Illinois · Nonprofit
FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO
FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,832,349 to it, the largest being REVA AND DAVID LOGAN FOUNDATION ($350,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Forward Momentum Chicago does
Mission
To provide quality dance education programs to schools and communities with limited arts access.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Dance programs to not only increase dance skills and awareness, but to foster creativity, critical thinking, and social-emotional learning.from classroomresidencies to formal studio training, the organization offers a variety of danceexperiences for all ages and ability levels.the organization's program services consist of the following:in-school and after school programs/school partnerships -the organization partnerswith schools and youth service organizations to build residencies that are customdesigned to serve the schools, communities, and students to ensure engaging programs.instructors travel into schools and communities to bring the arts into communities with limited access. Instruction is trauma-informed, healing centered, and focused on utilizing movement and dance to improve social emotional learning and 21st century skills.the organization also partners with after school matters to provide year-longprogramming in the downtown area through an advanced apprenticeship that supportscollege and career readiness. In this program, high school students throughout thecity meet downtown to work at fmc dance collaborative as a part of a dance company. The fmc dance collaborative…
$652,517 spent$337,203 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $652,517.
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 $1.4M to $1.1M (−24%).
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: 2021 3% · 2022 2% · 2023 9% · 2024 2% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $42k → $324k.
5 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 MOMENTUM CHICAGO’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 MOMENTUM CHICAGO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 57% · 2019 38% · 2020 41% · 2021 30% · 2022 33% · 2023 39% — 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.
How long its funders stay
67% of FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
94% of FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $324k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$30k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO: 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 FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO?
- FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,832,349 to it, the largest being REVA AND DAVID LOGAN FOUNDATION ($350,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $1,832,349 in grants to FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO?
- REVA AND DAVID LOGAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FORWARD MOMENTUM CHICAGO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 28 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