Forward Wyoming

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473463195
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
Laramie, WY, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$253
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEEANN GRAPES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ADAM CROFT (SECRETARY)
  • ELIZABETH STORER (BOARD MEMBER)
  • GRACE CANNON (BOARD MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Forward Wyoming is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to educating, training, and engineering a new generation of active citizens and young leaders. Forward Wyoming strives to educate the general public on issues of pressing concern.

What it reported doing in 2021

Forward Wyoming grassroots institute: this is the primary activity of forward Wyoming. The institute is a free, 10-week, community organizing program that aims to promote civic engagement and leadership amongst the young people and various community members who apply. The grassroots institute is the only one in Wyoming of its kind. The program mixes classroom lecture and discussion with real-world skills needed by organizers, such as direct votor contact experience, volunteer management skills, non-profit advocacy and engagement, and a deep knowledge of local issues. Forward Wyoming continued to conduct the grassroots institute in 2019. Institute students, upon graduatoin, were also able to apply their newly learned skills and experience to participate in forward wyomings other program services that directly served the community. The curriculum for the institute continues to evolve from previous iterations to improve upon what we are providing to the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -54.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -72.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -65.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 to 2021
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.