Nonprofit screen
Screen a listThe Forum Inc
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- Reinstated
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$208krevenue
FY20234 of 5years filed
’19’20’21’22’23
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2023
Operating margin−2.3%
Months of reserve1.5mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+15.0%
Middle half of peersMedianForum
Where the money goes FY2023 · $213k spent
Programs$125k59%Fundraising$87k41%990 FY2023 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking3
A funder worth 19% of revenue stopped after FY2021
The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation gave $15k in FY2021, 19% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsNo return on record for FY2020
It filed for FY2019 and FY2021, with nothing on record in between.
IRS 990 e-file recordsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$24k in FY2022 and −$5k in FY2023. Cash covers 1.5 months, under the peer median of 5.8.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 15% a year since FY2019, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort7funders
$42ka year, last 3 years
29%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Prior Family FoundationEvery year since FY2017$32k$25k$19k$5k$3k$4k$7kMid Atlantic Arts IncEvery year since FY2017$10k$9k$9k$10k$10k$19k$7kBrowne Bolton Foundation IncNew in FY2023$25kThe Peter and Patricia Gruber FoundationOn and off$15kIgc Usvi Foundation IncOn and off$1kThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNew in FY2023$500Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$8k$17k$18k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund