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← A BETTER MICHIGAN

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by A BETTER MICHIGAN.

Totals

Total revenue
$142,997
Total expenses
$81,842
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$142,997
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,063,160
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,063,160
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$78,050
Management and general expenses
$3,792
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$78,050

Program services were 95.4% 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.

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $142,997 · excluded $142,997

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $630 · management and general $630

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,162 · management and general $3,162

  • 24a · Other expenses: DATABASE RESEARCH

    total $78,050 · program services $78,050

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $22,078 · end of year $500

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,979,927 · end of year $3,062,660

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $3,002,005 · end of year $3,063,160

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EDUCATE LEGISLATORS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON ISSUES FACING MICHIGAN, AND TO ADVOCATE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND OBTAIN GRASSROOTS SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC POLICIES RELATING TO FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEGISLATION, AND BALLOT QUESTIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATE ON MICHIGAN ISSUES AND ADVOCATE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC POLICIES.

  • THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING RESEARCH TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.

    Expenses $78,050

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • HOWARD EDELSON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRANDON HOFMEISTER

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC DOSTER

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349302204

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