Fourth Plain Forward

Analysis

Fourth Plain Forward is a registered charity in United States, based in Vancouver, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Fourth Plain Forward reported income of $962k and spending of $931k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $889k to $962k (+8.3%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 168%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Fourth Plain Forward sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii ($962k), Urban Erie Community Development Corporation ($962k) and The Evergreen Villages Foundation ($961k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 3.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $110k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $334k. At year end it held assets of $312k against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $301k. It reported 13 employees.