Forward Assist Inc

Analysis

Forward Assist Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Forward Assist Inc reported income of $204k and spending of $154k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $2.9m to $204k (-93%), an average of -48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income dropped by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 19% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Forward Assist Inc sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include University Gardens Inc ($204k), Pine Cone Manor Inc ($204k) and Nehemiah Community Development Corporation ($204k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 71% of the total. At year end it held assets of $8.7m against liabilities of $1,100, net assets of $8.7m.