Forefront Living

Analysis

Forefront Living is a registered charity in United States, based in Dallas, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Forefront Living reported income of $3.0m and spending of $2.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.2m to $3.0m (-29%), an average of -8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Forefront Living sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shabach Ministries Inc ($3.0m), Ujamaa Place ($3.0m) and Jewish Family and Child Service ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $521k. At year end it held assets of $27.3m against liabilities of $749k, net assets of $26.5m. It reported 6 employees.