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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NETWORK FOR BETTER FUTURES.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,462,235
Total expenses
$3,578,619
Contributions and grants received
$2,272,049
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,106,896
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$83,290
Total assets, end of year
$1,675,363
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,622,183
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$53,180
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,629,171
Management and general expenses
$879,387
Fundraising expenses
$70,061
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,629,171

Program services were 73.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,549,455

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $722,594

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

    total $2,106,896 · related or exempt $2,106,896

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $83,290 · related or exempt $83,290

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $83,290

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $137,484 · program services $110,299 · management and general $21,787 · fundraising $5,398

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,335,329 · program services $1,071,491 · management and general $211,646 · fundraising $52,192

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $214,482 · program services $170,634 · management and general $43,848

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $149,787 · program services $124,960 · management and general $19,581 · fundraising $5,246

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $62,902 · program services $1,681 · management and general $60,212 · fundraising $1,009

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $184,734 · program services $4,937 · management and general $176,835 · fundraising $2,962

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $126,512 · program services $3,382 · management and general $121,101 · fundraising $2,029

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,566 · program services $1,254 · management and general $1,312

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $229,975 · program services $203,344 · management and general $25,551 · fundraising $1,080

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,725 · program services $17,044 · management and general $681

  • 20 · Interest

    total $48,540 · management and general $48,540

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $51,911 · program services $49,294 · management and general $2,617

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $91,681 · management and general $91,681

  • 24a · Other expenses: EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE

    total $592,518 · program services $589,133 · management and general $3,385

  • 24b · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS

    total $120,589 · program services $120,589

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $83,418 · program services $68,884 · management and general $14,389 · fundraising $145

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNITY MEALS, SUPPLI

    total $55,822 · program services $49,921 · management and general $5,901

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $72,644 · program services $42,324 · management and general $30,320

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $112,924 · end of year $678,561

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $219,109 · end of year $248,999

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $117,528 · end of year $218,593

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $93,512 · end of year $97,711

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $32,728 · end of year $19,324

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $428,928

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $328,019

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $156,880 · end of year $100,909

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $466,345 · end of year $311,266

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $445,197 · end of year $279,449

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,139 · end of year $54,196

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,091,959 · end of year $971,257

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $472,167 · end of year $317,281

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$960,736 · end of year -$152,378

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $130,300 · end of year $205,558

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BETTER FUTURES FUELS A MAN'S DESIRE TO TURN HIS LIFE AROUND AND WALK A NEW PATH TOWARD BETTER HEALTH AND SUCCESS. IT ALSO AIMS TO CHANGE THE COSTLY PRACTICES THAT PRODUCE POOR RESULTS AND PERPETUATE CYCLES OF DEPENDENCY.

  • OUR INTEGRATED CARE TEAM (ICT) UNDERSTANDS REINTEGRATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR PARTICIPANT SUCCESS. WE STRIVE TO BUILD HEALTHY COMMUNITIES BY WALKING ALONGSIDE PARTICIPANTS TO HELP IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, AND COMMUNITY/FAMILY REUNIFICATION. OUR MENTORSHIP AND COACHING MODEL IS CENTERED AROUND A PARTICIPANT'S INDIVIDUALIZE PROSPERITY PLAN. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 2007, BETTER FUTURES MN (BFM) HAS SERVED OVER 1,300 MEN OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS WITH UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND NEEDS. THE POPULATION WE SERVE IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST DUE TO THE STIGMA OF HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAM LANGUAGE.WE EMBRACE THESE MEN AND HELP THEM FIND A BETTER PATH FORWARD. ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC POVERTY AND STRUCTURAL RACISM AND PROMOTING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IS WOVEN INTO EVERY ASPECT OF OUR ORGANIZATIONBY PROVIDING ACCESS TO TRAINING, ON THE JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT, PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE, AND A VIBRANT, SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY FOR AT-RISK BLACK MEN, BFM HOPES TO PRODUCE BENEFICIAL LONG-TERM OUTCOMES NOT ONLY FOR THE MEN, BUT FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AS WELL. THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DIVISION OF BFM LEADS ALL TRAININGS, CERTIFICATION, ON-THE JOB-TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR THE MEN WE SERVE. BFM IS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT CELEBRATING GROWTH AS MEN ACHIEVE GOALS, COMPLETE CERTIFICATIONS, AND TRAININGS, AND DEMONSTRATE CONSISTENCY AND DEDICATION AT WORK. THE MEN ALSO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS TWICE A WEEK, WHERE THEY BOND WITH OTHER MEN, DISCUSS ISSUES THEY MIGHT BE FACING AND LEARN FROM GUEST SPEAKERS WHO HELP FACILITATE GROWTH, HEALING, AND SUPPORT.SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 2007, BETTER FUTURES MN (BFM) HAS SERVED OVER 1,300 MEN OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS WITH UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND NEEDS. THE POPULATION WE SERVE IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST DUE TO THE STIGMA OF HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD. WE EMBRACE THESE MEN AND HELP THEM FIND A BETTER PATH FORWARD. ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC POVERTY AND STRUCTURAL RACISM AND PROMOTING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IS WOVEN INTO EVERY ASPECT OF OUR ORGANIZATIONBY PROVIDING ACCESS TO TRAINING, ON THE JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT, PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE, AND A VIBRANT, SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY FOR AT-RISK BLACK MEN, BFM HOPES TO PRODUCE BENEFICIAL LONG-TERM OUTCOMES NOT ONLY FOR THE MEN, BUT FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AS WELL. THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DIVISION OF BFM LEADS ALL TRAININGS, CERTIFICATION, ON-THE JOB-TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR THE MEN WE SERVE. BFM IS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT CELEBRATING GROWTH AS MEN ACHIEVE GOALS, COMPLETE CERTIFICATIONS, AND TRAININGS, AND DEMONSTRATE CONSISTENCY AND DEDICATION AT WORK. THE MEN ALSO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS TWICE A WEEK, WHERE THEY BOND WITH OTHER MEN, DISCUSS ISSUES THEY MIGHT BE FACING AND LEARN FROM GUEST SPEAKERS WHO HELP FACILITATE GROWTH, HEALING, AND SUPPORT." OUR INTEGRATED CARE TEAM (ICT) UNDERSTANDS REINTEGRATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR PARTICIPANT SUCCESS. WE STRIVE TO BUILD HEALTHY COMMUNITIES BY WALKING ALONGSIDE PARTICIPANTS TO HELP IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, AND COMMUNITY/FAMILY REUNIFICATION. OUR MENTORSHIP AND COACHING MODEL IS CENTERED AROUND A PARTICIPANT'S INDIVIDUALIZE PROSPERITY PLAN. IN 2022 OUR RECIDIVISM RATE WAS 8% FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO COMPLETED AT LEAST A YEAR IN THE MODEL.

    Expenses $2,629,171 · Revenue $722,599

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charles Bradley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Simon Shannon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • J Alex Frank

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $1,442
    From this org
    $1,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather McCants

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Ettinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Borman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Murray

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julius Barnes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pj Hubbard

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $135,979
    From this org
    $130,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,904
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • PRIME ENTERPRISE LLC

    WORK PROJECTS · MN · assets $13,915

    Directly controlled by NETWORK FOR BETTER FUTURES

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422839349300642

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