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← BETTERALIFE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BETTERALIFE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$198,039
Total expenses
$230,694
Contributions and grants received
$188,838
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$9,201
Total assets, end of year
$50,808
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,805
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$42,003
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$176,691
Management and general expenses
$51,890
Fundraising expenses
$2,113
Program service expenses (Part III)
$176,691

Program services were 76.6% 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

    $42,055

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $146,783

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $55,744

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $42,055

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $46,543

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $9,201 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $9,201

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $25,480 · program services $22,626 · management and general $2,854 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,949 · program services $0 · management and general $1,949 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,077 · program services $0 · management and general $8,077 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,379 · program services $0 · management and general $1,379 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,550 · program services $0 · management and general $25,550 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,526 · program services $0 · management and general $3,526 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $30,382 · program services $30,382 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,862 · program services $3,862 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,159 · program services $2,240 · management and general $1,919 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $3,770 · program services $0 · management and general $1,657 · fundraising $2,113

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBCRIPTIONS

    total $363 · program services $0 · management and general $363 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $2,109 · program services $0 · management and general $2,109 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: FOOD & SUPPLIES

    total $111,881 · program services $111,881 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,207 · program services $5,700 · management and general $2,507 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $33,714 · end of year $12,312

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,224 · end of year $2,224

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

    $60,334

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

    $24,062

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $40,134 · end of year $36,272

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,414 · end of year $8,805

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $74,658 · end of year $42,003

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Providing children and families with food, educational assistance, and life-skill services. Showing youth and individuals the educational and job-related opportunities they can pursue and inspire hope for a bright future ahead. Through our programs, we provide children with the resources they need to succeed, inspire hope, and empower them to pursue their dreams.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Providing children and families with food, educational assistance, and life-skill services.

  • Served 10,000 children and families in 2024 Fairfax county and Loudoun County. We provided over 60,000 pounds of food serving Loudoun County and Fairfax county weekly weekly. Provided weekly meals bags for children to have on the weekend to community centers and schools. Provided emergency support for clothes, food, housing and hygiene when contacted by the county and or multiple schools we assist locally. Opened a new food pantry in one Fairfax county elementary clothes, shoes and hygiene items for students who need it. Provided emergency assistance to homeless familiesvia calls from the families or the county asking for the after hours help.

    Expenses $146,930

  • We provided 800 new book bags with school supplies. We served 1,440 children in our 9 month education school program for homework help. We provided hot dinner for 1,440 children which averages to 40 children per week in our homework club. We provided 1000 families with a holiday meal and toys,

    Expenses $26,857

  • We provided 24 cooking classes in all between Fairfax county and Loudoun County. Providing lessons to 480 youth.

    Expenses $2,904

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabth Marie Ford

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • Elaine Stone

    CHAIRWOMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Colleen Stutz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Johnson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Orye

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Mull

    CHAIRWOMEN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ted Argleben

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christina White

    CHAIRMAN

    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 October 2005
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502889349302035

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