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← THE BETTER LIFE FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE BETTER LIFE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,802
Total expenses
$182,702
Contributions and grants received
$1,795
Grants paid
$167,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$351,283
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$351,283
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$167,000
Management and general expenses
$9,838
Fundraising expenses
$5,864
Program service expenses (Part III)
$167,000

Program services were 91.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,795

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7 · excluded $7

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $167,000 · program services $167,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,190 · management and general $1,190

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $5,864 · fundraising $5,864

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $162 · management and general $162

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $487 · management and general $487

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,175 · management and general $1,175

  • 24a · Other expenses: STORAGE

    total $2,820 · management and general $2,820

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $1,846 · management and general $1,846

  • 24c · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $1,059 · management and general $1,059

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $686 · management and general $686

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $413 · management and general $413

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $470,490 · end of year $289,558

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $61,717 · end of year $61,725

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $24

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $532,183 · end of year $351,283

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHILDREN IN NEED OF FOOD, SHELTER, & MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF CHIDLREN & YOUNG ADULTS WIHT SPECIAL NEEDS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO RAISE FUNDS FOR CHILDREN IN NEED OF FOOD, SHELTER, & MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

  • DONATIONS AND GRANTS TO ORGANIZED CHARITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION AND EXEMPT PURPOSE

  • DONATIONS AND GRANTS TO ORGANIZED CHARITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION AND EXEMPT PURPOSE

    Expenses $167,000 · Grants $167,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bradley K Arnold

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Christopher L Henderson

    SECRETARY-TR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Mark D Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Crisper Standford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503189349313475

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