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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU CONSUMER EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$282,202
Total expenses
$254,286
Contributions and grants received
$32,613
Grants paid
$59,000
Program service revenue
$167,103
Investment income
$3,093
Other revenue
$79,393
Total assets, end of year
$156,160
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$156,160
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$159,087
Management and general expenses
$95,199
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$159,087

Program services were 62.6% 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

    $32,613

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WOMENS CONFERENCE

    total $80,990 · related or exempt $80,990

  • 2b · Program service revenue: BUSINESS SEMINARS

    total $45,773 · related or exempt $45,773

  • 2c · Program service revenue: LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

    total $40,340 · related or exempt $40,340

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,093 · related or exempt $3,093

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $174,398

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $95,005

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $79,393

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $59,000 · program services $59,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,232 · management and general $8,232

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,967 · management and general $8,967

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $100,087 · program services $100,087

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $78,000 · management and general $78,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $88,990 · end of year $108,927

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $40,754 · end of year $42,870

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $4,363

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $128,244 · end of year $156,160

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY TRUST THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT EMPOWER CONSUMERS, PROVIDE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT FOR FUTURE LEADERS, AND HELP BUSINESSES BE BETTER. TO COOPERATE WITH BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND SUCH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVING OBJECTIVES IN COMMON, AN TO DO GENERALLY SUCH OTHER THINGS AS MAY BE NECESSARY, REQUISITE, CONVENIENT OR PROPER TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CORPORATION, AS ARE PERMITTED UNDER ARTICLE 2.01 OF THE TEXAS NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ACT.

  • BUSINESS SEMINARS INCREASED CONSUMER AWARENESS THROUGH VARIOUS EVENTS PROVIDING RESOURCES, INCLUDING DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL: CONTINUED MONTHLY ACCREDITED BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENTS IN OUR REGION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND PRESENTED BBB SERVICES TO OVER 120 BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS.

    Expenses $24,412 · Revenue $45,773

  • WOMENS CONFERENCE INCREASED CONSUMER AWARENESS THROUGH VARIOUS EVENTS PROVIDING RESOURCES, INCLUDING DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL: FEATURING LOCAL WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES IN AN EXPO PORTION OF THE CONFERENCE, ALONG WITH LOCAL WOMEN BUSINESS LEADERS PROVIDING EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO THE PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $30,856 · Revenue $80,990

  • BBB TORCH AWARD IS A FUND-RAISING EVENT THAT RECOGNIZES BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR REGION COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH STANDARD OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOR IN BUYER/SELLER AND PROVIDER/SUPPORTER RELATIONSHIPS. NEARLY 400 BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS ATTENDED THE EVENT AND BBB AWARDED 15,000 TO 6 LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH OUR BBB STUDENT OF INTEGRITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE EVENT. IN ADDITION, BBB RECOGNIZED BUSINESS OWNERS 35 AND YOUNGER WHO DEMONSTRATE CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND CHARACTER AS SPARK AWARD WINNERS.

    Expenses $59,000 · Grants $59,000

  • THE SPARK LEADERSHIP SUMMIT GOAL IS TO UNITE AREA LEADERS ACROSS ALL SECTORS,FOR AN IMMERSIVE DAY OF INVIORATION, INSPIRATION AND PERSONAL INVESTMENT. THE SUMMIT WILL PROVIDE LOCAL BUSINESSES, ENTREPRENEURS, AND UNCOVENTIONAL LEADERS WITH NECESSARY SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP COACHING THAT WILL HELP ELEVEATE THE SKILLSETS OF OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE WORKFORCE.

    Expenses $44,819 · Revenue $40,340

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Rebecca Gardiner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Natasha Garrett

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Leslie Harrison

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Elton Hollis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Kathryn James

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Ann Scoggin

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Paul Skinner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Dave Stephens

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • April Tolbert

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Anthony Toups

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Darren Erwin

    2023 PRESIDE

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202521189349301017

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