BETTER BASICS INC: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: BETTER BASICS INC (EIN 63-1106040)
Tax period: 2018-07-01 to 2019-06-30
Filed: 2019-10-02
IRS object ID: 201922759349301272
Schema version: 2018v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-10-02T14:42:51-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	631133963	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Haynes Downard LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3161 Cahaba Heights Road Suite 203	AddressLine1Txt
City	Birmingham	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	35243	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	631106040	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Better Basics Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	BETT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2059442928	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1231 Second Avenue South	AddressLine1Txt
City	Birmingham	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	35233	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Kristi Bradford	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2059442928	PhoneNum
Signature	2019-09-20	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	J Max Campbell Jr	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00743822	PTIN
Phone	2052543380	PhoneNum
Preparation	2019-09-20	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	216.194.7.202	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2019-09-20	IPDt
IP Tm	11:11:55	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	5752C10E9A12DCE3D8CD94D7C5627C1955E80C44	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	DB012737E637ECCC0952DCF7F8E7D242069C3500	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-01-14 16:20:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Kristi Bradford	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1231 Second Avenue South	AddressLine1Txt
City	Birmingham	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	35233	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,318,367	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.betterbasics.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1994	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	AL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To make a positive difference in the lives of children and their families by advancing literacy through enrichment and intervention programs.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	20	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	20	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	80	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1008	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,132,935	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,013,776	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$199,002	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$162,935	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$13,606	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$3,906	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$65,758	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$80,681	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,411,301	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,261,298	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$804,323	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$734,574	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$30,000	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$27,500	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$124,924	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$550,895	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$443,989	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,385,218	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,206,063	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$26,083	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$55,235	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,358,584	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,434,188	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$22,846	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$31,451	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,335,738	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,402,737	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	To make a positive difference in the lives of children and their families by advancing literacy through enrichment and intervention programs.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$293,140	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$8,535	RevenueAmt
Desc	Better Basics operated afterschool HOPE 21st Century Community Learning Centers at 3 elementary schools in Fairfield, Alabama during the 2018-2019 school year. At the HOPE Centers, we are creating lasting change in the lives of our students, their families, and the community by delivering high-quality afterschool programming that focuses on enriching experiences that empower students to succeed. The HOPE Centers eliminate the disparity in access to academic enrichment that at-risk students often face. A caring and well-trained staff conducts daily activities designed to improve academic achievement in reading and math while encouraging the development of good character. In the 2018-2019 school year, 105 students participated in the program which operated every afternoon during the school year duringthe hours when students are most at risk (2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.). With the help of 4 certified teachers and 8 additional on-site staff, 25% of students made improvements in reading. In addition, HOPE Center participants had better rates of school day attendance than their peers not in the program. A total of 281 books were distributed to students and parents.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$253,264	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$86,400	RevenueAmt
Desc	Reading Intervention is designed to help improve the reading skills and abilities of children who are performing below grade level. The program is comprised of two components: Small Group Intervention and Reading Mentors. Small Group Intervention serves students recommended by school faculty and identified by Better Basics staff as needing strategic, explicit reading instruction, with the goal of accelerating reading performance. Better Basics hires certified teachers to instruct selected students three times weekly for 20 weeks. Reading Mentors serve children who are identified by school staff as needing reading support, but who are not able to be served in small group intervention. Volunteer Reading Mentors are trained to provide engaging, one-on-one reading experiences with their students. The goal is to inspire an enjoyment of, and an interest in, reading, while ultimately enhancing their independent reading abilities. In the 2018-2019 school year, 25 certified Reading Intervention teachers instructed 301 students from Grades K-4 in 14 elementary schools and distributed 6,324 books. Outcomes included independent reading gains of 1.4 years and 4.7 book levels for students in Grades 1-4. In addition, 32 volunteer Reading Mentors worked with 46 stundents in 9 elementary schools and distributed 496 books. Outcomes included independent reading gains of 2.6 years and .9 grade levels.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$112,626	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$37,500	RevenueAmt
Desc	Summer Brain Gain maintains reading and math skills during the summer months. Children from partner sites such as local YMCAs, school systems, churches, camps, etc. receive direct reading and math instruction from certified teachers who deliver an inter-disciplinary curriculum, which incorporates STEM lessons. During the summer of 2019, with the help of 6 certified teachers, Summer Brain Gain worked with 1 community partner to serve 56 at-risk students during a six-week summer program integrated into existing summer camps. A total of 90 books were distributed to students. The average increase in test results were 1.5 months in STAR Reading and 5 months in STAR Math.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$305,941	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$30,500	RevenueAmt
Desc	Other program services in the 2018-2019 school year included Community-Wide Read-Alouds (which includes Birmingham Reads), Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, Ready 2 Read, Schoolwide Enrichment, 30 A Day and Academic Tutoring, along with program pilots for Wise Words and Mathematics Intervention.The Community-Wide Read-Aloud events ensured 13,190 elementary-aged students throughout a combined 657 classrooms in Birmingham City and Fairfield City Schools had books in their home by providing a new book to every student in pre-k through fifth grade as well as providing 734 community volunteers who served as reading role models.Dolly Parton's Imagination Library mailed 24,958 books to children birth to age five in areas of high poverty within Jefferson County. A total of 2,976 children received books and are building home libraries through this program. In Ready 2 Read, 630 second grade students participated by readingbooks covering a wide range of interest areas from classroom libraries provided by Better Basics. More than 658 volunteer hours were contributed by 31 community volunteers from the Rotaract Club of Birmingham who encouraged students to read books.Schoolwide Enrichment gave 5,679 students in 13 schools the opportunity to benefit from a wide range of arts and cultural programming designed to enhance what is taught in the classroom by building vocabulary, inspiring imaginations, and broadening horizons. Students participated in 109 presentations or field trips from various resources, resulting in 7,856 enrichment experiences.In the summer of 2019, the 30 A Day summer reading program led 130 third through fifth grade students reading 30-minutes per day at 4 community partner sites in order to combat summer learning loss. This book club format allowed students to read for 42 hours, with 850 books being awarded to participants.Academic Tutoring provided one-on-one tutoring to 51 kindergarten and first grade students at 1 local site on difficult-to-learn concepts in the curriculum. 17 pre-service teachers from a local university delivered 504 sessions of structured reading and mathematics content to students three days per week under the supervision of their professor. A total of 295 books were distributed to students.Wise Words uses trained volunteers to serve as mentor readers for first grade students. Volunteers reading aloud to a class model fluency, pronunciation and inflection, while exposing children to vocabulary. The program improves literacy through vocabulary bringing experiences, visual depictions, and background knowledge. In 2018-19, a pilot program was implemented at 1 school. With the help of 3 volunteers providing 12 hours of service, 59 first grade students benefitted from this program, with 59books being distributed to program participants.Mathematics Intervention is a new program that follows the Reading Intervention format. Better Basics developed and piloted Mathematics Intervention in 2018-19 for second grade students who were functioning below grade level. The goal of Mathematics Intervention is for students to grow skills in mathematical reasoning with the goal of reaching grade level. In 2018-19, two certified teachers implemented a pilot program at 1 school, with 13 students benefiting from 325 instructional sessions. Outcomes included students increasing proficiency on concepts from 27% to 67%.Across all programs, Better Basics programming and special projects impacted 23,312 children and awarded 47,143 books to children, parents and teachers in urban, suburban and rural settings, with 1,008 volunteers donating 15,819 hours of community service.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$305,941	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$30,500	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$964,971	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (1)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	24	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	80	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	20	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	20	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Debbie Dziedzic	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2059442928	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1231 Second Avenue South	AddressLine1Txt
City	Birmingham	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	35233	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (21 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Andrew Nix
President	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Delane Myers
Vice President	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Patty Cobb
Treasurer	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Brittney R Smith
Secretary	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Wilson Nash
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ragan Cain
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kit Deason
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Matthew Dennis
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Nate Todd
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Amoi S Geter
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Scott Gewant
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lynn Kirkland
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Valerie Ramsbacher
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jason Rhodes
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Knox Richardson
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Amanda Saint
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mary Steadman
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Krystal Drummond
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Milton A Davis
Ad Hoc	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Allison Westlake
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kristi Bradford
Exec. Director	40.00		Yes (X)	$82,981	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$82,981	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$169,717	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Government Grants	$351,697	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$492,362	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$64,238	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,013,776	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Program service fees	Desc
Business	611710	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$162,935	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$162,935	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$162,935	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$18,122	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$18,122	ExclusionAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$14,216	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	-$14,216	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$14,216	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$14,216	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$120,714	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$42,853	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$77,861	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$77,861	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Miscellaneous Income	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$2,820	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,820	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$2,820	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,261,298	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$165,755	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$81,767	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$82,981	TotalAmt
Program Services	$69,717	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,774	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,490	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$586,676	TotalAmt
Program Services	$492,902	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$33,752	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$60,022	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,765	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,044	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$620	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,101	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$54,152	TotalAmt
Program Services	$45,659	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,010	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,483	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,895	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,895	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,500	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$27,500	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,235	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,702	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$33	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$500	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$120,961	TotalAmt
Program Services	$82,162	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,028	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,771	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,412	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,691	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$281	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$440	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,454	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,820	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,634	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,031	TotalAmt
Management And General	$11,031	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Materials distributed	$77,967	$77,967
Enrichment activities	$72,765	$72,765
Supplies and equipment	$41,623	$39,788	$741	$1,094
Donated services	$14,935	$14,463	$472

