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Siviq Scores
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Liabilities / Revenue
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Net Margin
82nd percentile
Higher net margin than 82% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
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Asset Growth
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Revenue Growth
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Balance Sheet
Assets
$25,570
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Net Assets
$25,570
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Liabilities
-
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Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
$130,336
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Expenses
$95,706
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Net Income
$34,630
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Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012
- Signed
- Nov 13, 2013
- Return Version
- 2012v2.0
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Forward Communities is a community development organization that strives to educate and engage local citizens as problem solvers in their community. We have a particular focus on young people from disenfranchised communities providing them with the skills, tools, resources, and support they need to envision positive change in their neighborhoods and put their ideas into action. By unleashing the creative potential of our citizens through social entrepreneurship, we believe we can materially improve our local communities by providing relief to the poor, distressed or disadvantaged, lessening the burdens of government through reducing poverty, crime, or recidivism, improving the health and well being of a communitys citizens, reducing a communitys carbon footprint, lessening community tensions, or improving educational achievement.
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- EIN
- 80-0721191
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2012 • Form 990EZFacts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.
- Assets
- $25,570
- Liabilities
- -
- Net assets
- $25,570
- Revenue
- $130,336
- Expenses
- $95,706
- Net income
- $34,630