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Forth

Forth (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $763,546 to it, the largest being CLIMATE SOLUTIONS ($475,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$15k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$764k
Net assets
$0
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Forth does

Mission

Our mission is to electrify transportation by bringing people together to create solutions that reduce pollution and barriers to access.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Increase access to charging access to charging is a major barrier to electrification, especially for historically underserved communities. The organization builds programs around drivers who have traditionally faced the most barriers to electrification, working to make it as easy to charge a car as it is to park. During 2023, the organization worked on programs focused on increasing access to charging at the workplace, in multi-family dwellings, and worked to ensure public investments in charging were efficient, effective, and grounded in equity.

    $5,212,094 spent
    46% of program spending
  2. Increase access to emerging modes the organization strives to stay at the forefront of clean, equitable transportation and is constantly seeking new opportunities to advance this work. During 2023, the organization removed barriers to make electric micromobility accessible in historically underserved populations and promoted electrifying americas farms and school buses.

    $1,812,050 spent
    16% of program spending
  3. Increase access to cars the organization builds programsaround drivers who have traditionally faced the most barriers to electric transportation. The organization cultivates access and equitable adoption to electric vehicles through awareness, community-based programs and by reducingfinancial barriers. During 2023, the organization increased access to electric vehicles, designed and implemented affordable electric vehicle carsharing programs, engaged in community-centered outreach and education and developed models and financial tools to reduce cost barriers for electric vehicle adoption.

    $1,767,152 spent
    15% of program spending
  4. Other program services 4: strengthen policy capacity the organization builds influence and bridges between equity, environmental, and multimodal organizations to promote transportation electrification at the national, state, and local levels. The organization worksto build the foundation for public and private investment and to maximize the equitable impacts of those investments. During 2023, the organization continued work on a collaborative initiative aimed at advancing racial and environmental justicethrough equitable electric mobility and advocated for additional funding to retain oregons electric vehicle rebate. Other program services 5: elevate partnerships profile & revenue the organization convenes diverse stakeholders who collaborate to advance equitable transportation systems, helping them find common ground and ways to work together. The organization helps connect partner organizations, policymakers, and stakeholders to reach new markets and support sector growth to advance equitable electric transportation. During 2023, the organization planned outstanding events that engaged key audiences, provided key networking opportunities, and sparked partnerships.

    $2,656,883 spent
    23% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,448,179.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.6M) Expenses 100 ($1.8M) Net assets 100 ($688k)2018 Revenue 124 ($1.9M) Expenses 113 ($2.1M) Net assets 78 ($538k)2019 Revenue 204 ($3.2M) Expenses 167 ($3.1M) Net assets 93 ($642k)2020 Revenue 191 ($3.0M) Expenses 166 ($3.1M) Net assets 80 ($554k)2021 Revenue 250 ($3.9M) Expenses 225 ($4.1M) Net assets 46 ($317k)2022 Revenue 611 ($9.5M) Expenses 539 ($10.0M) Net assets -13 ($-87942)2023 Revenue 849 ($13M) Expenses 715 ($13M) Net assets -2 ($-15083)2024 Revenue 1 ($15k) Net assets 0 ($0)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (1)Expenses (715)Net assets (0)

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 $1.3M to $5.4M (+327%).

$805k
$647k
$735k
$1.0M
$1.3M
$5.4M
$2.5M
$0
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 39% · 2018 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$283k
’17
−$150k
’18
$105k
’19
−$88k
’20
−$237k
’21
−$405k
’22
$73k
’23
$15k
’24
0.1
months of
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.

2017201820192020202120222023
Listed17181819161719
Joined·+2+2+3+0+9+4
No longer listed·122382
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $112k → $88k.

Funder
'19
'20
'21
'22
'24*
total
Climate Solutionsunclassified
$476k
$15k
funders
1
2
2
2
2

From the IRS filings of Forth’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

Forth leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Forth.

62%
largest funder
98%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 89% · 2021 96% · 2022 87% — 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

Forth draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 2 states in all.

WA
CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
Oregon out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Forth

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 Oregon

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Forth: 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 Forth?
Forth (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $763,546 to it, the largest being CLIMATE SOLUTIONS ($475,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Forth have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $763,546 in grants to Forth, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Forth?
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS is the largest funder on record, with $475,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Forth find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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