Forward Scholars LLC: FY2023 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 88-3267397)

Carrie Streiff-Stuessy’s $120K as Executive Director is at the 46th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $1–10M education 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023
Carrie Streiff-Stuessy	$120,081	$120,000	$114,961

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Tutors help young children learn to read at their grade level.

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1 program · $403K · in their own filed words · FY2022

01

Forward Scholars is a community volunteer tutoring program focused on helping K-3rd graders who are not yet reading at grade level.

$403Kprogram 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 · FY2025

Weiss Family FoundationFY2025$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$480K

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$408K

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$73K

Money outPt IX

$403K

Ln 25

Programscol B$403K

Owns and owesPt X

$77K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$28K

Total assetsLn 16$133K

LiabilitiesLn 26$56K

PeoplePt VI, VII

7

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a6

IndependentVI 1b6

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$73K

Government grantsLn 1e$0

Noncash giftsLn 1g$0

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0

Fees for servicesLn 2g$408K

Total revenueLn 12$480K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$28K

SavingsLn 2$0

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$28K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$0

Other assetsLn 15$0

Total assetsLn 16$133K

LiabilitiesLn 26$56K

Net assetsLn 32$77K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 55

VolunteersI 6250

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

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

Line	Start FY23	End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2		$28K
InvestmentsLn 11–13		$0
Total assetsLn 16	$0	$133K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	$56K
Net assetsLn 32	$0	$77K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$326K	$326K	$0	$0
Office expensesLn 13	$7K	$7K	$0	$0
Information technologyLn 14	$3K	$3K	$0	$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$66K	$66K	$0	$0
Total functional expensesLn 25	$403K	$403K	$0	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$1.1M	$717K	$367K	$1.0M	990 PDF
FY2024	$1.1M	$706K	$355K	$432K	990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing	$480K	$403K	$77K	$77K	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 O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $479,576 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$73,187

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$407,507

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0−$1,118

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $0$479,576

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$326,406

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $0$76,167

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $0$402,573

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $0$77,003

Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6

VI-1b Independent voting members6

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

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $479,576 across 10 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for −$1,118 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

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$73,187

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$73,187

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $407,507 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$407,507

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $406,389 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$479,576

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $402,573 across 4 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $326,406 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$326,406

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,474 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$7,474

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,686 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,686

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $66,007 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$66,007

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $402,573 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$402,573

Part X · Balance sheet $133,231 assets, 22 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$28,347

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0

X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0

X-4 Accounts receivable$104,884

X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0

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 assets$0

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $0$133,231

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$56,228

X-18 Grants payable$0

X-19 Deferred revenue$0

X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilities$0

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$0

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$56,228

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $0$77,003

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $0$77,003

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $0$133,231

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $77,003 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$479,576

XI-2 Total expenses$402,573

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$77,003

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$0

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$77,003

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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