2025-11-17T09:56:52-08:00 2024-12-31 Los Angeles County Fires 850940085 Wendy A Brennan CPA 2110 Artesia Boulevard Suite 205 Redondo Beach CA 90278 990 2024-01-01 834433775 Culver City Forward CULV 3104419635 8611 West Washington Blvd Culver City CA 90232 Thomas A Small CEO/ President 3104419635 2025-11-17 true true Wendy A Brennan P01862766 3104981946 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Thomas A Small 8611 West Washington Blvd Culver City CA 90232 6992 false X www.culvercityforward.org X 2019 CA Community stake holders to address important issues affecting Culver City in a fact-based, sensible and non-partisan manner. 6 5 0 0 18566 6992 0 0 0 18566 6992 0 0 0 0 1123 22262 5619 22262 5619 -3696 1373 304 1070 10852 10245 -10548 -9175 CCF is a nonprofit organization that will engage leading Business, Government, Charitable and other community stake holders to address important issues affecting Culver City in a fact-based, sensible and non-partisan manner. false false 3373 In 2024 Culver City Forward (CCF) had a range of ongoing programs and long-term initiatives.~ CCF continued its collaboration with the Livable Communities Initiative (LCI), a Los Angelesbased grassroots organization focused on housing and mobility reform. LCI successfully advocated for a change to Culver Citys building code, allowing apartment and mixed-use buildings to be constructed with single staircases rather than multiple staircasesenabling more efficient, affordable, and sustainable housing.~ CCF also helped initiate and participated in a Housing Field Study trip to Vienna, Austria, alongside elected officials, California State Legislators, and housing professionals. The delegation examined Viennas internationally recognized social housing model and met with officials from the Vienna City Government and Chamber of Commerce. This was the first of several subsequent field studies that have significantly influenced affordable housing policy and practice across California and beyond.~ In Los Angeles, CCF served as an organizer and partner for the VerdeXchange Conference, coordinating panels on digital twin technology and alternative modes of transportation. CCF also took part in the LA CoMotion conference, which focuses on innovation in mobility.~ CCF worked closely with the Consulate of the Netherlands and its business envoy to host delegations from Amsterdam in Culver City and Los Angeles. These collaborationswith the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and the Westside Urban Forumcentered on sustainable mobility and real estate development.~ Finally, CCF and Thomas Small continued leadership roles in sustainability and civic engagement. Small serves as Vice-Chair of the Sustainability Council of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro), on the Advisory Board of the Thomas Mann House in Pacific Palisades, and on the Los Angeles Advisory Board of the Urban Land Institute. 3373 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 6 5 false true false false false false false true false false false true true true true false false true false false CA X Thomas Small 3104419635 8611 West Washington Blvd Culver City CA 90232 X Kelly Kent Secretary 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Yolanda Gorman Co-Chair 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 James Limbaugh Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Justin Jampol Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Vincent Korth Co-Chair 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas A Small Director 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 6992 6992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6992 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2580 1548 516 516 0 2113 1269 422 422 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 926 556 185 185 0 5619 3373 1123 1123 304 1070 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 304 1070 852 245 10000 10000 10852 10245 X -10548 -9175 -10548 -9175 304 1070 1373 X false false false X 200000 1700 6817 18566 6992 234075 0 0 200000 1700 6817 18566 6992 234075 0 234075 169 169 0 0 234244 0.99930 0.99970 X Thomas Small Director Loan X 10000 false true true Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information Director & Key employee, Thomas Small, loaned Culver City Forward a total of $10,000 in the year ended 2021. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 1a There are no committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 3 CCF delegates the day-to-day bookkeeping, interactions with CPA and administrative matters to Benevolent Vision, Inc., a firm specializing in advisory, facilitation and management of tax-exempt organizations. BV meets weekly with the CEO and reports directly to the board at each board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b Each Board Meeting is documents with notes and Minutes of the Meeting are distributed afterward on a timely basis. Previous Board Meeting minutes are approved at the next Board meeting.There are no committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Prior to the finalization of the 990, the CEO and nonprofit management consultant review the 990 and then circulate it to the board for final review, comment and approval. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The organizations bylaws incorporate a conflict of interest (COI) policy in accord with the requirements of the California nonprofit corporation law. The COI policy states that the organization shall not enter into any contract or transaction, directly or indirectly, with any director or Officer of the organization, chair of the board, chief executive officer, treasurer, chief financial officer, or any person who, during the 5-year period ending on the date of such transaction, was in a position to exercise substantial influence over the affairs of the organization (or any person who is related as defended by the COI policy).A conflict will be deemed not to exist if:1.The material facts are fully disclosed in good faith and noted in the minutes, or are known to all directors, prior to consideration by the board of such contract or transaction;2.Such contract or transaction is authorized in good faith by a vote of the majority of the directors then in office, without counting the votes of any director who has a financial interest in the transaction;3.Before authorizing or approving the transaction, the board considers and in good faith determines, after reasonable investigation, that the organization could not obtain a more advantage arrangement with reasonable effort under the circumstances;4.At the time the transaction is entered into, the transaction is fair and reasonable to the organization, and the organization entered into it for its own benefit.To monitor and enforce conflicts of interest and compliance with the bylaws, the organizations board of directors and key management utilize annual forms for acknowledgement of review of the COI language and annual disclosure of any potential conflicts.The Bylaws were adopted on April 22, 2020. Prior to adoption, the organization consulted with legal counsel and a nonprofit management consultant regarding potential conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Organization gathered data regarding the compensation of chief executive officers at comparable organizations. This data was utilized for purposes of determining compensation. The Organization then hired a consulting firm specializing in nonprofit executive compensation to review the job description for the CEO position, including roles and responsibilities. The consulting firm accessed and analyzed the compensation reported by a cohort of reasonably comparable organizations and concluded that the compensation was fair and reasonable.~ In accordance with the California nonprofit integrity act, the board of directors will engage in additional reviews of the CEOs compensation prior to any increase in salary or change to benefits. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Organizations governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.