Ffwd
Donations deductibleRevenue
$22.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$20.1m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$14.4m
$1.2m liabilities
Net assets
$13.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
8.3 years on average
Staff
18
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
6
named in Part VII
Ffwd's network
7 people4 organisationsi7 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (4) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Motes | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Ime Archibong | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| James Slavet | Vice President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kevin Barenblat | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Oliver Hurst-Hiller | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Rekha Pai | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Shannon Farley | Exec Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
6 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Pickren | VP Fundraising | since 2021 |
| Caroline Summer Kennedy | VP Programs | 2023 |
| Christina Shatzen | Marketing Director | since 2018 |
| Johnathan Anderson | Head of Product | 2018 |
| Nicole Dunn | VP Marketing | since 2021 |
| Shannon Farley | Exec Director | 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Barenblat | President | 40 | $275k | $56k | |
| Shannon Farley | Exec Director | 40 | $275k | $30k | |
| Anna Pickren | VP Fundraising | 40 | $225k | $21k | |
| Nicole Dunn | VP Marketing | 40 | $180k | $18k | |
| Caroline Summer Kennedy | VP Programs | 40 | $173k | $15k | |
| Kendall Arthur | Dir Strategic Prtn | 40 | $113k | $15k | |
| Aston Motes | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rekha Pai | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| James Slavet | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ime Archibong | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Oliver Hurst-Hiller | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- FFWD
- EIN
- 464626500
- Address
- 1002a Oreilly Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94129-1101
- State
- California
- Mission
- FFWD accelerates the growth of technology nonprofits by providing financial and human capital to help scale technology solutions for education, environmental, health, and human rights issues. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- T30 Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2014
- Principal officer
- Kevin Barenblat (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 September 2014
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAston Motes
≥8years on the filingsIme Archibong
≥8years on the filingsJames Slavet
≥8years on the filingsKevin Barenblat
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $14.4m
- Total liabilities
- $1.2m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $13.2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $22.1m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $15.2m
- Employees
- 18
Grants paid
25+ listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FreeWorld | General Support | $4.8m |
| Adalat AI | General Support | $682k |
| Lenny Learning | General Support | $551k |
| ColorStack | General Support | $405k |
| Lemontree Foods Inc | General Support | $398k |
| Dollar For | General Support | $384k |
| Koko AI | General Support | $303k |
| Career Village Inc | General Support | $298k |
| Upchieve | General Support | $295k |
| Unlocked Labs | General Support | $288k |
| Farmers For Forests Inc | General Support | $282k |
| Rocket Learning Foundation | General Support | $271k |
| Climate Cabinet Education | General Support | $261k |
| Asap | General Support | $251k |
| Uprooted Academy | General Support | $248k |
| Learning Equality | General Support | $213k |
| Social Good Fund | General Support | $212k |
| Gramhal Inc | General Support | $210k |
| Empower Work Inc | General Support | $200k |
| Playlab Education | General Support | $181k |
| Empowr | General Support | $173k |
| Closegap | General Support | $173k |
| ReMake | General Support | $165k |
| Allies Against Slavery | General Support | $141k |
| Upsolve | General Support | $130k |