<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001567619-22-002278.txt : 20220201
<SEC-HEADER>0001567619-22-002278.hdr.sgml : 20220201
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20220201165253
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-22-002278
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220131
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220201
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220201

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Youman Robert W.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001907688

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-40999
		FILM NUMBER:		22579602

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		129 THATCHER AVE.
		CITY:			RIVER FOREST
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60305

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Finward Bancorp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000919864
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				351927981
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9204 COLUMBIA AVE
		CITY:			MUNSTER
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46321
		BUSINESS PHONE:		219 836-9690

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9204 COLUMBIA AVE
		CITY:			MUNSTER
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			46321

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NORTHWEST INDIANA BANCORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940307
</SEC-HEADER>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>doc1.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 3
<TEXT>
<XML>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2022-01-31</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000919864</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Finward Bancorp</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FNWD</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001907688</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Youman Robert W.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>9204 COLUMBIA AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MUNSTER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>46321</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit List:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Robert W. Youman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-02-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa_youman1.htm
<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
<html>
  <head>
    <title></title>
    <!-- Licensed to: Barnes & Thornburg
         Document created using EDGARfilings PROfile 8.0.0.0
         Copyright 1995 - 2022 Broadridge -->
  </head>
<body style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; color: #000000;" bgcolor="#ffffff">
  <div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Chad Houston, Peymon Torabi, and Joshua
      Van Kleek, or any of them signing singly, with full power of substitution, as the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="z7f806e3ebe1b43a8a9e6d53b8dfc6ede" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt;"><br>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; align: right; font-size: 12pt;">(1)</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div style="font-size: 12pt;">prepare, execute in the undersigned&#8217;s name and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<u>SEC</u>&#8221;) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
              filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;<u>Exchange Act</u>&#8221;), or any rule or
              regulation of the SEC;</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="z337a956def2849d38fe1c902efdd5a59" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt;"><br>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; align: right; font-size: 12pt;">(2)</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div style="font-size: 12pt;">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as a director of Finward Bancorp (the &#8220;<u>Company</u>&#8221;), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder;</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="zef292f27de4a48c7b1c252eabc6f3b6d" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt;"><br>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; align: right; font-size: 12pt;">(3)</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div style="font-size: 12pt;">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and
              execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" class="DSPFListTable" id="zf06be84f6821458f8c07cae8118c0ed2" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 36pt;"><br>
          </td>
          <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; align: right; font-size: 12pt;">(4)</td>
          <td style="width: auto; vertical-align: top; text-align: justify;">
            <div style="font-size: 12pt;">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
              of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
              conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s discretion.</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
      whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
      revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.&#160; The
      undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys&#8209;in&#8209;fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
      Exchange Act.&#160; This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned&#8217;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
      unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys&#8209;in&#8209;fact.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 31st day of January, 2022.</div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <div><br>
    </div>
    <table style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" id="zd313abd376f341c09d1841449a365a46" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

        <tr>
          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: #000000 2px solid;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">/s/ Robert W. Youman</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">Signature</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: #000000 2px solid;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">Robert W. Youman</div>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">Printed Name</div>
          </td>
        </tr>

    </table>
    <br>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
