Pushing Forward Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 871452978
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2023–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location: Louisville, KY, USA
Phone: 5028027866
Rating: 52
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue: $186,227
Expenses: $124,600
Assets: $68,400
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

KIARA JAMES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

KIARA JAMES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
BRIANA WILLIAMS (BOARD CHAIR)
TERRELL WILLIAMS (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

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What it reported doing in 2024

Assisted with educational efforts by creating a video to educate individuals living with SCI about COVID-19 and how it can specifically impact them

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 12
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 62
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 10.3%; rating input score 10
Program expense ratio: 15.4%; rating input score 15

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: 33.1%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 30.5%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -140.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 50.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 187.1% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 10.3% of revenue deployed · 15.4% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $19K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
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: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.