Community Improvement
Forward Community Investments Inc
MADISON, WI
Total revenue
$3.7M
Total expenses
$3.0M
Net assets
$16.4M
Grants received
$1.5M
15 grants
EIN
391815578
Tax year
2024
Mission
We invest in people, projects, and organizations that create lasting impact, addressing community needs in innovative and effective ways. By leveraging a network of partnerships and creative financing, we ensure individuals and neighborhoods across wisconsin have access to the resources they need to prosper.
Programs
1 program
Community investments - activities include planning, implementation and oversight of the annual grants process; oversight of annual distributions from donor advised funds; developing and maintaining grantee and stakeholder relationships; and processing and servicing grant requests. This also includes programs funded by larger grants that have a pass-through grant aspect to them.some of fci's accomplishments for community investments in 2024 include: aided deployment of $500,000 in grants as administrator for racine dominican sisters to organizations in wisconsin.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
15 listed
RYAN ZERWER
PRESIDENT & CEO
$243K
40 hrs/wk
CHRIS LAURENT
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
JASMINE MERCADO
CO-CHAIR
—
1 hrs/wk
WALLY ORZECHOWSKI
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
FERN ORIE
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
RAYNETTA HILL
CO-CHAIR
—
1 hrs/wk
JEFF MACK JR
VICE-CHAIR
—
1 hrs/wk
PAMELA GUTHMAN
SECRETARY
—
1 hrs/wk
PAUL FEHRENBACH
TREASURER
—
1 hrs/wk
MIKE FLYNN
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
ROBERT BEACH
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
$171K
40 hrs/wk
EVAN REED
DIRECTOR OF LENDING
$149K
40 hrs/wk
KIRBY TOON
DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL STRATEGY
$136K
40 hrs/wk
FAUSTO RIVERA
SENIOR COMMUNITY LENDER
$115K
40 hrs/wk
JODEL WOGOU
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
$104K
40 hrs/wk
Grants received
Showing 15 of 15
Funded by
$1.5M from 8 funders · 15 grants · 2017–2023
$740K · 7 grants · 2019–2023
$500K · 1 grant · 2022
$100K · 1 grant · 2020
$97K · 2 grants · 2017–2020
$45K · 1 grant · 2017
$15K · 1 grant · 2020
$4K · 1 grant · 2020
$2K · 1 grant · 2020