Forward Leap Foundation

Analysis

Forward Leap Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Burlingame, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Forward Leap Foundation reported income of $151k and spending of $49k, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $46k to $151k (+227%), an average of +227% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 227%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Forward Leap Foundation sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Small Planet Institute ($151k), Passion Mission ($151k) and Yunus&youth Inc ($151k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $127k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $127k.