2018-08-06T13:29:07-07:00 2017-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 1970 Broadway STE 930 Oakland CA 94612 990 2017-01-01 943311784 Forward Together FORW 5106638300 300 Frank Ogawa Plaza Ste 700 Oakland CA 94612 Eveline Shen President/E.D. 2018-08-06 true Adele Kaneda P01664922 5108352727 2017 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Eveline Shen 300 Frank Ogawa Plaza Ste 700 Oakland CA 94612 5388705 false false X www.forwardtogether.org X 1999 CA Forward Together unites communities to win rights, recognition and resources for all families. 8 7 32 46 0 3583432 5236257 85424 148259 7089 4089 500 100 3676445 5388705 96638 114436 0 1942644 2231984 15175 52595 145473 1118336 1410195 3172793 3809210 503652 1579495 5706880 7303507 247165 264297 5459715 7039210 X Forward Together unites communities to win rights, recognition and resources for all families. true false 2257895 114436 148259 The goal of Forward Togethers Movement Building program is to achieve policy and culture-change victories that significantly increase the rights, recognition and resources of women and non-binary people of color and Indigenous people on issues of family recognition, community safety and healthcare access. We leverage our national network of over 200 Strong Families organizations and 90,000 individual supporters to lead civic engagement and policy advocacy, leadership development, cross-sector alliance building and culture-shift projects in our priority states of New Mexico and Oregon, as well as in multiple other states and nationally in collaboration with grassroots partners. 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X X X X X true Genie Grants 900 W Edmundson Ave Morgan Hill CA 95037 Grant Writing false 2805072 51795 2753277 2805072 51795 2753277 AL AK AR CA CO CT DC FL GA HI IL KS KY ME MD MA MI MN MS NC ND NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WV WI true Centro Legal de Raza Inc 3400 E 12th St Oakland CA 94601 237181456 501(c)3 7000 0 New American Story project National Org for Women Box 32674 Santa Fe NM 87594 364758431 501(c)3 6800 0 New Mexico state policy work NM Religious Coalition PO Box 66433 Albuquerque NM 87193 850391823 501(c)3 35000 0 Civic Engagement in NM Young Women United 309 Gold Ave SW Albuquerque NM 87102 850481224 501(c)3 10000 0 Rural Research Work 4 0 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used A Memorandum of Understanding (which includes deliverables) is executed with organizations and individuals who receive stipends. Since much of the work stipend recipients perform is in collaboration with Forward Together staff, their completion of the work is confirmed by work product and in-person or telephone/electronic check ins. Teng Smith Inc Board Member 20000 Program Consulting false Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information During 2017 Board member Shiree Teng took a leave of absence from the Board of Directors. During this period, her company Teng & Smith was compensated $20,000 for consulting services to the organization. She returned as an active member of the Board in 2018. X 4 802632 FMV false false false Form 990, Part III, Line 2: New Services Forward Together initiated 3 new projects in 2017: Data-for the collection, management, and analysis of data to better understand the impact of our work; Culture Shift-to transform the culture of shame and stigma that negatively impacts our communities to a culture where we can tell the truth of our own lives; Oregon-to expand our state-based activism and advocacy into the Pacific Northwest. Form 990, Part VI, Line 4: Description of Significant Changes to Organizational Documents In the Bylaws, the Terms of Office of Directors were revised. The Length of Term was changed from one year or any shorter period determined by the Board to one year for a Director's first term and three years for any of a Director's subsequent term(s). Term Limits were changed from serving no more than three consecutive terms to being able to serve without limits to the amount of terms they can serve with the mutual approval of the Executive Director and the Board of Directors as a whole. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The Form 990 is prepared under the direction of the Director of Finance and is reviewed by at least one member of the executive committee, usually the Treasurer, before it is submitted. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Board members must sign the organization's conflict of interest policy and agreement, and if a potential conflict of interest is present, the board members will abstain from discussing or voting on said conflict. The chair of the meeting is expected to make an inquiry if such conflict appears to exist and the board member has not made it known. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The organization uses salary surveys to determine compensation. In 2008 the organization adopted a new salary scale that was based on researching compensation for comparable positions in nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area. The board had extensive discussions and then approved the final document. Salary surveys are conducted internally by acquiring data from organizations directly and from wider, independent surveys of comparable organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees The organization uses salary surveys to determine compensation. In 2008 the organization adopted a new salary scale that was based on researching compensation for comparable positions in nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area. The board had extensive discussions and then approved the final document. Salary surveys are conducted internally by acquiring data from organizations directly and from wider, independent surveys of comparable organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available These documents are not made available to the public.