BETTER TOGETHER STRENGTHENING FAMILIES INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P99

Classification

2000

Street

15275 COLLIER BLVD STE 201

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

4 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 201). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• DESTINY VILLAGE INC

  EIN 31-1737384

• ENDLESSBRAIN INC

  EIN 82-3863099

• SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PANTHERS INCORPORATED

  EIN 92-2989970

• THE MICHAEL NADOLSKI FAMILY FOUNDATION INC

  EIN 41-4000412

Mission and programs · 2024

• OUR BETTER FAMILIES PROGRAM HELPS AT-RISK FAMILIES PREVENT CHILD NEGLECT AND ABANDONMENT BEFORE STATE INVOLVEMENT IS NEEDED. OUR VOLUNTEER HOST FAMILIES TEMPORARILY CARE FOR CHILDREN WHILE OUR TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS HELPS PARENTS REGAIN SELF-SUFFICIENCY, IMPROVE PARENTING SKILLS, AND RE-ENGAGE IN THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES. IN FY 2024, BETTER FAMILIES PROVIDED DIRECT SUPPORT TO CHILDREN ACROSS FLORIDA WITH A 98% REUNIFICATION RATE. SERVICES INCLUDED: HOSTING: 213 CHILDREN RECEIVED SAFE, SHORT-TERM CARE DURING TIMES OF FAMILY CRISIS. PARENT MENTORING: KIDS STAY SAFE WHEN PARENTS STAY STRONG. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O).750 CHILDREN WERE POSITIVELY IMPACTED THROUGH 1-ON-1 PARENT MENTORING TO GUIDE PARENTS THROUGH CRISES SUCH AS ADDICTION RECOVERY, SECURING STABLE HOUSING, FINDING EMPLOYMENT, ESCAPING ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, AND OVERCOMING HEALTH ISSUES. PARENT SUPPORT: 5,250 CHILDREN WERE POSITIVELY IMPACTED THROUGH DIRECT SERVICES PROVIDED TO THEIR PARENTS, STRENGTHENING FAMILIES AND CREATING SAFER HOMES. OUR HELP IMPACTED 3,729 FAMILIES ACROSS 33 COUNTIES THROUGH OUR BETTER FAMILIES PROGRAM, AND 98.5% OF FAMILIES STAYED INTACT (DOUBLE THE REUNIFICATION RATE OF FLORIDA FOSTER CARE). THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 40% OF FAMILY REFERRALS CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE NEED FOR FOSTER CARE HAS BEEN REDUCED IN 91% OF THE COUNTIES WHERE WE SERVE.

  Expenses $4,317,029 · Grants $41,801

• OUR BETTER JOBS PROGRAM PROVIDES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO FAMILIES IN POVERTY. WE HAVE TRAINED HUNDREDS OF CHURCHES NATIONWIDE INCLUDING 16 ADDITIONAL CHURCHES IN 2024 TO HOST SECOND-CHANCE JOB FAIRS. EACH EVENT OFFERS WRAP AROUND VOLUNTEER SERVICES REMOVING BARRIERS TO FINDING A JOB, INCLUDING FREE INTERVIEW COACHING, TECHNICAL AND TRADE SCHOOL RESOURCES, RESUME HELP, PROFESSIONAL CLOTHING, HAIRCUTS, AND LEGAL ADVICE. MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE HAVE ATTENDED OUR EVENTS (6,038 IN FY 2024) WITH 13% HIRED ON THE SPOT AND 60% EMPLOYED WITHIN SIX WEEKS. A TOTAL OF 3,659 CHILDREN WERE SUPPORTED THROUGH OUR JOBS PROGRAM, AS WE WORKED ALONGSIDE THEIR PARENTS TO SECURE MEANINGFUL WORK, STABILITY, AND MENTORSHIP.

  Expenses $1,421,964 · Revenue $3,006

• OUR MENTORING AND PARENT SUPPORT SERVICES GIVE ISOLATED PARENTS THE CHANCE TO MEET OTHER PARENTS, RECEIVE PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT, AND BENEFIT FROM THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM OF A COMMUNITY THAT CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THEIR LIVES. WE HELP TO STABILIZE EMPLOYMENT, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND CHILDCARE AND ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS BY CLEANING HOMES, REMOVING SAFETY RISKS, AND IMPROVING LIVING CONDITIONS. WE MENTOR AND EDUCATE ON PARENTING, FATHER RE-ENGAGEMENT, AND FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND PROVIDE RESPITE CARE TO GIVE PARENTS A NIGHT OFF TO REST AND RECHARGE. ALL OF THESE SERVICES REDUCE RISK FACTORS FOR ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $20,364,256

  Expenses

  $6,639,384

  Contributions

  $19,173,782

  Grants paid

  $41,801

• 2023

  Revenue

  $15,401,254

  Expenses

  $4,015,226

  Contributions

  $15,085,480

  Grants paid

  $27,195

• 2022

  Revenue

  $9,739,131

  Expenses

  $1,913,853

  Contributions

  $9,710,402

  Grants paid

  $44,554

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,025,407

  Expenses

  $1,291,979

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,517,274

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,333,598

  Expenses

  $871,725

  Assets (EOY)

  $941,264

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $762,960

  Expenses

  $669,412

  Assets (EOY)

  $332,959

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,482,591

  Expenses

  $1,496,804

  Assets (EOY)

  $278,605

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,316,716

  Expenses

  $1,320,858

  Assets (EOY)

  $251,650

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $620,285

  Expenses

  $383,852

  Assets (EOY)

  $247,571

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2015

Tax period

1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015

Principal officer

Tarren Bragdon

Mailing address

15275 Collier Blvd Suite 201-284Naples FL 34119

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC

  $400,000

  2022 · HURRICANE IAN GRANTS

• NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC

  $200,000

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC

  $200,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• UNITED WAY OF LEE COUNTY INC

  $200,000

  2022 · Allocation for General Support

• NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC

  $180,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $165,000

  2024 · COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $108,800

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $106,500

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION MARTIN ST LUCIE INC

  $99,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

• VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC

  $50,000

  2024 · HURRICANE HELENE/MILTON GRANTS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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