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BETTER FUTURE PROJECT INC

EIN 47-1015198 CAMBRIDGE, MA

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Revenue 2024
$843,593
Expenses 2024
$633,986

Program services were 74.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C30
Classification
1000
Street
30 BOW ST

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

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

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.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BETTER FUTURE PROJECT WORKS TO BUILD A POWERFUL GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND ADVANCE A RAPID AND RESPONSIBLE TRANSITION BEYOND FOSSIL FUELS. WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, EMPOWER NEW LEADERS, AND HELP CITIZENS TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

  • BFP BRINGS TOGETHER MEMBER STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN A POWERFUL GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT TO SHIFT SOCIETY BEYOND COAL, OIL, AND GAS AND ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR ALL. BY EMPOWERING, CONNECTING, AND ACTIVATING LEADERS ACROSS THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT, BFP IS HELPING TO BUILD A SOCIAL MOVEMENT THAT CAN CONFRONT THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY AND SHOW OUR LEADERS THAT WE DEMAND BOLD ACTION IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS. OUR THREE PROGRAMS ARE 350 MASSACHUSETTS, COMMUNITIES RESPONDING TO EXTREME WEATHER ("CREW") AND POLLUTERS PAY. 350 MASSACHUSETTS: 350 MASSACHUSETTS ("350 MASS") IS OUR STATEWIDE CLIMATEACTION VOLUNTEER NETWORK. 350 MASS EDUCATES THE PUBLIC AROUND KEY CLIMATE AND ENERGY POLICIES, INCLUDING THE NEED TO CENTER EQUITY AND JUSTICE AS CORE PARTS OF CLIMATE SOLUTIONS. VOLUNTEER LEADERS IN OUR 17 NODES OF 350 MASS HELP ACHIEVE LOCAL POLICY VICTORIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. COMMUNITIES RESPONDING TO EXTREME WEATHER ("CREW"):THE REALITIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE HAVE FORCED PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD TO ACCEPT A NEW 'NORMAL', BUT LITTLE IS BEING DONE TO EDUCATE AND EQUIP COMMUNITIES WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE PREPARED. WE WORK WITH CITIES AND TOWNS, HOUSES OF WORSHIP, LIBRARIES, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, AND EVERYDAY CITIZENS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL, SERVICE, AND PLANNING ACTIVITIES TO HELP COMMUNITIES ENHANCE THEIR SOCIAL RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE IMPACTS. WE BRING TOGETHER INTERFAITH LEADERS TO HOST AN INTERFAITH SUMMIT ON VULNERABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE.WE LAUNCHED OUR CLIMATE RESILIENCE HUB PROGRAM, WITH ALMOST 20 HUBS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND AN ADDITIONAL 25 HUBS IN 18 OTHER STATES, THANKS TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. THESE HUBS ARE WORKING TO PREPARE THEIR COMMUNITIES FOR EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND OTHER IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OUTREACH, AND EDUCATION. WE WERE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS LIBRARY SYSTEM TO HOST AND SUPPORT 50 WELL ATTENDED VIRTUAL EVENTS DURING CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS WEEK 2020 AND PARTNERED WITH OTHER NONPROFITS TO HELP IMMIGRANTCOMMUNITIES TO GAIN ACCESS TO REMOTE COOLING SUPPORT DURING THE COVID ERA.POLLUTERS PAY:THE PRINCIPLE OF POLLUTERS PAY IS TO MAKE THOSE WHO MAKE A MESS BE THE ONES TO CLEAN IT UP. FOR DECADES, FOSSIL FUEL CORPORATIONS HAVE MADE RECORD PROFITS WHILE DESTROYING OUR SHARED ENVIRONMENT. AND FOR DECADES, TAXPAYERS HAVE FOOTED THE BILL FOR CLEANING UP THE MESS. BFP ADVOCATES FOR STRONG LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT THE PROFITABLE FOSSIL FUEL CORPORATIONS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.MARA:AS

    Expenses $470,146

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.

  • Marcie Tyre Berkley

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Marion Washington

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Juliet Schor

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Klafter

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jon Grossman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maggie Sullivan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Damian White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Beth Kontos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alan Palm

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $82,615
    From this org
    $82,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $843,593
    Expenses
    $633,986
    Contributions
    $839,090
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $710,439
    Expenses
    $747,266
    Contributions
    $703,545
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $625,844
    Expenses
    $803,001
    Contributions
    $625,730
    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
    $909,493
    Expenses
    $1,597,378
    Assets (EOY)
    $788,449

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $909,698
    Expenses
    $1,699,629
    Assets (EOY)
    $693,403

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,615,510
    Expenses
    $970,348
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,585,904

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $870,647
    Expenses
    $828,717
    Assets (EOY)
    $781,670

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $685,688
    Expenses
    $558,545
    Assets (EOY)
    $731,209

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $703,408
    Expenses
    $614,220
    Assets (EOY)
    $599,836

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $527,948
    Expenses
    $457,958
    Assets (EOY)
    $503,228

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $749,038
    Expenses
    $434,399
    Assets (EOY)
    $444,044

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $477,563
    Expenses
    $359,749
    Assets (EOY)
    $117,814

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

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.