2025-05-29T05:16:40-07:00 2024-12-31 332198773 Wesley Tax & Advisory PLLC 1133 Bayview Dr Gallatin TN 370665660 990 2024-01-01 205092412 Forward Steps Foundation FORW 3034049966 PO BOX 3484 BOULDER CO 80307 ROB TIERNAN President 2025-05-29 true true Amy S Wesley CPA P01393104 6159201955 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z PO BOX 3484 BOULDER CO 80307 538892 false X WWW.FORWARDSTEPS.ORG X 2006 CO Guardian Scholars: The Guardian Scholars program serves current and former foster youth in Colorado providing financial support, 1:1 mentoring, and navigation and wrap around supports as scholars enroll, pursue, and complete their postsecondary educations, and enter the workforce earning a sustainable wage. Realizing Aptitudes: provides customized career and postsecondary readiness coaching to youth and young adults facing adversity, emphasizing a multiple pathway model and 1:1 approach to meet each youth where they?re at and help them build a vision of what?s possible for their futures. 7 7 6 30 0 419697 539770 0 120 -1193 0 419817 538577 0 0 246862 309087 0 73661 94583 149210 341445 458297 78372 80280 217844 301022 3694 6592 214150 294430 By investing in their lives, Forward Steps supports youth and young adults at-risk by reducing equity gaps in education and workforce development so they can reach their full potential as independent and thriving members of their community through financial support, mentoring, resource navigation and wrap around supports, and customized career and postsecondary readiness programming helping students navigate high school persistence and graduation, and postsecondary enrollment, attainment, and successful workforce entry earning a sustainable wage. false false 342709 By investing in their lives, Forward Steps supports youth and young adults at-risk by reducing equity gaps in education and workforce development so they can reach their full potential as independent and thriving members of their community through financial support, mentoring, resource navigation and wrap around supports, and customized career and postsecondary readiness programming helping students navigate high school persistence and graduation, and postsecondary enrollment, attainment, and successful workforce entry earning a sustainable wage. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b ORGANIZATION KEEPS MINUTES. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b BOARD PRESIDENT REVIEWS THE FORM 990. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b FOR KEY EMPLOYEES-SALARY SURVEYS FROM THE COLORADO NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION AND EMPLOYERS COUNCIL ARE USED TO DETERMINE A COMPETITIVE SALARY FOR THE POSITION. THE ANNUAL MERIT INCREASE IS BASED ON GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, ALONG WITH A 360 REVIEW TO ENSURE THE EMPLOYEE'S PERFORMANCE MATCHES THE ANTICIPATED PERCENTAGE INCREASE. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public.