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Filing year 2024

FORWARD IMPACT

Los Angeles, California·EIN 83-1501685·NTEE A31 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$5M
Total assets
$3.4M
Total expenses
$3.6M
Reported officers
14
Mission

REPRESENT JUSTICE TURNS STORIES INTO ACTION TO CHANGE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHILE BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF SYSTEM-IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. OUR VISION IS A FAIR LEGAL SYSTEM, DIGNITY FOR SYSTEM-IMPACTED COMMUNITIES, AND AN END TO EXTREME SENTENCING AND MASS INCARCERATION.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Chief Executive Officer & Treasurer
$305k
$326k
Base
$237k
Bonus
$57k
Other
Benefits
$11k
Chief Operating Officer
$194k
$208k
Base
$169k
Bonus
$9k
Other
Benefits
$16k
Vp, Films & Series Impact
vice president
$167k
$178k
Base
$156k
Bonus
$3k
Other
Benefits
$7k
Vp, Advocacy and Partnersh
vice president
$165k
$177k
Base
$148k
Bonus
$8k
Other
Benefits
$9k
Development & Operations Mgr
highest compensated employee
$110k
$117k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 9 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 33%
from 2023

From $229k in 2023 to $305k in 2024.

$229k
2023
$305k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 29% in real terms$253k to $326k

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

FORWARD IMPACT reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.8M
$2.8M
2023
$5M
$3.6M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn in California

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $66,860.

25th percentile
$28k
Median
$66,860
75th percentile
$120k
90th percentile
$221k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 630 organizations across 630 filings (2021 – 2023).

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