A BETTER CITY INC

As filed

Subsection

06

NTEE code

S41

Classification

1000

Street

14 BEACON ST STE 402

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

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 402). 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.

• A BETTER CITY INITIATIVE INC

  EIN 56-2605048

• GREENWAY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT CORPORATION

  EIN 83-1360746

Mission and programs · 2025

• TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE:A BETTER CITY EXECUTED A MULTIFACETED CAMPAIGN INCLUDING PRODUCING AN EDUCATIONAL VIDEO TO HELP SECURE A $335 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO ADVANCE THE ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION I-90 ALLSTON MULTIMODAL PROJECT. A BETTER CITY ALSO DEVELOPED INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION FINANCE STRATEGIES, TOOK A LEADERSHIP ROLE ON THE GOVERNOR'S TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK FORCE, AND PROVIDED CRITICAL FEEDBACK TO MBTA LEADERSHIP TO SUPPORT THE COMPLETION OF THE TRACK IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO REMOVE ALL SLOW ZONES FROM THE SUBWAY SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS. ADDITIONALLY, A BETTER CITY CONTINUED TO EFFICIENTLY MANAGE TWO TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS COMMITTED TO PROMISING MORE SUSTAINABLE COMMUTING.

  Expenses $1,138,078 · Revenue $688,505

• LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT:A BETTER CITY CONTINUED TO OVERSEE GREENWAY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OPERATIONS, ROLLING OUT NEW EFFORTS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC ART, ACTIVATION, AND TOURISM ON THE GREENWAY. ADDITIONALLY, A BETTER CITY INTENSIFIED EFFORTS TO SHAPE CITY OF BOSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND STATE REGULATIONS TO SUPPORT HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $103,734

• ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY:THROUGH RESEARCH, POLICY, PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION, A BETTER CITY WORKS WITH MEMBERS TO GIVE VOICE TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. A BETTER CITY CONDUCTS RESEARCH AND BUILDS COALITIONS ON TOPICS RELEVANT TO ADVANCING CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING BUILDINGS POLICY, EXTREME HEAT, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $523,783 · Revenue $90,155

• MEMBERSHIP-SUPPORTED PROGRAM SERVICES:THE ORGANIZATION IS A MEMBERSHIP-BASED ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(6) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. ITS PRIMARY SOURCE OF PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE IS MEMBERSHIP DUES, WHICH SUPPORT ALL PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES ON AN INTEGRATED BASIS. MEMBERS RECEIVE ACCESS TO THE ORGANIZATION'S FULL PLATFORM OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH, AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ACROSS TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND LAND USE INITIATIVES, RATHER THAN TO SEPARATELY PRICED PROGRAM SERVICES. BECAUSE THESE ACTIVITIES ARE DELIVERED COLLECTIVELY, MEMBERSHIP DUES CANNOT BE MEANINGFULLY ATTRIBUTED TO INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM SERVICE CATEGORIES. ACCORDINGLY, SUCH REVENUE IS REPORTED WITHIN MEMBERSHIP-SUPPORTED PROGRAM SERVICES IN PART III, WHICH REPRESENTS PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES FUNDED BY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP DUES ACROSS ALL PROGRAM AREAS. THIS CATEGORY ALSO INCLUDES CERTAIN PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING PERSONNEL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER COSTS RELATED TO MEMBER ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORT, WHICH ARE SIMILARLY NOT ALLOCATED TO SPECIFIC PROGRAM SERVICE CATEGORIES.

  Expenses $57,600 · Revenue $1,206,570

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $2,619,602

  Expenses

  $2,448,554

  Contributions

  $671,580

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,448,850

  Expenses

  $2,465,893

  Contributions

  $620,593

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,489,114

  Expenses

  $2,491,269

  Contributions

  $626,335

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,517,598

  Expenses

  $2,614,333

  Contributions

  $740,769

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $2,516,583

  Expenses

  $2,354,908

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,561,049

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,211,439

  Expenses

  $2,345,830

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,160,014

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,457,304

  Expenses

  $2,463,805

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,116,039

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,360,825

  Expenses

  $2,795,979

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,967,375

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,665,517

  Expenses

  $2,708,543

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,090,225

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,258,865

  Expenses

  $2,040,057

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,081,013

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,377,899

  Expenses

  $2,416,543

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,488,865

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.

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

• A BETTER CITY INITIATIVE INC

  $344,793

  2024 · PROJECT EXPENSES

• A BETTER CITY INITIATIVE INC

  $334,649

  2022 · PROJECT EXPENSES

• A BETTER CITY INITIATIVE INC

  $324,232

  2025 · PROJECT EXPENSES

• A BETTER CITY INITIATIVE INC

  $315,572

  2023 · PROJECT EXPENSES

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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