Texas · Nonprofit
FORT BEND FORWARD INC
FORT BEND FORWARD INC (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,265,018 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE FOUNDATION ($951,618). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $653k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $622k
What Fort Bend Forward Inc does
Mission
The mission of fort bend forward is to provide resources to meet the literary, cultural, educational and health needs of the greater fort bend community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Provide scholarship grants to schools and other organizations committed to the development of fort bend county.
$221,750 spentof which $221,750 as grants48% of program spendingTo provide a forum to those individuals wanting to learn and develop skills to enhance the success of the organizations they lead in fort bend county.
$189,521 spent$337,754 earned by the program41% of program spendingThe youth in philanthropy program brings together 200 juniors and seniors from across fort bend county to grow as leaders and learn about the nonprofit sector.
$46,373 spent10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $457,644.
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 2023 to 2024, from $427k to $622k (+46%).
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.
48% of FORT BEND FORWARD INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Keri Schmidt
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $24k → $239k.
From the IRS filings of FORT BEND 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
FORT BEND FORWARD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% 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: 2017 58% · 2018 80% · 2019 88% · 2020 100% · 2021 90% · 2022 84% · 2023 82% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of FORT BEND FORWARD INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
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
FORT BEND FORWARD INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FORT BEND 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
21%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FORT BEND 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 FORT BEND FORWARD INC?
- FORT BEND FORWARD INC (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,265,018 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE FOUNDATION ($951,618). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FORT BEND FORWARD INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,265,018 in grants to FORT BEND FORWARD INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FORT BEND FORWARD INC?
- THE GEORGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $951,618 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FORT BEND FORWARD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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