31K
FY2024$71K
FY2025$53K
FY2026$37K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending March 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2026. IRS ruling in May 2020.

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

Where the money goes

What each dollar paid for.

Grants & contributions paid 17% · $3K Operating & administrative 83% · $16K

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

The filing lists no officers, directors or key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
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Programs and updates

A private foundation based in Nixa, MO.

Provided by the organization

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Grants and how to apply

Who it funds, and how to ask.

Who They Fund

Part XV · grants paid · 4 grants · $4K · 2025–2025
Watching Over WhiskersFY2025$1,500
Pregnancy Care CenterFY2025$1,000
Breast Cancer Foundation of OzarksFY2025$1,000
Nixa Public SchoolsFY2025$41

Grantmaking Profile

Patterns in foundation giving
Average grantPart XV$885
Median grantPart XV$1K
Largest grantPart XV$2K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-PF, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$200
Gifts and grants$200
Money out
$20K
Grants paid$3K
Running costs$16K
Owns and owes
$53K
net assets
Cash and savings$53K
Total assets$53K
Liabilities$0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$200
Total revenue$200
Assets in detailEnd of year
Cash and savings together$53K
Total assets$53K
Liabilities$0
Net assets$53K
Operations
Fiscal year endsMarch

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2026 Latest $250$13K−$13K$37K 990 PDF
FY2025 Viewing $200$20K−$19K$53K 990 PDF
FY2024 $59K$19K$40K$71K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1K$12K−$11K$31K 990 PDF
FY2022 $30K$32K−$1K$43K 990 PDF
FY2021 $32K$2K$30K$30K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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