Forward Assist
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 821458662
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Wilsonville, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5039693022
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $21,689
- Expenses
- $35,778
- Assets
- $31,799
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DENNIS CATER (President)
People named in this filing
- DENNIS CATER (President)
- JOHN STEINBAUGH (Secretary)
- CAMERON GRANTHAM (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to assist veterans and first responders to find their purpose once again.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our 2024 accomplishments included:-addressed needs of disabled veterans and first responders through organizing multiple networking events, outdoor activities, therapeutic activities, etc.-provided support through various forms of assistance with the va, and other medical venues.-provided group support for ongoing mental and emotional care.-provided families in need with food, toys for children, etc.-provided continued assistance for afghanistan refugees.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 60% for direct work, and 40% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -65%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.