Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$625,844

Total expenses

$803,001

Contributions and grants received

$625,730

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$114

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$481,840

Total liabilities, end of year

$55,804

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$426,036

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$580,202

Management and general expenses

$167,645

Fundraising expenses

$55,154

Program service expenses (Part III)

$580,202

Program services were 72.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• BFP BRINGS TOGETHER MEMBER STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN A POWERFUL GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT TO SHIFT SOCIETY BEYOND COAL, OIL, AND GAS AND ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR ALL. BY EMPOWERING, CONNECTING, AND ACTIVATING LEADERS ACROSS THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT, BFP IS HELPING TO BUILD A SOCIAL MOVEMENT THAT CAN CONFRONT THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY AND SHOW OUR LEADERS THAT WE DEMAND BOLD ACTION IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS. OUR THREE PROGRAMS ARE 350 MASSACHUSETTS, COMMUNITIES RESPONDING TO EXTREME WEATHER ("CREW") AND POLLUTERS PAY. DURING 2021, BFP WAS THE HOME OF DIVEST ED, THE TRAINING AND STRATEGY HUB FOR STUDENT DIVESTMENT ACTIVISTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THIS PROGRAM WAS TRANSITIONED TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION IN NOVEMBER 2021. IN ADDITION, DURING 2021, THE BETTER FUTURE PROJECT ACTED AS THE STATE CONVENING ORGANIZATION ("SCO") IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL NETWORK ("GNDN"), AND IN THAT ROLE AS THE SCO CONVENED A COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOWARD THE GOALS OF A GREEN NEW DEAL ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE, CREATING JOBS, AND ADVANCING JUSTICE. THE COALITION FORMED IN SERVICE OF THIS GRANT IS KNOWN AS THE MASS RENEWS ALLIANCE. 350 MASSACHUSETTS: 350 MASSACHUSETTS ("350 MASS") IS OUR STATEWIDE CLIMATE-ACTION VOLUNTEER NETWORK. 350 MASS EDUCATES THE PUBLIC AROUND KEY CLIMATE AND ENERGY POLICIES, INCLUDING THE NEED TO CENTER EQUITY AND JUSTICE AS CORE PARTS OF CLIMATE SOLUTIONS. VOLUNTEER LEADERS IN OUR 17 NODES OF 350 MASS HELP ACHIEVE LOCAL POLICY VICTORIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. COMMUNITIES RESPONDING TO EXTREME WEATHER ("CREW"):THE REALITIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE HAVE FORCED PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD TO ACCEPT A NEW 'NORMAL', BUT LITTLE IS BEING DONE TO EDUCATE AND EQUIP COMMUNITIES WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE PREPARED. WE WORK WITH CITIES AND TOWNS, HOUSES OF WORSHIP, LIBRARIES, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, AND EVERYDAY CITIZENS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL, SERVICE, AND PLANNING ACTIVITIES TO HELP COMMUNITIES ENHANCE THEIR SOCIAL RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE IMPACTS. WE BRING TOGETHER INTERFAITH LEADERS TO HOST AN INTERFAITH SUMMIT ON VULNERABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE.WE LAUNCHED OUR CLIMATE RESILIENCE HUB PROGRAM, WITH ALMOST 20 HUBS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND AN ADDITIONAL 25 HUBS IN 18 OTHER STATES, THANKS TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. THESE HUBS ARE WORKING TO PREPARE THEIR COMMUNITIES FOR EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND OTHER IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OUTREACH, AND EDUCATION. WE WERE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS LIBRARY SYSTEM TO HOST AND SUPPORT 50 WELL-ATTENDED VIRTUAL EVENTS DURING CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS WEEK 2020 AND PARTNERED WITH OTHER NON-PROFITS TO HELP IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES TO GAIN ACCESS TO REMOTE COOLING SUPPORT DURING THE COVID ERA.POLLUTERS PAY:THE PRINCIPLE OF POLLUTERS PAY IS TO MAKE THOSE WHO MAKE A MESS BE THE ONES TO CLEAN IT UP. FOR DECADES, FOSSIL FUEL CORPORATIONS HAVE MADE RECORD PROFITS WHILE DESTROYING OUR SHARED ENVIRONMENT. AND FOR DECADES, TAXPAYERS HAVE FOOTED THE BILL FOR CLEANING UP THE MESS. BFP ADVOCATES FOR STRONG LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT THE PROFITABLE FOSSIL FUEL CORPORATIONS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.MARA:AS THE SCO, IN 2021, THE BFP STAFF PROVIDED SERVICES FOR THE COALITION COORDINATION, FACILITATION, AND PROGRAM DELIVERY AND RECEIVED COMPENSATION FROM THE GNDN GRANT, AND THE COALITION MARA HIRED STAFF TO SERVICE THE COALITION, FOR WHICH BFP ACTED AS A FISCAL SPONSOR STAFF FOR THE COALITION BECAME BFP EMPLOYEES.IN 2022, THE BETTER FUTURE PROJECT AGREED TO TRANSFER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING THE STATE CONVENING ORGANIZATION FOR THE MASS RENEWS ALLIANCE TO A PARTNER ORGANIZATION, NEIGHBOR 2 NEIGHBOR ("N2N"). NEIGHBOR 2 NEIGHBOR RECEIVED THE 2022 GRANT FROM THE GNDN. IN JUNE OF 2022, THE STAFF FOR THE MASS RENEWS ALLIANCE TRANSITIONED FROM BEING EMPLOYEES OF BFP TO BEING EMPLOYEES OF NEIGHBOR 2 NEIGHBOR.BFP AND N2N HAVE AGREED TO TRANSFER ANY REMAINING BALANCES FROM THE 2021 GRANT FROM BFP TO N2N, AFTER COSTS INCURRED BY BFP HAVE BEEN COVERED.

  Expenses $580,202

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

Listed in Part VII

• BEN THOMPSON

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JULIET SCHOR

  CHAIR, PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  4

• SUSAN DONALDSON

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JON GROSSMAN

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• VANESSA RULE

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MARGARET SULLIVAN

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• BETH HUANG

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MARLON WASHINGTON

  ACTING VICE CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MARCIE TYRE BERKLEY

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DAVID KLAFTER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ALAN PALM

  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $76,783

  From this org

  $76,783

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

25 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202302989349302160

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