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A Better Way Foundation Abwf Inc

RegisteredEIN 06-1576383New Haven, CTHealth and saving lives
Income$2.8m2023-08
Spending$1.6msame year
Spent / received71%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctHealth and saving lives
Exempt since2000Publicly supported organisat
Employees27latest return

Analysis

A Better Way Foundation Abwf Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New Haven, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2023, A Better Way Foundation Abwf Inc reported income of $2.8m and spending of $1.6m, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $830k to $2.8m (+235%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, A Better Way Foundation Abwf Inc sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guiding Right Inc ($2.8m), Saint Marys Foundation ($2.8m) and Recovery Lighthouse ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 4.9% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $855k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $491k, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 27 employees.

Income and spending

$0$694k$1.4m$2.1m$2.8m2019 Income: $829,9972019 Spending: $737,43720192020 Income: $1,207,9752020 Spending: $774,17320202021 Income: $1,381,8922021 Spending: $1,252,02420212022 Income: $1,320,0772022 Spending: $993,65520222023 Income: $2,776,8092023 Spending: $1,582,6882023
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 95%
  • Program services 4.9%

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