Drive Forward

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814014488
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Tukwila, WA, USA
Phone
2063279487
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$230,000
Expenses
$264,625
Assets
$166,429
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BROOKE STEGER (PRESIDENT)
  • ABDUL YUSUF (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL WOLFE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL WOLFE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $100,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

At drive forward, we believe independent gig workers are critical to the success of the gig economy, especially rideshare and app-based delivery services. Its mission is to keep rideshare, taxi, for-hire and delivery services. Our goal is to support independent gig workers through education and advocacy, by educating and empowering our member organizations.

What it reported doing in 2023

Drive forward continued public advertising campaigns to raise awareness of the organization, its mission to keep rideshare, taxi, for-hire and app-based delivery drivers independent, and policy issues that impact gig workers and the public. Since the city of seattle mayor signed into law the fare share ordinance our campaign has shifted from one of raising awareness to an educational program to ensure members understand the effects of the new law. Still this campaign continued to generate impressions on social media and coverage on local print, digital, and tv media. Simultaneously drive forward stood up a parallel program to advocate and raise awareness on the city of seattle council's payup proposed set of regulations on non-rideshare app-based workers and the companies that create the platforms. This program is using social media, email marketing, sms marketing, and traditional media outreach to generate interest in the regulations and attract new members to the organization.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -15.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -21.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $100K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.