Better Life in Recovery Incorporated

Analysis

Better Life in Recovery Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2023, Better Life in Recovery Incorporated reported income of $582k and spending of $551k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $208k to $582k (+180%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Better Life in Recovery Incorporated sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 70th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mt Pleasant Child Development and Enrichment Center ($582k), Sallys Fund Inc ($582k) and Twilight Wish Foundation ($582k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $50k against liabilities of $2,311, net assets of $48k.