Power Forward Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824404034
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Marshfield, MA, USA
Phone
6177338688
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Prevention Only

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$757,307
Expenses
$567,317
Assets
$345,819
Liabilities
$58,123

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KELLI WILSON (CEO & PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANA LINDSEY (DIRECTOR): $47,500 total reported compensation
  • KELLI WILSON (CEO & PRESIDENT): $25,400 total reported compensation
  • PATRICIA RYAN (DIRECTOR): $24,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to end the stigma of substance abuse by developing programs that provide high-risk communities with impactful messages of prevention, education and recovery.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025 we were able to spend approximately $245,000 on our sober living scholarships and supported individuals with approximately 1,100 weeks of support. In addition, we continue to expand the number and geographic locations of our sober living home partners. Two time nhl stanley cup champion and a person in recovery, kevin stevens, continued to share his personal journey of hope and redemption, after a devastating on-ice injury left him with a 25 year addiction to opioids.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 40% for direct work, and 60% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.1%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 72.2%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $29.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 91%; rating input score 91; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 72.7%; rating input score 73; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.1%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 50.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 32.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.1% of revenue deployed · 72.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $410K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $48K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 16 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.