2024-08-29T11:04:43-07:00 2023-12-31 463057681 Amatics CPA Group 45 Discovery Drive Bozeman MT 59718 990 2023-01-01 262075145 FORWARD MT FOUNDATION FORW 4065428683 2300 REGENT ST STE 206 MISSOULA MT 59801 KIERSTEN IWAI Executive Dir. 2024-08-29 true true MORGAN SCARR P00747394 4064041925 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z KIERSTEN IWAI 2300 REGENT ST STE 206 MISSOULA MT 59801 1735473 false X FORWARDMONTANAFOUNDATION.ORG X 2008 MT EDUCATE, ENGAGE AND ORGANIZE YOUNG MONTANANS TO SHAPE THEIR DEMOCRACY TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF FELLOW MONTANANS. 9 9 36 16 0 934505 1726191 0 856 1578 8426 936083 1735473 649408 0 377254 288815 0 66546 219887 120360 597141 1058583 338942 676890 1098718 1808242 54729 87363 1043989 1720879 EDUCATE, ENGAGE AND ORGANIZE YOUNG MONTANANS TO SHAPE THEIR DEMOCRACY TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF FELLOW MONTANANS. false false 481312 322000 VOTER REGISTRATION AND MOBILIZATIONForward Montana Foundation registered 2,030 voters, through in-person and online tactics. You could reliably find our staff and volunteers with clipboards in hand registering Montanans to vote at farmers markets, campuses, concerts, and state-wide events. We also piloted a door-to-door voter registration canvass that knocked on 1,422 doors.We held voter registration drives on 12 high school campuses and over 19 college campuses across the state, including public, private, and tribal colleges. Forward Montana Foundation also collected 309 pledges-to-vote, and followed up with those voters via text ahead of the municpal election. Forward Montana Foundation high school fellows made 838 calls to our state's youngest voters in Great Falls and Bozeman. These calls had an unprecedented contact rate of 26%! 327408 327408 STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACYFoward Montana Foundation prepared for the launch of 'Civics Under the Big Sky,' an effort to provide Montana communities with trustworthy civic information, approachable educational resources, and unbiased voter registration to give a voice to the future workers and citizens of our democracy. 70781 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTIn 2023, we graduated over 21 community organizing fellows and high school fellows from across the state. Fellows go through a robust curriculum that provides weekly training on community organizing and civic engagement. 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