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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BETTER COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,397,469
Total expenses
$2,386,331
Contributions and grants received
$2,008,598
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$383,502
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$5,369
Total assets, end of year
$2,616,574
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,865,604
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$750,970
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,101,775
Management and general expenses
$284,556
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,101,775

Program services were 88.1% 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)

    $1,656,436

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $352,162

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEE REVENUE

    total $228,546 · related or exempt $228,546

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $154,956 · related or exempt $154,956

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,369 · related or exempt $5,369

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,369

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $286,762 · program services $186,395 · management and general $100,367

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $353,688 · program services $317,659 · management and general $36,029

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $45,891 · program services $11,172 · management and general $34,719

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $53,282 · program services $43,413 · management and general $9,869

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $198,132 · program services $149,561 · management and general $48,571

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $54,902 · program services $40,702 · management and general $14,200

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $29,153 · program services $29,153

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,151 · program services $10,075 · management and general $8,076

  • 20 · Interest

    total $27,077 · program services $26,247 · management and general $830

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $69,243 · program services $69,243

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $57,934 · program services $28,605 · management and general $29,329

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT EXPENSE

    total $1,131,273 · program services $1,131,273

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

    total $25,281 · program services $24,463 · management and general $818

  • 24c · Other expenses: CREDIT LOSS EXPENSE

    total $23,096 · program services $23,096 · management and general $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $12,466 · program services $10,718 · management and general $1,748

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $370,496 · end of year $379,435

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $669,877 · end of year $288,512

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $181,253 · end of year $322,789

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

    $2,071,386

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

    $588,936

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,551,716 · end of year $1,482,450

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $202,268 · end of year $143,388

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $431,465 · end of year $221,799

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $160,165 · end of year $168,393

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $11,385 · end of year $15,529

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,247,534 · end of year $1,241,106

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $188,406 · end of year $49,632

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $196,823 · end of year $169,145

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $463,791 · end of year $550,970

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $276,041 · end of year $200,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THROUGH LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE AND PARTNERSHIPS, DEVELOP AND DELIVER RESOURCES TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS THROUGH QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES.

  • BETTER COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS, INC. HAS ONE PROGRAM - TO AID, INITIATE AND STIMULATE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE LIVABILITY AND PROPERTY VALUES OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY, AND THE COMMUNITIES IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

    Expenses $2,101,775 · Revenue $388,871

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charles Kilbourne

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Skrebutanus

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Beth Labate

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deb Giroux

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary D'Alessandro-Gilmore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jaclyn Falotico

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Little

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Buhrmaster

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Carey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Raymond Gillen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Howard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danny Payne

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Saccocio

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Camille Sasinowski

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walter Simpkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deryck Singh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shane Bargy

    BOARD MEMBER (CEO 11/23-7/24)

    Total calculated
    $16,527
    From this org
    $14,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,623
    Hours/week
    40
  • Shawn Jahn

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $107,985
    From this org
    $98,496
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,489
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennica Huff

    CEO (THRU SEPTEMBER 2023)

    Total calculated
    $149,269
    From this org
    $139,278
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,991
    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.

  • BCNI HOLDING COMPANY I LLC

    TO HOLD CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF BCNI. · NY · income $54,612 · assets $1,235,924

    Directly controlled by BETTER COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500839349301255

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