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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by A BETTER CHILDHOOD INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,576,027
Total expenses
$2,049,160
Contributions and grants received
$1,177,818
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$7,393,771
Investment income
$4,438
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,841,786
Total liabilities, end of year
$110,688
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,731,098
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,810,106
Management and general expenses
$207,020
Fundraising expenses
$32,034
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,810,106

Program services were 88.3% 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

    $1,177,818

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COURT AWARDED ATTORNEY

    total $7,393,771 · related or exempt $7,393,771

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,409 · excluded $4,409

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $29

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $29

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $29 · excluded $29

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $313,197 · program services $290,835 · management and general $19,454 · fundraising $2,908

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $845,738 · program services $718,650 · management and general $108,029 · fundraising $19,059

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $151,140 · program services $131,492 · management and general $16,625 · fundraising $3,023

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $50,401 · management and general $50,401

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $471,598 · program services $471,598

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,253 · program services $18,487 · management and general $2,231 · fundraising $535

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $70,434 · program services $61,278 · management and general $7,748 · fundraising $1,408

  • 17 · Travel

    total $79,276 · program services $79,276

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $756 · program services $658 · management and general $98

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,279 · program services $2,853 · management and general $361 · fundraising $65

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,313 · program services $31,914 · management and general $1,184 · fundraising $215

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $3,897 · fundraising $3,897

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMPUTER EXPENSE

    total $3,523 · program services $3,065 · management and general $388 · fundraising $70

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $792 · management and general $501 · fundraising $291

  • 24d · Other expenses: OUTSIDE CONSULTING EXPE

    total $563 · fundraising $563

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,174,060 · end of year $3,180,439

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $75,200 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,468 · end of year $18,769

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

    $26,572

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

    $16,486

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,883 · end of year $10,086

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $1,787,783

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $2,785,780

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $129,363 · end of year $58,929

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $71,754 · end of year $25,550

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $125,775 · end of year $85,138

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,068,706 · end of year $7,525,591

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $139,739 · end of year $205,507

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED OR NEGLECTED WHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF STATE OPERATED WELFARE SYSTEMS BY UTILIZING THE COURT SYSTEMS AND PROVIDING REPRESENTATION FOR THESE CHILDREN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED OR NEGLECTED WHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF STATE OPERATED WELFARE SYSTEMS BY UTILITIZING THE COURT SYSTEM AND PROVIDING REPRESENTATION FOR THESE CHILDREN.

  • TO ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED OR NEGLECTED WHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF STATE OPERATED WELFARE SYSTEMS BY UTILIZING THE COURT SYSTEMS AND PROVIDING REPRESENTATION FOR THESE CHILDREN.

    Expenses $1,810,106 · Revenue $7,393,771

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marcia Robinson Lowry

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $290,835
    From this org
    $290,835
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,835
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $290,835

  • Frederic Dorwart

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert D Levy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Dow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julia Teborg

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $156,330
    From this org
    $156,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,330
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $156,330

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

None.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349306282

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