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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by A BETTER CITY INITIATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$328,465
Total expenses
$326,132
Contributions and grants received
$328,305
Grants paid
$315,572
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$160
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$285,978
Total liabilities, end of year
$89,096
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$196,882
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$315,572
Management and general expenses
$10,560
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$315,572

Program services were 96.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $12,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $315,805

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $160 · excluded $160

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $315,572 · program services $315,572

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,560 · management and general $10,560

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,809 · end of year $10,376

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $278,711 · end of year $268,102

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $18,427 · end of year $7,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $110,398 · end of year $89,096

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $46,269 · end of year $48,602

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $148,280 · end of year $148,280

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WORKING WITH OUR RELATED ORGANIZATION, A BETTER CITY, INC., WE PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, BOSTON METROPOLITAN REGION, AND OTHER URBAN AREAS, BY PARTICIPATING IN THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTATION, LAND DEVELOPMENT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WORKING WITH OUR RELATED ORGANIZATION, A BETTER CITY, INC., WE PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE BOSTON METROPOLITAN REGION, AND OF OTHER URBAN AREAS, BY PARTICIPATING IN THE THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTATION, LAND DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.

  • ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT:WE WORK WITH MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR FACILITIES TO ENSURE THEY ARE AS EFFICIENT AND RESILIENT AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO MEET, AND GO BEYOND, COMPLIANCE OF VARYING CITY AND STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES. THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLKITS, RESOURCES AND RESEARCH, WE PROVIDE MEMBERS WITH NEXT STEPS IN SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING. CURRENTLY WORK INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COLLABORATIVE CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING PROCESS, AN INTERNSHIP TO CONNECT THE DOTS BETWEEN STUDENTS LEARNING BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, AND HOW EXTREME HEAT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITIES AROUND BOSTON.

    Expenses $184,000 · Grants $184,000

  • TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE:A BETTER CITY INITIATIVE, INC.(ABCI)COMPLETED FURTHER REFINEMENT OF AN AT-GRADE ALTERNATIVE FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE I-90 VIADUCT AND RESDESIGN OF RAIL, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES ADJACENT TO THE ALLSTON INTERCHANGE. ABCI ALSO MANAGED THE SEAPORT LEADERSHIP GROUP (SLG)IN SOUTH BOSTON. THE SLG IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN UNIFYING THE VOICE OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THE SEAPORT AND ADVANCING IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR THIS VITAL ECONOMIC CENTER. ABCI CONTINUES TO ADVANCE, ALONG WITH THE MBTA, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTOMATIC TRAIN OPERATIONS INTO ITS RED AND ORANGE LINE VEHICLE OVERHAUL PLANS. ADDITIONALLY, ABCI IS WORKING WITH THE MBTA AND MASSDOT ON INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TO BUILD CAPACITY AND IMPROVE REGIONAL RAIL.

    Expenses $120,000 · Grants $120,000

  • LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT:A BETTER CITY INITIATIVE, INC. ACHIEVES ITS GOALS BY FUNDING CONCEPTUAL URBAN DESIGN PROPOSALS TO ENHANCE THE PUBLIC REALM AND LAND USE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES INCLUDING PEDESTIRAN PLAZAS AND PARKLETS.

    Expenses $11,572 · Grants $11,572

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kathryn Dineen

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $281,769
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $257,506
    Other
    $24,263
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $257,506 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $2,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,763 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $281,769 related

  • Richard Dimino

    FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $447,128
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $423,072
    Other
    $24,056
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $423,072 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,556 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $447,128 related

  • James Tierney

    CHAIRMAN, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Edward Ladd

    TREASURER, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Elizabeth Grob

    CLERK, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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. 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 · Written employment contract
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • A BETTER CITY INC

    501(C)(6) · PROMOTES ECONOMIC GROWTH TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE IN GREATER BOSTON REGION · MA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
19 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422329349301092

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