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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BETTER TOGETHER STRENGTHENING FAMILIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,739,131
Total expenses
$1,913,853
Contributions and grants received
$9,710,402
Grants paid
$44,554
Program service revenue
$10,009
Investment income
$16,343
Other revenue
$2,377
Total assets, end of year
$9,461,991
Total liabilities, end of year
$147,962
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,314,029
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,596,803
Management and general expenses
$195,078
Fundraising expenses
$121,972
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,596,803

Program services were 83.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $200,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,510,402

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $33,265

  • 2a · Program service revenue: JOB FAIR INCOME

    total $10,009 · related or exempt $10,009

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,343 · excluded $16,343

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,377 · excluded $2,377

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,377

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $44,554 · program services $44,554

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $178,160 · program services $154,117 · management and general $9,545 · fundraising $14,498

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,048,416 · program services $906,931 · management and general $56,172 · fundraising $85,313

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $92,118 · program services $80,014 · management and general $4,843 · fundraising $7,261

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $78,313 · management and general $78,313

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $14,501 · program services $8,210 · management and general $6,291

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $161,405 · program services $145,545 · management and general $5,189 · fundraising $10,671

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $35,471 · program services $30,439 · management and general $4,001 · fundraising $1,031

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $62,994 · program services $51,591 · management and general $11,055 · fundraising $348

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,411 · program services $23,648 · management and general $3,395 · fundraising $368

  • 17 · Travel

    total $99,722 · program services $96,474 · management and general $3,191 · fundraising $57

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,618 · program services $24,372 · management and general $246

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,111 · management and general $6,111

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,097 · program services $25,984 · management and general $3,688 · fundraising $2,425

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $7,431 · program services $4,924 · management and general $2,507 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES

    total $531 · management and general $531

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,415,335 · end of year $9,382,304

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $54,258

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $2,978 · end of year $2,977

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,723 · end of year $18,960

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

    $43,717

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

    $10,493

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $15,875 · end of year $33,224

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,105 · end of year $20,503

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,023

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,523 · end of year $55,303

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $92,659

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,420,077 · end of year $8,974,598

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $68,674 · end of year $339,431

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

BETTER TOGETHER PROVIDES PROGRAMS TO PREVENT NEGLECT AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN IN FLORIDA AND NATIONWIDE. OUR NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH A TEMPORARY HOME WHILE MENTORS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF HELP PARENTS OVERCOME CRISES, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)SUCH AS HOMELESSNESS, JOB LOSS, MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, ADDICTION, JAIL, HURRICANE RECOVERY AND MORE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWERING PEOPLE THROUGH BETTER FAMILIES AND BETTER JOBS.

  • OUR BETTER FAMILIES PROGRAM IS INCREASING ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE HAVE SERVED OVER 8,000 CHILDREN ACROSS 17 FLORIDA COUNTIES, PROVIDING TEMPORARY LOVING HOMES WHILE HELPING PARENTS REGAIN SELF-SUFFICIENCY. USING OUR INNOVATIVE MODEL, 98% OF FAMILIES STAY INTACT WITHOUT FURTHER STATE INTERVENTION. THIS IS DOUBLE THE REUNIFICATION RATE OF FLORIDA FOSTER CARE. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT FLORIDA COUNTIES SEE A DECREASE IN THE NEED FOR FOSTER CARE AFTER BETTER TOGETHER LAUNCHES PROGRAMS WITHIN AN AREA.

    Expenses $1,236,417 · Grants $44,554

  • OUR BETTER JOBS PROGRAM IS RAPIDLY SCALING NATIONWIDE. WE HAVE TRAINED HUNDREDS OF CHURCHES ACROSS 26 STATES TO HOST COMPASSIONATE SECOND-CHANCE JOB FAIRS THAT REMOVE THE BARRIERS TO FINDING WORK. WE OFFER FREE INTERVIEW COACHING, RESUME ASSISTANCE, PROFESSIONAL CLOTHING, HAIRCUTS, LEGAL ADVICE, AND MORE. ALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED THROUGH VOLUNTEERS WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. OF THE 38,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE ATTENDED OUR BETTER JOB FAIRS, 1 IN 4 ARE HIRED ON THE SPOT; 60% FIND A JOB WITHIN SIX WEEKS.

    Expenses $360,386 · Revenue $10,009

  • OUR 'PARENT EDUCATION AND RESPITE' EVENTS HAVE ENGAGED PARENTS IN THE AREAS WE SERVE ON A VARIETY OF LIFE AND FAMILY TOPICS, GIVING THOSE WHO ONCE SUFFERED IN ISOLATION THE CHANCE TO MEET OTHER PARENTS, RECEIVE SUPPORT, AND BENEFIT FROM THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM OF A COMMUNITY THAT CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THEIR LIVES. THEY ALSO OFFER PARENTS A WELL-DESERVED NIGHT OFF TO REST, RECONNECT WITH A SPOUSE, CATCH UP ON LAUNDRY, ETC., WHILE CHILDREN MEET NEW FRIENDS, PLAY GAMES, ENJOY A MEAL, AND ARE CARED FOR BY LOVING AND CARING VOLUNTEERS.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Megan Rose

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $178,160
    From this org
    $170,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,160
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,160
    Filer's total
    $178,160

  • Tarren Bragdon

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug Campbell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alise Bartley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Vaughn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christian Spilker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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
2022
Filed
20 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202322649349300232

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