Cities Forward Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$6.2m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$6.9m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$213k
$18k liabilities
Net assets
$195k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
3.4 years on average
Staff
0
3 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
Cities Forward Inc's network
3 peoplei3 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
3 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.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 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Tanglis | President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Nina Zenni | Treasurer | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Peter Golfman | Company secretary | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trevor Ostbye | Assist. Treasurer | 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Tanglis | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nina Zenni | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sam Oliker-Friedland | Chair Assistant Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Cities Forward Inc
- EIN
- 931383745
- Address
- 6218 Georgia Ave Nw Apt 1 # 406, Washington, DC, 20011-5125
- State
- District of Columbia
- Mission
- Cities forward is a nonpartisan effort focused on helping cities and local governments around the country make participation in the democratic process a priority. Continued on schedule o. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- W20 Public and societal benefit
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Public & Societal Benefit
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2023
- Principal officer
- Sam Oliker Friedland (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 January 2024
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 1, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥3years on the filingsMichael Tanglis
≥3years on the filingsNina Zenni
≥3years on the filingsPeter Golfman
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
- $213k
- Total liabilities
- $18k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $195k
- Contributions and grants received
- $6.2m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $3.7m
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 3
Grants paid
10 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Count Mi Vote Education Fund | Mission support | $1.6m |
| City of Milwaukee Election Commission | Mission support | $787k |
| Pizza to the Polls | Mission support | $525k |
| Committee of Seventy | Mission support | $285k |
| Municipal Department of the City of Milwaukee | Mission support | $250k |
| Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University | Mission support | $100k |
| Pa Alliance Foundation | Mission support | $100k |
| Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community | Mission support | $25k |
| Tohono O Odham Nation | Mission support | $25k |
| United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc Dba Unity Inc | Mission support | $25k |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Cities Forward, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- District of Columbia
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active - In Good Standing
- Formed
- 10 May 2023
- Registered agent
- C T Corporation System (city and state not held)