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,711	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,291	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,897	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,523	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,206,063	TotalAmt
Program Services	$964,971	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$116,168	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$124,924	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,794,430	BOYAmt
EOY	$825,443	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$240,754	BOYAmt
EOY	$206,507	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,000	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,924	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,246	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$254,715	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$185,597	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$100,803	BOYAmt
EOY	$69,118	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$198,059	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,306,260	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,614	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,614	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,358,584	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,434,188	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,315	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,626	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,531	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,825	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,846	BOYAmt
EOY	$31,451	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,929,188	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,015,664	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$406,550	BOYAmt
EOY	$387,073	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,335,738	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,402,737	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,358,584	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,434,188	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$55,235	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$11,764	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,538,670	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,672,330	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,169,509	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,132,935	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,013,776	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,527,220	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,538,670	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,672,330	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,169,509	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,132,935	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,013,776	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,527,220	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$6,527,220	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$7,830	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$13,497	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$13,552	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$13,606	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$18,122	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$66,607	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$6,593,827	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$1,014,970	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.98990	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.99300	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$18,070	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$5,190	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$12,880	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$178,814	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$143,641	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$35,173	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$57,831	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$36,766	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$21,065	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$69,118	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Vacation payable	$6,661
Accrued payroll	$15,164

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$21,825	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,273,062	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$11,764	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$11,764	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,261,298	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,261,298	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,206,063	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,206,063	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,206,063	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X, Line 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	As of June 30, 2019, the Organization has no uncertain tax positions that qualify for recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (1)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

Organization Business Name OrganizationBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Swatek Vaughn & Bryan	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	770 Washington Ave Ste 330	AddressLine1Txt
City	Montgomery	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	36104	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	Government Affairs and Strategic Management	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	0	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Gross Receipts	$180,000	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$27,500	RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization	$152,500	NetToOrganizationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$180,000	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$27,500	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$152,500	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Love for Literacy fundraiser	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$120,714	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$120,714	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$10,313	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$2,000	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$26,599	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$3,500	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$441	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$120,714	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$120,714	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$10,313	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$2,000	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$26,599	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$3,500	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$441	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$42,853	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$77,861	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Books And Publications BooksAndPublicationsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$3,931	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Estimated market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (3 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	Program supplies and equipment	$36,103	Estimated market val
Yes (X)	Professional services	$14,935	Estimated market val
Yes (X)	Event items	$9,269	Estimated market val

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	The Finance Committee and Executive Director review and approve the Form 990. Board members are provided a copy before it is filed with the IRS. Board members are asked to confirm their receipt of the document.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	Each staff member is given a copy of the personnel policies and procedures manual which includes the conflict of interest policy. Staff members are required to sign a conflict of interest policy upon hire and once per year during a scheduled staff meeting. Each year in January, board members are required to sign a Conflict of Interest Policy Affirmation and Disclosure Statement.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	Compensation for the Executive Director is reviewed by the Operations Committee and approved by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors during April of each year. Board meeting minutes and notifications of board decisions are kept on record to substantiate any changes in compensation. The Operations Committee and/or Executive Committee of the Board of Directors reviews the pay scale annually for all other employees. Comparability data for all positions is gathered from salary reports of non-profit organizations across the state as well as from salary reports of organizations (both non-profit and for profit) within the Birmingham area.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The organization makes its Form 990 and audited financial statements available to the public through the websites guidestar.com and betterbasics.org. The organization's governing documents, etc. are available upon request.