2016-11-15T15:29:33-06:00 2015-12-31 131517563 LOEB & TROPER LLP 655 THIRD AVENUE 12TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10017 990 2015-01-01 130623590 THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC FORW 2128898200 125 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK NY 10038 SAMUEL NORICH PRESIDENT/CEO & PUBLISHER 2128898200 2016-11-15 1 AARON SHAPIRO P01333816 2128674000 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z SAMUEL NORICH 125 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK NY 10038 8603419 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. X 12 12 76 12 887726 -250 957302 6796812 1609433 1722149 1744956 0 143517 84458 4455208 8603419 0 0 0 0 4530484 4743247 0 0 457492 4158711 3833469 8689195 8576716 -4233987 26703 53024774 5355705 1884461 5277753 51140313 77952 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 5676526 799610 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 NEARLY 30,000 SUBSCRIBERS BY POSTAL MAIL AND 500,000 READERS MONTHLY VIA THE INTERNET AT FORWARD.COM. THE QUALITY OF ITS JOURNALISM HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED THROUGH NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR ITS NEWS COVERAGE, EDITORIALS, DESIGN AND WEBSITE. 1063126 34813 YIDDISH MEDIA DIVISION: THE SECOND MAJOR PROGRAM OF THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION IS ITS YIDDISH NEWSPAPER FORVERTS, NOW PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY IN PRINT AND UPDATED REGULARLY ONLINE. IT IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING PERIODICALS IN YIDDISH IN THE WORLD AND PROVIDES AN INDISPENSIBLE SERVICE TO ITS READERS WITH 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 2000 READERS THROUGH THE PRINTED NEWSPAPER AND THOUSANDS MORE THROUGH ITS WEBSITE, YIDDISH.FORWARD.COM. 6739652 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 171 0 76 1 1 1 1 CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 12 12 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 MARSHALL GENGER 2128898200 125 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK NY 10038 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 TOM FREUDENHEIM SECRETARY (UNTIL 11/15) 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 DEBORAH ZISKIN MEMBERSHIP CHAIR (UNTIL 6/15) 5.00 X 0 0 0 KEN BOB MEMBERSHIP CHAIR 5.00 X 0 0 0 ARY FREILICH AUDIT CHAIR 5.00 X 0 0 0 HARVEY SIGELBAUM BUDGET CHAIR 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 5.00 X 0 0 0 JON LUKOMNIK INVESTMENT CHAIR (UNTIL 11/15) 5.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELLEN BERLAND GIBBS INVESTMENT CHAIR 5.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALAN SILBERSTEIN STRATEGIC PLANNING CHAIR 5.00 X 0 0 0 SAMUEL NORICH PRESIDENT/CEO & PUBLISHER 60.00 X 363958 0 16178 JANE EISNER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 60.00 X 204603 0 14373 BARRY S SURMAN ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER 50.00 X 155203 0 21213 BORIS SANDLER EDITOR 50.00 X 142344 0 272 KIM AMZALLAG ADVERTISING DIRECTOR 50.00 X 121429 0 25059 DANIEL FRIEDMAN MANAGING EDITOR 50.00 X 108779 0 25098 MICHAEL J SARID VP DEVELOPMENT 50.00 X 170033 0 8577 KURT HOFFMAN ART DIRECTOR 36.00 X 110485 0 0 1376834 0 110770 8 0 1 0 MACHELP 28 WEST 27TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10001 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS 548675 SPRUCE PRIVATE INVESTORS 263 TRESSER BLVD STAMFORD CT 06901 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 153283 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 1201 THIRD AVE SUITE 2200 SEATTLE WA 98101 LEGAL SERVICES 109988 3 5600604 1196208 40322 6796812 PUBLISHING SERVICE 511110 1722149 834423 887726 1722149 10275 10275 CUBA TRIP INCOME 561500 51095 51095 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 23088 23088 74183 8603419 834423 887726 84458 599112 383432 215680 3299403 2787931 235139 276333 89632 73355 15250 1027 452606 375866 71207 5533 302494 247563 51467 3464 1143866 669837 396174 77855 115131 57082 48016 10033 41198 41198 335362 274515 60847 655607 507543 127786 20278 121966 68388 53578 62084 37617 22345 2122 20732 9934 10798 63650 35644 28006 61502 35306 26196 FREIGHT AND CIRCULATION 603649 603649 FREELANCE WRITERS 520919 520919 PHOTOS 37110 37110 50693 13961 36732 8576716 6739652 1379572 457492 74 74 1591796 588199 88367 99645 378731 386042 170082 69049 824699 599137 12182987 225562 30843998 105359 7768739 3751526 0 130249 53024774 5355705 386117 580874 821840 629400 676504 4067479 1884461 5277753 X 51077786 15425 62527 62527 51140313 77952 53024774 5355705 X 26703 -51089064 X 0 0 0 X 360179 687838 873813 957302 6796812 9675944 806289 807182 851238 796634 834423 4095766 1166468 1495020 1725051 1753936 7631235 13771710 0 0 0 13771710 921150 1022321 1259812 1138752 10275 4352310 921150 1022321 1259812 1138752 10275 4352310 614506 853706 900114 812799 887726 4068851 21477 35794 6241 7838 74183 145533 2723601 3406841 3891218 3713325 8603419 22338404 0.61650 0.44090 0.19480 0.30550 X SCHEDULE A, PART III, LINE 12, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: MISCELLANEOUS CUBA TRIP INCOME RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X 0 824699 599137 225562 225562 COOPERATIVE BANK STOCK 4065 F HEDGE FUNDS 3747461 F 3751526 SEVERANCE PAYABLE 488695 DUE TO FORWARD FUND 3578784 4067479 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, 2012 AND SUBSEQUENT REMAIN SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY APPLICABLE TAXING AUTHORITIES. 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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 ON AUGUST 9 2014. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THESE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: EQUITY TRANSFER -51,089,064. 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