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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF NEW JERSEY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,932,493
Total expenses
$2,054,538
Contributions and grants received
$1,837,564
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$34,117
Investment income
$60,812
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,669,096
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,458
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,665,638
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 0.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,810,709

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $26,855

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ARBITRATION HEARINGS

    total $7,880 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $26,237 · unrelated business $26,237 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $56,383 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $56,383

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $15,048

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $10,619

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,429

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,429 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $4,429

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $360,787 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $710,921 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $145,163 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $98,784 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $24,408 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,950 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $92,897 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $60,155 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $179,226 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $76,410 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $91,848 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,456 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $15,312 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $25,735 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,774 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: PLAQUES

    total $39,872 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: PAYROLL SERVICE

    total $8,383 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $28,691 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: SCHOLARSHIP

    total $3,000 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $42,766 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $167,680 · end of year $194,038

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,388,760 · end of year $2,257,850

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,227

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

    $1,146,603

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

    $420,679

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $751,659 · end of year $725,924

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $477,736 · end of year $491,284

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $379 · end of year $173

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,285

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $3,787,683 · end of year $3,665,638

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

RESOLVE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION ONLY HAS ONE EXEMPT PURPOSE. BUSINESSES PAY A MEMBERSHIP FEE TO JOIN SO THEY CAN BECOME PART OF AN ORGANIZED PROCESS FOR RESOLVING DISPUTES BETWEEN BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS. THE BUSINESS IS BOUND BY THE ORGANIZATIONS DECISION OR THEY ARE EXPELLED AS A MEMBER.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rich Super

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Pankow

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Reddish

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Angel Bell

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deborah Findley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Dawidowski

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Fisher

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melissa Companick

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $222,656
    From this org
    $217,856
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,800
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,856
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,800
    Filer's total
    $222,656

  • Carol Cook

    VP OF ARBITRATION

    Total calculated
    $116,430
    From this org
    $112,830
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,600
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202411519349300006

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