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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ASSOCIATION FOR BETTER LIVING AND EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,836,899
Total expenses
$2,011,717
Contributions and grants received
$124,187
Grants paid
$267,485
Program service revenue
$1,631,498
Investment income
$33,842
Other revenue
$47,372
Total assets, end of year
$7,650,762
Total liabilities, end of year
$848,972
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,801,790
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,762,626
Management and general expenses
$246,719
Fundraising expenses
$2,372
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,762,626

Program services were 87.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $124,187

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $1,631,498 · related or exempt $1,631,498

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $32,841 · excluded $32,841

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $1,001

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $1,001

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,001 · related or exempt $1,001

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $149,273

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $102,527

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $46,746 · related or exempt $46,746

  • 11a · Other revenue: REFERRAL FEES

    total $375 · related or exempt $375

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total $251 · related or exempt $251

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $626

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $256,125 · program services $256,125

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $11,360 · program services $11,360

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $21,717 · program services $14,049 · management and general $7,455 · fundraising $213

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $79,370 · program services $54,865 · management and general $24,505

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $42,167 · program services $28,749 · management and general $13,329 · fundraising $89

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,272 · program services $6,322 · management and general $2,931 · fundraising $19

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $523,778 · program services $475,737 · management and general $48,041

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $100,949 · program services $68,776 · management and general $31,961 · fundraising $212

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $482,300 · program services $482,300

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $116,295 · program services $88,684 · management and general $27,441 · fundraising $170

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $15,095 · program services $15,095

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $256,854 · program services $186,963 · management and general $68,556 · fundraising $1,335

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,886 · program services $11,322 · management and general $2,547 · fundraising $17

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $54,083 · program services $39,367 · management and general $14,435 · fundraising $281

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,455 · program services $11,901 · management and general $5,518 · fundraising $36

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM DELIVERY COST

    total $11,011 · program services $11,011

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,190,432 · end of year $4,536,312

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $844,924 · end of year $716,526

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $515,124 · end of year $507,498

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $93,544 · end of year $87,797

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,072 · end of year $35,411

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

    $4,293,025

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

    $2,596,632

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,744,466 · end of year $1,696,393

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $70,825

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $371,639 · end of year $737,455

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $3,626 · end of year $2,271

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $45,644 · end of year $38,421

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $70,825

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,955,703 · end of year $6,790,057

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $23,950 · end of year $11,733

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO RID THE WORLD OF ITS MOST DEVASTATING SOCIAL ILLS -- DRUGS, CRIME, ILLITERACY AND IMMORALITY.

  • ABLE DIRECTS, COORDINATES AND SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF NARCONON INTERNATIONAL, APPLIED SCHOLASTICS INTERNATIONAL, CRIMINON INTERNATIONAL AND THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION TO IMPROVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ABLE PROGRAMS AND STANDARDS, TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF SOCIAL BETTERMENT CENTERS AND GROUPS, AND TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE WITH SOCIAL BETTERMENT PROGRAMS AND SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THEIR LOCAL CHALLENGES.

    Expenses $1,020,441 · Grants $262,325 · Revenue $1,633,125

  • ABLE CREATES AND PUBLISHES MATERIALS FOR USE IN SOCIAL BETTERMENT PROGRAMS. SUCH PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE DRUG REHABILITATION MATERIALS, ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES, FORMS AND MANUALS TO ASSIST STAFF OF NARCONON CENTERS TO EFFECTIVELY REHABILITATE ADDICTS, AND EDUCATION BOOKS, STUDY GUIDES, BOOKLETS AND LITERACY MATERIALS FOR USE IN SCHOOLS, TUTORING CENTERS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO CREATE COMPETENT LIFELONG LEARNERS. AND IN THE FIELD OF MORAL CHARACTER ABLE'S PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE INMATE CORRESPONDENCE COURSES, STUDY BOOKLETS AND MATERIALS FOR CRIMINAL REFORM WHILE ADDITIONALLY ASSISTING THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION TO PUBLISH THE BOOK THE WAY TO HAPPINESS IN MORE THAN 117 LANGUAGES IN OVER 185 NATIONS INTERNATIONALLY.

    Expenses $112,164 · Grants $5,160 · Revenue $46,746

  • ABLE CONDUCTS BROAD PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS PROMOTING EDUCATION AND LITERACY, DRUG AWARENESS AND ADDICTION PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION AS WELL AS COMMON SENSE MORAL VALUES BY REACHING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGH WEBSITES, INTERNET ADVERTISEMENTS, EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS FOR EACH OF ITS INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL BETTERMENT ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS MANY OF THEIR LICENSEES.

    Expenses $630,021

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shannon Walker

    PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $7,830
    From this org
    $4,344
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,486
    Hours/week
    60

  • Elena Filoscia

    TRUSTEE/NON-OFFICER EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $6,030
    From this org
    $4,532
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,498
    Hours/week
    60

  • Larissa Cartwright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Lynne Shape

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Sarah Feshbach

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Scott Waldroff

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Joan Tofil

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $7,436
    From this org
    $4,532
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,904
    Hours/week
    60

  • Timothy Lomas

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $6,387
    From this org
    $4,045
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,342
    Hours/week
    60

  • Rubina Qureshi

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $7,871
    From this org
    $4,264
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,607
    Hours/week
    60

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303189349319460

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