Louisiana · Nonprofit
BARKSDALE FORWARD INC
BARKSDALE FORWARD INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,000 to it, the largest being American Electric Power Foundation ($29,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $813k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $965k
What Barksdale Forward Inc does
Mission
Barksdale forward, inc. Is a nonprofit organization funded by the cities of shreveport and bossier city as well as the greater bossier economic development corporation and the parish (county) of caddo, the state of louisiana and bossier parish schools. Barksdale forward acts as an advocate for barksdale air force base on a local, state and federal level. Its mission statement is to raise the awareness of the significance of barksdale air force base for northwest louisiana, the state and national security. Barksdale forward has been in existence since 1994.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Barksdale air force base show sponsors a two-day biennial event at barksdale air force base to showcase the home of the b-52s in a safe environment.
$531,026 spent$415,187 earned by the program63% of program spendingDevelopment & promotion of barksdale air force base
$227,560 spent27% of program spendingShreveport-bossier military affairs council acts as a support group and liasion between civilians and base command, supporting people who serve the united states of america while stationed at barksdale air force base.
$89,145 spent$5,684 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $847,731.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $823k to $999k (+21%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 60% · 2018 73% · 2019 60% · 2020 67% · 2021 66% · 2022 72% · 2023 49% · 2024 56% · 2025 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
47% of BARKSDALE FORWARD INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
John Atkins
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $8k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $300k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money BARKSDALE FORWARD INC raised.
From the IRS filings of BARKSDALE FORWARD INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BARKSDALE FORWARD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 75% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
BARKSDALE FORWARD INC draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BARKSDALE FORWARD INC is better cushioned than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BARKSDALE FORWARD INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BARKSDALE FORWARD INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BARKSDALE FORWARD INC?
- BARKSDALE FORWARD INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,000 to it, the largest being American Electric Power Foundation ($29,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BARKSDALE FORWARD INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $31,000 in grants to BARKSDALE FORWARD INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BARKSDALE FORWARD INC?
- American Electric Power Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $29,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BARKSDALE FORWARD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing