Forward Flux Productions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813413778
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
6466578816
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$73,566
Expenses
$82,461
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Wesley Fruge (Executive Director)
  • Mike Vu (President)

People named in this filing

  • Kaleb Dameron (Creative Director)
  • Kendall LaBree (Director)
  • Wesley Fruge (Executive 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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Forward Flux Productions cultivates and elevates LGBTQIA+ and QTBIPOC voices and provides a safe space for Queer, BIPOC, and Ally audiences to gather together and express their unique creativity and beauty.

What it reported doing in 2023

Community Engagement: Forward Flux continued to meet the mission of creating a safe space and promoting the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community through community activities. One of our largest community engagements is Pride, where thousands of people viewed the content created by Forward Flux.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 74% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.2%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $79K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.