Totals
- Total revenue
- $318,722
- Total expenses
- $499,590
- Contributions and grants received
- $316,185
- Grants paid
- $468,988
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $2,537
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $700,267
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $700,267
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $498,749
- Management and general expenses
- $841
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $498,749
Program services were 99.8% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$316,185
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$10,514
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $2,537 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $2,537 · excluded $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$0
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9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$0
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0 · program services $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $21,309 · program services $21,309
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $447,679 · program services $447,679
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $17,835 · program services $17,835
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $5,257 · program services $5,257
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11g · Fees: other
total $255 · program services $255
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13 · Office expenses
total $66 · management and general $66
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14 · Information technology
total $707 · management and general $707
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17 · Travel
total $6,118 · program services $6,118
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $296 · program services $296
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24e · All other expenses
total $68 · management and general $68
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $732,088 · end of year $551,165
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $296
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $148,750 · end of year $149,102
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning 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
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0
-
29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $881,134 · end of year $700,267
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
Partners for Better Futures (PBF) helps improve the lives of poor people around the world, primarily focusing on children and education. PBF does this by partnering with local organizations that are deeply involved in their own communities, and participating in carefully evaluated projects and programs. There are three continuing programs within PBF: Build a School in Burma (BSB), Build a School in India (BSI), and APC School Philippines (APC). In 2022 BSB made grants for new buildings for several schools, and made grants for projects including water systems, solar lighting systems, and community based learning. APC made grants to the APC School in the Philippines. PBF also made grants to provide humanitarian assistance to Burmese people adversely inpacted by conflict, including refugees.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Partners for Better Futures (PBF) helps improve the lives of poor people around the world, primarily focusing on children and education. PBF does this by partnering with local organizations that are deeply involved in their own communities, and participating in carefully evaluated projects and programs. There are three programs within PBF: Build a School in Burma (BSB), Build a School in India (BSI), and APC School - Philippines (APC). Prior to the PBF's founding these programs had each operated for several years through "fiscal sponsors." In 2018 these operations joined together in a shared purpose, to help produce better futures for under-served people around the world.
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The "Build a School in Burma" (BSB) program makes grants to support construction of school buildings in Myanmar. These grants have been fewer since the Febuary 2021 coup, which upended much of the country. This year BSB also supported education for Myanmar refugees, by making grants for construction of "Community Learning Centers" in bordering countries. BSB also provided help to schools that needed new furniture to support growing enrollments. BSB also made grants to support programs for "community based education" (CBE) programs. Overall, BSB has worked to provide safe, secure learning environments for students in poor, underserved communities, including refugees.
Expenses $201,575 · Grants $171,909 · Revenue $111,032
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"APC School" program made grants to support ongoing operations of Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC) which provides an integrated and holistic education for the indigenous children and youth along the Pantaron Range of Mindanao, Philippines. The APC school works to promote and deepen cultural understanding while providing approximately 400 indigenous children with the knowledge and skills they need to confidently relate with mainstream Philippine society and advance in the formal education ladder.
Expenses $58,948 · Grants $58,939 · Revenue $79,690
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The Build a School in India (BSI) program made grants to increase access to education primarily to disadvantaged students in rural India. Grant to Mata Balak Utkarsha Pratishthan, a multi-social service organization serving a large rural area, for operating costs and fund development. Grant to Utkarsh Vidyalaya, a school with 1,000 students, pre-KG through HS, for operating costs. Grant for operating costs of Jnana Prabodhini Harali school, 1st grade through HS, in a very rural area with about 250 students. Grant for operating costs to Anandaksaan Learning Center. To increase enrollment of disadvantaged students. Grant to Action for Self Reliance Hope. Support girls education 9th to 12th grades, including science, technology and English. Support for operating costs of Cochlea Pune for Hearing and Speech, an organization helping children with severe hearing impairment. A grant to Sondara Gurukulam Education Center for new curriculum and equipment for science courses.
Expenses $200,152 · Grants $199,999 · Revenue $117,175
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The Myanmar humanitarian relief program provided help to people adversely impacted by the February 2021 coup and subsequent events. This has been done mostly with and through local charities, churches, and monastic schools. The situation in Myanmar is fluid, and this program may or may not continue, depending on events and the situation in Myanmar and border areas. Food and other emergency help was provided in several communities hard-hit by recent events.
Expenses $38,074 · Grants $38,141 · Revenue $10,825
As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Naing Lin Swe
Country Director - Burma
- Total calculated
- $22,593
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,593
- Hours/week
- 40
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Andrew Lederer
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Daniel Kipp
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Robert G Cornwell
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Mark Kirchen
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Joyce McKinney
Board member
- 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
- 2022
- Filed
- 15 September 2023
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202322969349301097
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