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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BETTER ANGELS UNITED INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,706,430
Total expenses
$1,659,687
Contributions and grants received
$1,703,930
Grants paid
$254,272
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$2,500
Total assets, end of year
$272,022
Total liabilities, end of year
$115,738
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$156,284
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,492,026
Management and general expenses
$161,728
Fundraising expenses
$5,933
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,492,026

Program services were 89.9% 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

    $1,703,930

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,500 · related or exempt $2,500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $254,272 · program services $254,272

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $150,000 · program services $135,000 · management and general $15,000

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $778,615 · program services $741,892 · management and general $36,723

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $157,770 · program services $131,221 · management and general $26,313 · fundraising $236

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $79,573 · program services $66,182 · management and general $13,272 · fundraising $119

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $445 · program services $445

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,765 · program services $510 · management and general $5,255

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $442 · program services $39 · management and general $403

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,713 · program services $6,713

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $38,467 · program services $38,467

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,551 · program services $1,554 · management and general $15,997

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $24,676 · program services $2,185 · management and general $22,491

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $243 · program services $22 · management and general $221

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,544 · program services $225 · management and general $2,319

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,224 · program services $463 · management and general $4,761

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER AND BAD DEBT EXPENSES

    total $67,608 · program services $67,608

  • 24b · Other expenses: PAYROLL EXPENSES

    total $43,385 · program services $43,385

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $17,044 · program services $1,509 · management and general $15,535

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $5,578 · fundraising $5,578

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,772 · program services $334 · management and general $3,438

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $54,004 · end of year $79,455

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,145 · end of year $192,567

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $115,738

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,737 · end of year $0

  • 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 $65,412 · end of year $156,284

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The organization is taking a holistic approach in tackling homelessness in Los Angeles, leveraging innovation and pragmatic solutions in five areas; prevention, housing, services, shelter, and technology.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To end the epidemic of homelessness in LOS ANGELES by unlocking the power of the community.

  • The organization is taking a holistic approach in tackling homelessness in Los Angeles, leveraging innovation and pragmatic solutions in five areas; prevention, housing, services, shelter, and technology. Since inception, Better Angels has focused on developing distinct programs around these areas to assist those on the precipice of, or already experiencing, homelessness. The short-term eviction protection fund (STEP) began operations in 2022 as part of prevention and its programming is ongoing. Most of the other areas remained in an incubation phase during 2023.

    Expenses $1,492,026 · Grants $254,272

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Emma Kaplan

    VP of Strategic Initiatives

    Total calculated
    $163,163
    From this org
    $158,510
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,653
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,510
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,653
    Filer's total
    $163,163

  • John Ritchey

    Director of Product

    Total calculated
    $160,079
    From this org
    $155,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,079
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,079
    Filer's total
    $160,079

  • Elisabeth Unton

    Director of Services

    Total calculated
    $153,221
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,221
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,221
    Filer's total
    $153,221

  • Paul Vecchio

    Director of Engineering

    Total calculated
    $132,701
    From this org
    $129,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,893
    Hours/week
    40

  • Yuko Shiozaki

    Product Designer

    Total calculated
    $119,644
    From this org
    $115,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,567
    Hours/week
    40

  • Adam Miller

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT/CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Dawn Moskowitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Julie Brandt

    DIRECTOR/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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

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.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • Miller Family Irrevocable Trust

    TRUST · INVESTMENTS · DE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349327298

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