2019-11-15T14:09:28-06:00 2018-12-31 131459550 MAZARS USA LLP 135 WEST 50TH STREET NEW YORK NY 100200002 990 2018-01-01 130623590 THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC FORW 2128898200 125 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK NY 10038 RACHEL FISHMAN FEDDERSEN CEO AND PUBLISHER 2128898200 2019-11-15 1 ISRAEL TANNENBAUM P01589203 2128127000 148.77.102.18 2019-11-15 14:05:06 ES P 0945EF50767B77CC6502DCB1776E531764232C3F B0D84252D047CD3E6D0B93D9E171CEF49B92729D 2018 2020-04-17 16:48:07Z RACHEL FISHMAN FEDDERSEN 125 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK NY 10038 7389164 0 X WWW.FORWARD.COM X 1901 NY TO PROMOTE AND STRENGTHEN JEWISH PEOPLEHOOD, YIDDISH CULTURE, AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. 15 15 52 15 519932 8645 5828121 5695667 1538833 1530233 4204 12515 14217 24497 7385375 7262912 0 0 0 0 4913734 4615877 0 50461 671234 3206939 2565516 8120673 7231854 -735298 31058 1267983 1581639 1213830 1496428 54153 85211 X THE FORWARD'S MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN ENGAGEMENT WITH JEWISH IDEAS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEDIA, AND IN PUBLIC EVENTS. IT CARRIES OUT THIS MISSSION BY PUBLISHING COMMENTARY ON CURRENT ISSUES AND THE ARTS, IN ENGLISH AND YIDDISH, THAT MEET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN JOURNALISM AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION. IT FURTHERS THIS MISSION THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS THAT ENGAGE DEEPLY WITH THE HISTORY, RANGE AND VARIETY OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE. 0 0 4662187 1003251 ENGLISH MEDIA DIVISION: THE LARGEST PROGRAM OF THE FORWARD ASSOCIATIONIS ITS ENGLISH MAGAZINE, FORWARD. PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN PRINT ANDUPDATED CONTINUALLY ONLINE, IT REACHES APPROXIMATELY 15,400 SUBSCRIBERSBY POSTAL MAIL AND AROUND 1,500,000 READERS MONTHLY VIA THE INTERNET ATFORWARD.COM. THE QUALITY OF ITS JOURNALISM HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BYNUMEROUS AWARDS FOR NEWS AND CULTURAL COVERAGE, EDITORIALS, DESIGN ANDWEBSITE. 422584 22776 YIDDISH MEDIA DIVISION: THE SECOND MAJOR PROGRAM OF THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION IS ITS YIDDISH NEWSPAPER, FORVERTS. NOW PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN PRINT AND UPDATED REGULARLY ONLINE, IT IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING PERIODICALS IN YIDDISH IN THE WORLD AND PROVIDES AN INDISPENSABLE SERVICE TO ITS READERS THROUGH ITS COVERAGE OF YIDDISH CULTURE AS WELL AS NEWS FROM ISRAEL, THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE WEBSITE INCLUDES DAILY RADIO REPORTS FROM CITIES AROUND THE WORLD AND DOZENS OF VIDEO FEATURES. FORVERTS REACHES OVER 600 SUBSCRIBERS BY POSTAL MAIL AND AROUND 12,000 READERS MONTHLY VIA THE INTERNET AT YIDDISH.FORWARD.COM. 5084771 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 133 0 1 52 1 1 1 1 CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 15 15 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 NY AK AL AR CA CO CT FL GA IL KS KY MA MD ME MI MN MS NC ND NH NJ NM NV OH OK OR PA RI UT VA WA WI WV X ALAN BENDICH 2128898200 125 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK NY 10038 JACOB MOROWITZ CHAIR 10.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN PERATIS SECRETARY 5.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ALAN SILBERSTEIN VICE-CHAIR 5.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JIM FELDMAN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 RON SERNAU TREASURER 5.