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FORWARD BRUNSWICK INC

FORWARD BRUNSWICK INC (Georgia) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $519,448 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($320,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$164k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$519k
Net assets
$107k
2/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 28%
01What it does

What Forward Brunswick Inc does

Mission

To foster economic vitality through quality of life projects such as amenities, beautification, and community development.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Completing the liberty brunswick project, creating and hosting the continuing strategic revitalization projects on the norwich street corridor.

    $83,283 spent$25,193 earned by the program
    70% of program spending
  2. Farmers' market

    $21,511 spent$6,019 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  3. Developers academy project

    $1,616 spent$1,796 earned by the program
    1% of program spending
  4. Newspaper in education project

    $12,213 spent$3,000 earned by the program
    10% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $118,623.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($177k) Expenses 100 ($94k) Net assets 100 ($146k)2023 Revenue 86 ($151k) Expenses 218 ($206k) Net assets 56 ($82k)2024 Revenue 93 ($164k) Expenses 218 ($206k) Net assets 73 ($107k)
202220232024
Revenue (93)Expenses (218)Net assets (73)Peer revenue range

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 $83k to $745k (+794%).

$146k
$83k
$745k
202220232024
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.

2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

74% of FORWARD BRUNSWICK INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,454 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$82k
’22
−$54k
’23
−$42k
’24
18
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.

Chief executive

Lance Sabbe

Executive director

Board chair

Ed Farley

Chair of the board of dire

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $353k → $30k.

4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of FORWARD BRUNSWICK 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

FORWARD BRUNSWICK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

93% 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 FORWARD BRUNSWICK INC.

62%
largest funder
90%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 91% · 2022 58% · 2023 67% — 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

91% of FORWARD BRUNSWICK INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $45k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Georgia funders.

NY
GA

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

’21
’22
’23
Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $474k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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

Against its field

FORWARD BRUNSWICK INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,990 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−25% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve18.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,990 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like FORWARD BRUNSWICK 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 Georgia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

58% of spending goes to programs.

Program 58%Management 29%Fundraising 13%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Reynolds Cottages · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds FORWARD BRUNSWICK INC?
FORWARD BRUNSWICK INC (Georgia) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $519,448 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($320,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FORWARD BRUNSWICK INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $519,448 in grants to FORWARD BRUNSWICK INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FORWARD BRUNSWICK INC?
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $320,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FORWARD BRUNSWICK INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 10 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing