Vermont · Nonprofit
Jobforward Inc
Jobforward Inc (Vermont) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $216,128 to it, the largest being NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY INC ($126,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.5M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $216k
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Jobforward Inc does
Mission
The purpose of the Organization is to facilitate and create business and education partnerships across the US that create employment opportunities for the under-served, unemployed and underemployed through education and training programs using proven workforce development models. The Organization operates multiple training programs and provides technical assistance as an intermediary in support of our partners throughout the US.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The technical assistance provided to employers, sponsors, federal contractors, federal and state agencies, education institutions, associations, state and regional workforce boards, and grantees expanded again in 2024. This assistance supported the education, adoption, development, funding, employer engagement, partnership development, recruitment for, and strategic use of apprenticeships as part of a comprehensive and customized workforce development strategy both nationally and locally. Following the success of the first two years of direct technical assistance, JobForward continued to support Abt Associates and a group of 11 HRSA grantees for a fourth year. continue in Sch O
$7,380,301 spent$3,145,967 earned by the program93% of program spendingHealthcare In 2024, JobForward assisted with and delivered healthcare apprenticeship training programs in Vermont, Arizona, Colorado, California, Illinois, Georgia, Nevada, and Texas. JobForward continued to leverage remote learning to effectively expand the reach of the programs that are offered to participants and to business units. JobForward was also directly engaged with program management, apprentice recruitment and engagement, and education delivery. The hybrid delivery model was expanded in 2024 to allow for further expansion of the program and transition of participant support to the local level. ITAR Programs The Vermont ITAR program is designed to retain those dislocated or underemployed workers by providing them with the opportunity to be educated and mentored for available positions in advanced manufacturing, healthcare, information technology, and business services. continue in Sch O
$579,376 spent$455,500 earned by the program7% of program spendingAdvanced Manufacturing STAR Programs - The Vermont STAR program is designed to retain those dislocated or underemployed workers by providing them with the opportunity to be educated and mentored for available positions in advanced manufacturing, healthcare, information technology, and business services. In 2024, we developed and implemented seven Advanced Manufacturing STAR Programs. The STAR programs include employer engagement and employment guarantees from employers curriculum development based on employer job requirements recruitment of applicants for the employer development of employer behavioral and technical competency requirements education delivery transition all participants into a registered apprenticeship program with the employer mentor employer partner and staff on apprenticeship model mentor apprentices during the transition to employment and on-the-job learning phase and coordinate with all regional, state and federal partners on behalf of the employer partner. continue in Sch O
$3,800 spent$88,100 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,963,477.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.4M to $3.7M (+54%).
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 54% · 2018 45% · 2019 57% · 2020 55% · 2021 70% · 2022 46% · 2023 65% · 2024 51%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of Jobforward Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Matthew McKenney
President/Treasurer/CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $48.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 Jobforward 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
Jobforward Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% 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
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 Jobforward Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Jobforward Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Jobforward Inc has grown faster than half of the 1,003 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Jobforward Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.3M on record — $5.2M federal, $39k state.
- Department of Labor$5.2M
- Contr&3rd Pty-Participant$39k
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 Jobforward 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 Vermont
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
58%
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
- River Valley Workforce Institute Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Jobforward 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 Jobforward Inc?
- Jobforward Inc (Vermont) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $216,128 to it, the largest being NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY INC ($126,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Jobforward Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $216,128 in grants to Jobforward Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Jobforward Inc?
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIONAND TECHNOLOGY INC is the largest funder on record, with $126,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Jobforward Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 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