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 RONNIE ZOLIN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 RUTH HOROWITZ DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARK MLOTEK DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JASON KLEIN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF GOTTLIEB DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ELLEN GIBBS DIRECTOR 1.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 KEN BOB DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 EDWARD BLANK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CARYL RATNER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SAMUEL NORICH PRESIDENT 1.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 RACHEL FEDDERSON FISHMAN CEO/PUBLISHER 40.00 1.00 X 259894 0 42080 ALAN BENDICH VP, FINANCE AND OPERATIONS 40.00 X 145469 0 27588 JANE EISNER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 40.00 X 205848 0 31489 JAY EHRLICH VP, DIGITAL GM 40.00 X 119169 0 38834 KATHLEEN CHAMBARD VP MARKETING 40.00 X 131500 0 27326 861880 0 167317 5 0 1 0 MACHELP 81 PROSPECT ST NEW YORK NY 11201 CONSULTATION 325000 THE HORAH GROUP 351 MANVILLE RD 105 PLEASANTVILLE NY 10570 DONOR MAILING 180218 LSC COMMUNICATIONS 211 ATHENS WAY SUITE 20D NASHVILLE TX 37228 PRINTING 150279 LITTLER MENDELSON PC PO BOX 207137 DALLAS TX 75320 LEGAL 110051 4 389338 3908620 1397709 5695667 PUBLISHING SERVICE 511110 1530233 1010301 519932 1530233 12515 12515 8771 8771 126252 389338 126252 0 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 15726 15726 15726 7262912 1026027 519932 21286 X 712368 513912 131984 66472 3565492 2572194 660598 332700 35250 25430 6531 3289 201136 145102 37266 18768 101631 73318 18830 9483 233259 87183 129875 16201 39930 39930 50461 50461 913279 721045 152829 39405 227354 152975 74379 640513 454366 135595 50552 148068 147207 861 109058 41582 66601 875 43005 18182 16174 8649 20314 9162 11152 69542 34212 35330 66403 43223 23180 PHOTOS 41813 41813 OTHER 12978 3865 9113 7231854 5084771 1475849 671234 405545 519753 261737 13110 50953 69735 207892 195250 55867 69338 72767 748128 655596 160228 92532 114427 56423 504065 1267983 1581639 465443 481170 716554 747961 31833 267297 1213830 1496428 X 54153 85211 54153 85211 1267983 1581639 31058 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 957302 6796812 8250767 5828121 5695667 27528669 796634 1028053 705714 862047 1010301 4402749 1753936 7824865 8956481 6690168 6705968 31931418 0 0 0 31931418 1138752 10275 23511 15377 21286 1209201 1138752 10275 23511 15377 21286 1209201 812799 838726 692493 676786 519932 3540736 7838 21029 23254 3044 15726 70891 3713325 8694895 9695739 7385375 7262912 36752246 0.86880 0.80740 0.03290 0.07330 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X 0 748128 655596 92532 92532 STATE OF ISRAEL BONDS 500000 F OTHER 4065 C 504065 DUE TO FOWARD FUND 267297 267297 7812912 550000 550000 7262912 0 7262912 7781854 550000 550000 7231854 0 7231854 PART III, LINE 4: THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION HAS DEVOTED SUBSTANTIAL EFFORT AND FUNDS FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS TO THE ARCHIVAL DESCRIPTION AND CONSERVATION OF ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHS DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, EASTERN EUROPE AND ISRAEL, SPANNING THE ENTIRE 20TH CENTURY. THE YIDDISH FORWARD, OR FORVERTS, PUBLISHED AS A DAILY NEWSPAPER FROM 1897 TO 1983, AS A WEEKLY UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 2012. A BIWEEKLY UNTIL APRIL 2016, AND AS A MONTHLY AS OF APRIL 2016. HAS ALWAYS FEATURED ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMMISSIONED FOR ITS PAGES. THE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION IS GLOBAL IN SCOPE, BUT IS ESPECIALLY RICH IN ITS EMPHASIS ON 20TH CENTURY JEWISH HISTORY, NEW YORK IMMIGRANT HISTORY, AND JEWISH COMMUNAL LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD AMASSED BY THE FORVERTS EDITORS PAID PARTICULAR ATTENTION IN ITS EARLY DECADES TO CLASS STRIFE, STRIKES AND UNIONS, AND THEN BROADENED ITS FOCUS TO JEWISH WORKING CLASS PARTICIPATION IN THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF URBAN AMERICA. IT CHRONICLED THE 1930S MOBILIZATION AGAINST FASCISM, THE WARTIME HOME FRONT EFFORTS, THE VICTORIES WON BY SOVIET AND WESTERN ARMIES, THE DESPERATION OF THE REMNANTS OF EUROPEAN JEWRY IN THE IMMEDIATE POSTWAR YEARS TO RECONNECT WITH RELATIVES IN THE US, AND TO EMIGRATE TO THE US OR TO ISRAEL. THE FORVERTS GAVE ITS MOSTLY POOR AND WORKING CLASS READERSHIP A WINDOW ON A WIDER WORLD, AND HELPED TO ARTICULATE AND CRYSTALLIZE THE LIBERAL ETHOS OF AMERICAN JEWS WHICH HAS CHARACTERIZED OUR COMMUNITY EVER SINCE. IT WAS A NEWSPAPER ABOUT YIDDISH AS MUCH AS IT WAS A NEWSPAPER IN YIDDISH: IN TEXT AND IMAGE, IT HAS DEPICTED THE VAST RECORD OF YIDDISH ART AND LITERATURE, IN MORE DETAIL AND OVER A WIDER CHRONOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC SPAN THAN ANY OTHER PERIODICAL. AND YET, BY THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY, THIS LARGE AND UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION WAS HARDLY KNOWN BEYOND THE CONFINES OF THE FORVERTS' OWN STAFF. IN 1998 THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION HIRED ARCHIVAL STAFF TO IDENTIFY, CATALOGUE AND CONSERVE ITS HOLDINGS. WE NOW KNOW THAT IT CONTAINS GLASS NEGATIVES, METAL AND CARDBOARD PLATES, BOUND ROTOGRAVURE VOLUMES, AND OVER 40,000 GELATIN SILVER PHOTOS DERIVED FROM THE ORIGINAL PRINTING PROCESS OF OUR NEWSPAPER. IN THE PAST 17 YEARS WE HAVE CREATED A COMPUTERIZED DATABASE WITH ITEM-LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE-QUARTERS OF THE IMAGES IN THE COLLECTION, AND WE HAVE STORED THE PROCESSED IMAGES IN ACID-FREE ENVELOPES SUITABLE FOR ARCHIVAL STORAGE. SINCE 2009 THE ARCHIVES HAVE BEEN HOUSED IN A TEMPERATURE-AND-HUMIDITY-CONTROLLED, PROTECTED SPACE TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY. WE ALREADY DIGITIZED ABOUT 5000 IMAGES, AND IN 2007 WE PUBLISHED SOME 500 IMAGES FROM THIS COLLECTION CHOSEN BY ALANA NEWHOUSE, OUR FORMER ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR, AND CHANA POLLACK, OUR ARCHIVIST, IN A LIVING LENS: PHOTOGRAPHS OF JEWISH LIFE FROM THE PAGES OF THE FORWARD, ISSUED BY W. W. NORTON. AN EXHIBITION WAS SHOWN AT THE MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ALSO IN 2007. AS THE RICHES OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE GAINED ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC ATTENTION IN RECENT YEARS, WE RECEIVED, AND RESPONDED TO, A GROWING NUMBER OF QUERIES FROM ARTISTS, SCHOLARS, FILMMAKERS AND WRITERS. WE ARE NOW EAGER TO COMPLETE THIS PROCESS WITH THE CATALOGUING OF THE FINAL QUARTER OF THIS COLLECTION DURING THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 30,000 TO 40,000 IMAGES REMAINING TO BE CATALOGUED AND WE EXPECT THAT THE PROCESS WILL BE COMPLETED IN APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS. CATALOGUING (I.E. DESCRIBING, NUMBERING AND REHOUSING) EACH PHOTO IN OUR COLLECTION WILL THEN BE FOLLOWED BY THE DIGITIZATION OF THE ENTIRE COLLECTION AND THE CREATION OF A PHOTO ARCHIVE WEBSITE THAT WILL ALLOW THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THESE UNIQUE IMAGES, WITH A SEARCH FUNCTION THAT WILL TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE MANY FIELDS IN OUR CATALOGUING PROCESS. X X X X X X 1 JANE RAMSEYJUST VENTURES LLC 1136 W MORSE AVENUE CHICAGO IL 60626 FUND RAISING 0 0 50461 0 50461 AK AL AR CA CO CT FL GA IL KS KY MA MD ME MI MN MS NC ND NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WI WV 2018 GALA 515590 389338 126252 8461 55651 24878 37262 515590 389338 126252 8461 55651 24878 37262 126252 0 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 RACHEL FEDDERSON FISHMAN CEO/PUBLISHER 245750 0 13370 0 774 0 18262 0 23818 0 301974 0 0 0 ALAN BENDICH VP, FINANCE AND OPERATIONS 140549 0 4456 0 464 0 0 0 27588 0 173057 0 0 0 JANE EISNER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 198535 0 6685 0 628 0 22187 0 9302 0 237337 0 0 0 JAY EHRLICH VP, DIGITAL GM 118802 0 0 0 367 0 18500 0 20334 0 158003 0 0 0 KATHLEEN CHAMBARD VP MARKETING 126346 0 4736 0 418 0 1298 0 26028 0 158826 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 7 CERTAIN EXECUTIVES RECEIVED DISCRETIONARY BONUSES APPROVED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT. THIS IS DONE ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION MADE UP OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THE ASSOCIATION'S MISSION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE PREPARES A SLATE OF CANDIDATES WHO ARE VOTED UPON BY THE ENTIRE ASSOCIATION AT A GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING. IF ELECTED, MEMBERS SERVE FOR AN INITIAL 6 YEAR TERM. THEY MAY THEN BE NOMINATED FOR ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL 6 YEAR TERMS. THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE PREPARES A SLATE OF CANDIDATES FOR THE 4 OFFICERS, 8 COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND 4 AT-LARGE MEMBERS WHO COMPRISE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION VOTE FOR ELECT THE OFFICERS AND THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B BEFORE THE FORM 990 WAS FILED WITH IRS,IT WAS DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL TO MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW. THE MEMBERS COMMUNICATED ANY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS TO MANAGEMENT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. EACH IDIVIDUAL IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ANNUALLY THAT HE OR SHE HAS READ THE POLICY AND WHETHER HE OR SHE HAS ENGAGED IN AN ACTIVITY THAT WOULD POSE A CONFLICT. THESE REPORTS ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD. FURTHER, IF AN INDIVIDUAL BECOMES AWARE OF A CONFLICT PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL SUBMISSION OF HIS OR HER REPORT, THAT INDIVIDUAL IS REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY INFORM THE BOARD. IF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS IDENTIFIED, THAT PERSON SHALL REFRAIN FROM USING HIS OR HER PERSONAL INFLUENCE TO ENCOURAGE THE ASSOCIATION TO ENGAGE IN THOSE ACTIVITIES AND HE OR SHE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN DELIBERATIONS RELATED TO THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE CEO/PUBLISHER'S AND ALL EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE AFTER EXAMINING PERTINENT NOT FOR PROFIT COMPANIES. ONCE APPROVED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTES ON THE PROPOSED CONTRACT (CONTRACT NOT APPLICABLE FOR REGULAR EMPLOYEES). THE PROCESS WAS LAST UNDERTAKEN IN 2017. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 THESE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G FREELANCE WRITERS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 365,689. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 365,689. OTHER: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 355,356. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 152,829. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 39,405. TOTAL EXPENSES 547,590. THE FORWARD FUND 125 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK NY 10038 454590140 SUPPORTING ORGANIZAITON NY 501 (C) (3) LINE 12B, II THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 FORWARD FUND INC C 3908620 CASH