Forward Together

Forward Together is an activist group that focus on a broad range of social issues, including healthcare and families.

At-A-Glance

Issue Areas: Multi-Issue Advocacy
Location: Oakland, CA View on map
Tax ID: 94-3311784
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $11,789,219 Revenue: $4,201,662 Expenses: $6,388,947

Forward Together is an activist group that focus on a broad range of social issues, including healthcare and families.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $11,789,219 $4,201,662 $6,388,947 View
2023 $13,441,584 $5,301,248 $6,665,852 View
2022 $15,087,213 $6,659,901 $5,700,654 View
2021 $14,075,710 $7,868,987 $5,751,543 View
2020 $12,230,193 $8,699,025 $5,446,382 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 43

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Christine PauleyDEPUTY DIR. OPS$246,764
Diana Lugo-MartinezCO-EXEC. DIR.$236,648
Wendy CalimagCO-EXEC. DIR.$224,512
Jennifer VuDIR. OF FINANCE$172,892
Kemi AlabiDEP. DIR. PROG.$163,537

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $61,771,229
  • Number of Grants: 470
  • Number of Funders: 94

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$4,000,0002021 National Philanthropic TrustPUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$1,000,0002021 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative FoundationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$950,0002022 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
$800,0002022 The Ford FoundationGeneral support to advance reproductive justice by centering the leadership and experiences of cisgender and transgender women of color, nonbinary people of color and Indigenous women
$700,0002021 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc.GENERAL
$677,8312020 The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationProject support
$550,0002020 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc.GENERAL
$500,0002024 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation81511 VCFC NARRATIVE GRANT TO FORWARD TOGETHER: PILOTING THE TRANS YOUTH PROJECT TO SHIFT CULTURE AND FOSTER A LIBERATORY TRANS YOUTH MOVEMENT
$500,0002022 CHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION2021-2022 Forward Together General Operating Support
$500,0002021 CHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONGeneral Operating Support
$465,0002021 Wellspring Philanthropic FundOPERATING SUPPORT
$463,0202021 The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationPROJECT SUPPORT
$450,0002023 Wellspring Philanthropic FundGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$450,0002022 Wellspring Philanthropic FundOPERATING SUPPORT
$445,0002020 The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationProject support
$426,6912023 The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationPROGRAM SUPPORT
$425,8842022 The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationPROJECT SUPPORT
$423,4292024 The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationPROGRAM SUPPORT
$400,0002022 The Kresge FoundationThis general operating grant supports Forward Together's mission to unite communities by amplifying the cultural strategy work of grassroots organizations, artists and cultural workers to challenge dominant narratives about family formations and bodily autonomy and replacing them with narratives of power and liberation. Its art-based initiatives bring together artists and organizers to disrupt oppressive narratives, advance cultural and policy change, and contribute to the health, safety and self-determination of families across the U.S.
$400,0002021 The David and Lucile Packard FoundationFor general support
$400,0002020 Wellspring Philanthropic FundOperating support
$350,9822023 The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$350,0002020 The Libra Foundation
$349,8672024 The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$338,5482021 The Susan Thompson Buffett FoundationPROJECT SUPPORT

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $1,228,800
  • Number of Grants: 27
  • Number of Recipients: 18

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$400,0002021 Forward Together ActionLobbying
$300,0002020 Forward Together ActionProgram support
$22,0002024 Progressnow New Mexico Education FundPNNM RURAL RESEARCH OUTREACH
$20,0002023 Center of Southwest Culture IncNM Together for Healthcare Campaign
$15,0002022 Justice Access Support and Solutions for HealthNM Together for Healthcare Campaign
$12,0002020 SOCIAL GOOD FUNDArtist Project stipend
$10,0002021 Center of Southwest Culture IncCivic engagement collaboration
$7,5002022 NEW MEXICO ASIAN FAMILY CENTERHealthcare Team Family Care