2017-11-15T13:31:25-06:00 2016-12-31 131517563 LOEB & TROPER LLP 655 THIRD AVENUE 12TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10017 990 2016-01-01 130623590 THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC FORW 2128898200 125 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK NY 10038 RACHEL FISHMAN FEDDERSEN CEO AND PUBLISHER 2128898200 2017-11-14 1 AARON SHAPIRO P01333816 2128674000 38.98.118.70 2017-11-14 20:33:27 ES P 73A2BDB4DEE3E1301F7FB9DCBA9193E2BC5F7900 73A2BDB4DEE3E1301F7FB9DCBA9193E2BC5F7900 2016 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z RACHEL FISHMAN FEDDERSEN 125 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK NY 10038 9695739 0 X WWW.FORWARD.COM X 1901 NY TO PROMOTE AND STRENGTHEN JEWISH PEOPLEHOOD, YIDDISH CULTURE, AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. IT PURSUES THESE GOALS THROUGH ITS PUBLICATIONS AND PHILANTHROPIC GRANTS, AND THROUGH COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH OTHER LIKEMINDED ORGANIZATIONS. 13 13 76 13 692110 -250 6796812 8250767 1866779 1398207 0 907 31304 45858 8694895 9695739 0 0 0 0 4814202 4986553 0 0 539162 4075975 3866202 8890177 8852755 -195282 842984 5064759 2780855 5208792 2081904 -144033 698951 X THE FORWARDS 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 5481524 693256 ENGLISH MEDIA DIVISION: THE LARGEST PROGRAM OF THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION IS ITS ENGLISH NEWSPAPER, FORWARD. PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN PRINT AND UPDATED CONTINUALLY ONLINE, IT REACHES APPROXIMATELY 21,000 SUBSCRIBERS BY POSTAL MAIL AND AROUND 1,300,000 READERS MONTHLY VIA THE INTERNET AT FORWARD.COM. THE QUALITY OF ITS JOURNALISM HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR NEWS AND CULTURAL COVERAGE, EDITORIALS, DESIGN AND WEBSITE. 965901 12841 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 1,500 SUBSCRIBERS BY POSTAL MAIL AND AROUND 15,000 READERS MONTHLY VIA THE INTERNET AT YIDDISH.FORWARD.COM. 6447425 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 144 0 76 1 1 1 1 CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 13 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 NY AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT FL GA HI IL KS KY ME MD MA MI MN MS NH NJ NM NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WV WI X ALAN BENDICH 2128898200 125 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK NY 10038 X JACOB MOROWITZ CHAIR OF THE BOARD 10.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK MLOTEK VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD 5.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JIM HOFHEIMER SECRETARY 5.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 RON SERNAU TREASURER 5.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 RONNIE ZOLIN AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ARY FREILICH AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR (UNTIL 5/16) 5.00 X 0 0 0 HARVEY SIGELBAUM BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR (UNTIL 11/16) 5.00 X 0 0 0 CARYL RATNER COMPENSATION CHAIR 5.00 X 0 0 0 JIM FELDMAN DEVELOPMENT CHAIR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ALEXIS GELBER MEDIA CHAIR (UNTIL 11/16) 5.00 X 0 0 0 ELLEN BERLAND GIBBS INVESTMENT POLICY CHAIR 5.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 KEN BOB NOMINATING AND MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ALAN SILBERSTEIN STRATEGIC PLANNING CHAIR 5.00 X 0 0 0 RUTH HOROWITZ BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR 5.00 X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN PERATIS DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE 5.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF GOTTLEIB MEDIA CHAIR 5.00 X 0 0 0 SAMUEL NORICH PRESIDENT 40.00 1.00 X 411802 0 51126 RACHEL FISHMAN FEDDERSEN CEO/PUBLISHER 40.00 X 126381 0 14987 MARSHALL GENGER VP FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION 40.00 X 54840 0 17155 JANE EISNER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 40.00 X 206178 0 47378 BARRY S SURMAN ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER 40.00 X 152224 0 36755 MICHAEL J SARID VP DEVELOPMENT 40.00 X 169110 0 33273 BORIS SANDLER EDITOR 40.00 X 125114 0 16607 DANIEL FRIEDMAN MANAGING EDITOR 40.00 X 113041 0 48662 1358690 0 265943 7 0 1 0 MAC HELP NYC 28 WEST 27TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10001 COMPUTER CONSULTANT 585281 EMPIRICAL MEDIA ADVISORS 52 VANDERBILT AVE NEW YORK NY 10038 STRATEGIC PLANNING 351241 ERIC F NEWSUM 667 RUGBY ROAD BROOKLYN NY 11230 FINANCE TEMP 113250 3 6807297 1443470 175966 8250767 PUBLISHING SERVICE 511110 1398207 706097 692110 1398207 907 907 22604 22604 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 23254 23254 23254 9695739 706097 692110 46765 924225 667414 256811 3180907 2533824 287675 359408 68190 53820 12257 2113 501543 402855 77682 21006 311688 261677 23610 26401 1571044 723808 788299 58937 149087 82079 51736 15272 40500 40500 394527 394527 182195 148629 33566 244377 110991 123581 9805 100170 100170 120255 43353 76902 37492 17707 7131 12654 25969 10772 15197 59687 34791 24896 65951 36370 29581 FREIGHT AND CIRCULATION 438695 438695 PRINTING 339431 339431 BAD DEBT 50000 50000 PHOTOS 40017 40017 6805 6495 310 8852755 6447425 1866168 539162 74 473029 594318 879575 52970 43720 135652 191666 69049 55708 833355 658824 225562 174531 105359 3751526 4065 130249 958561 5064759 2780855 528532 520894 625148 678708 4055112 882302 5208792 2081904 X -169629 698951 25596 0 -144033 698951 5064759 2780855 842984 0 X 0 0 0 X 687838 873813 957302 6796812 8250767 17566532 807182 851238 796634 1028053 706097 4189204 1495020 1725051 1753936 7824865 8956864 21755736 0 0 0 21755736 1022321 1259812 1138752 10275 23511 3454671 1022321 1259812 1138752 10275 23511 3454671 853706 900114 812799 838726 692110 4097455 35794 6241 7838 21029 23254 94156 3406841 3891218 3713325 8694895 9695739 29402018 0.73990 0.62260 0.11750 0.19400 X SCHEDULE A, PART III, LINE 12, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: MISCELLANEOUS RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X 0 833355 658824 174531 174531 DUE FROM BROKER 958561 958561 DEFERRED COMPENSATION 327000 DUE TO FORWARD FUND 555302 882302 X PART III, LINE 4: THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION HAS DEVOTED SUBSTANTIAL EFFORT AND FUNDS FOR THE LAST 16 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, AND AS A BIWEEKLY SINCE THEN, 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 16 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 10,000 IMAGES REMAINING TO BE CATALOGUED AND WE EXPECT THAT THE PROCESS WILL BE COMPLETED IN APPROXIMATELY THREE 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. PART X, LINE 2: THE ASSOCIATION HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PERIODS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND SUBSEQUENT REMAIN SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY APPLICABLE TAXING AUTHORITIES. 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THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE PREPARES A SLATE OF CANDIDATES FOR THE 4 OFFICERS, 8 COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND 1 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 PRESIDENT/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 2016. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THESE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 13: ON JUNE 27,2014 SAMUEL NORICH ENTERED INTO AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION, INC. INCLUDED IN THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WAS A "SUBSEQUENT COMPENSATION" CLAUSE, WHICH CONTINUED AND RESTATED THE TERMS OF HIS PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION GOING BACK TO 2005, THE EIGHTH YEAR OF HIS EMPLOYMENT, TERMS INTENDED TO COMPENSATE HIM, UPON RETIREMENT, FOR THE ABSENCE OF ANY OTHER EMPLOYER-FUNDED PENSION PROVISION. WHILE PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS PROVIDED FOR A LIFETIME ANNUAL PAYMENT TO NORICH, THE 2014 AGREEMENT RECALCULATED THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF SUCH A STREAM OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS BASED ON NORICH'S AGE AND LIFE EXPECTANCY, AND PROVIDED FOR THE PAYOUT OF THIS AMOUNT IN THREE PAYMENTS, AS FOLLOWS: IF STILL EMPLOYED BY THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION ON 1/2/2015, HE WOULD RECEIVE A LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF $170,000; IF HE WAS STILL EMPLOYED BY THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION ON 1/2/2016, HE WOULD RECEIVE A LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF $200,000; AND IF HE WAS STILL EMPLOYED BY THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION ON 1/3/2017, HE WOULD RECEIVE A LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF $327,000. THESE SUBSEQUENT COMPENSATION AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED IN HIS REPORTABLE COMPENSATION FROM THE ORGANIZATION (W-2/1099-MISC) IN PART VII COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES, KEY EMPLOYEES, HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES, AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. 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