BETTER BASICS INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: BETTER BASICS INC (EIN 63-1106040)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2017-11-15
IRS object ID: 201703199349303975
Schema version: 2016v3.0
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	2017-11-15T10:50:55-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-06-30	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	2121 2nd Avenue North Suite 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	Birmingham	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	35203	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-07-01	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	2017-11-15	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	2017-11-15	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	66.194.149.251	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2017-11-15	IPDt
IP Tm	10:02:18	IPTm
IP Timezone	CS	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	CB0F826B5C960860B53CE4AF6643A1E661D1985B	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	0A0126B9F46803F160CC76133A3C14D0017AB689	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	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	$1,486,275	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	18	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	18	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	93	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1107	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,672,330	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,169,488	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$225,625	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$200,189	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$13,497	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$13,552	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$65,617	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$67,034	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,977,069	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,450,263	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	$1,049,301	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$872,498	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$30,000	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$30,000	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$105,779	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$653,097	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$610,670	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,732,398	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,513,168	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$244,671	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$62,905	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,398,186	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,338,050	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$44,139	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$34,534	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,354,047	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,303,516	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	$374,156	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$20,250	RevenueAmt
Desc	Better Basics operated three afterschool HOPE Centers at elementary schools in Fairfield, AL during the 2016-2017 school year. At the HOPE 21st Century Community Learning 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 2016-2017 school year, 148 students participated in the program which operated every afternoon during the school year during the hours when students are most at risk (2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.). On average, 66% of students made improvements in reading/language arts. In addition, HOPE participants had better rates of school day attendance than their peers.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$243,270	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$28,000	RevenueAmt
Desc	The Reading Intervention program 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 with the goal of inspiring an enjoyment of, and an interest in, reading, while ultimately enhancing their independent reading abilities. In the 2016-2017 school year, 20 Reading Intervention teachers instructed 255 students in 11 elementary schools. More than 86% of students accelerated reading ability in our 20-week program. An additional 96 students were tutored by 92 volunteer reading mentors.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$139,905	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	The MORE program encourages fourth-grade students to read for pleasure by providing students access to a library of high-interest books. Children are encouraged to read 30 minutes per day from the library and are rewarded with books and other incentive prizes by volunteers who visit weekly to motivate students. Students complete book reports to improve and demonstrate reading comprehension and earn a book for every successful book report. Often, a MORE prize book is the first book a student has ever owned. In the 2016-2017 school year, 1,418 fourth-grade students in 62 classrooms across 20 schools were served in the Better Basics MORE program. Classroom volunteers reported that students read 15,920 books, and students and teachers received 20,687 prize and gift books. Through 2,542 hours of service, volunteers helped students become more confident readers while building their home libraries and a lifelong love for reading.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$548,384	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$151,939	RevenueAmt
Desc	Other program services in the 2016-2017 school year included Birmingham Reads, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, Ready 2 Read/Wise Words, Schoolwide Enrichment, Summer Learning, 30 A Day, and Academic Tutoring. The Birmingham Reads event ensured 12,954 elementary-aged students in Birmingham City Schools had books in their home by providing a new book for every student in pre-k through fifth grade as well as providing 700 community volunteers who served as reading role models. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library mailed 36,497 books to children birth to age five in areas of high poverty within Jefferson County. A total of 3,758 children are building home libraries through this program. In the Ready 2 Read and Wise Words programs, 2,250 second-grade students read books covering a wide range of interest areas from classroom libraries provided by Better Basics. More than 703 volunteer hours were contributed by 128 community volunteers who encouraged students to read 33,775 books. Schoolwide Enrichment gave 16,088 students in 34 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. Summer Learning worked with four community partners to provide engaging reading and math intervention to 112 at-risk students during a six-week summer program integrated into existing summer camps. The 30 A Day program led 106 students in book clubs at four community partner locations in order to combat summer learning loss. Academic Tutoring provided one-on-one tutoring in reading and mathematics at two locations in the Birmingham City area for students experiencing learning difficulties. The goal of academic tutoring is to improve students' understanding about reading and mathematics concepts and help build students' confidence. Across all programs, Better Basics reached 27,799 children and awarded 76,777 books to children, parents and teachers, with 1,107 community volunteers donating 7,766 hours of service.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$548,384	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$151,939	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,305,715	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	41	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	93	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
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	18	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	18	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
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
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 (19 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
Matthew Dennis
Director	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Will Bueche
Director	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Patty Cobb
Director	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Krystal Drummond
Director	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Scott Gewant
Director	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Waymond Jackson
Director	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Delane Myers
Director	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jsaon Holloway
Director	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Andrew Nix
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
Deborah Voltz
Director	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Tameka Wren
Director	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James Bruno
Vice President	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Milton Davis
Ad Hoc	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Shirley Fagan
President	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Ragan Cain
Treasurer	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Valerie Ramsbacher
Secretary	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Kristi Bradford
Exec. Director	40.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	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	$163,941	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Government Grants	$510,247	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$495,300	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$95,135	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,169,488	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Program service fees	Desc
Business	611710	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$200,189	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$200,189	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$200,189	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$13,552	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$13,552	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$103,025	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$36,012	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$67,013	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$67,013	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Gain on Sale of Asset	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$21	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$21	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$21	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,450,263	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$200,189	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$80,586	ExclusionAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$807,207	TotalAmt
Program Services	$715,453	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$37,006	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$54,748	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$479	TotalAmt
Program Services	$424	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$22	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$33	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,812	TotalAmt
Program Services	$57,621	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,913	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,278	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	$30,000	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$30,000	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,154	TotalAmt
Program Services	$30,214	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,590	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,350	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$20	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$100,322	TotalAmt
Program Services	$81,693	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,777	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,852	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,241	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,099	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$89	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$53	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$41,396	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,272	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,124	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,788	TotalAmt
Management And General	$13,788	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Enrichment activities	$144,044	$144,044
Materials distributed	$132,372	$132,372
Supplies and equipment	$64,582	$63,349	$797	$436
Donated services	$13,255	$11,035	$1,220	$1,000

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$43,601	TotalAmt
Program Services	$27,139	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,453	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,009	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,513,168	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,305,715	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$101,674	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$105,779	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,670,530	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,781,982	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$348,438	BOYAmt
EOY	$191,223	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,780	BOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,201	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,641	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$358,057	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$221,443	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$147,155	BOYAmt
EOY	$136,614	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$163,771	BOYAmt
EOY	$183,976	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,311	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,614	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,398,186	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,338,050	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,551	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,051	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$25,588	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,483	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$44,139	BOYAmt
EOY	$34,534	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,689,016	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,854,533	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$665,031	BOYAmt
EOY	$448,983	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,354,047	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,303,516	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,398,186	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,338,050	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$62,905	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$12,374	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	$1,512,359	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,734,513	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,538,670	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,672,330	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,169,509	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,627,381	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,512,359	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,734,513	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,538,670	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,672,330	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,169,509	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$7,627,381	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$7,627,381	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,179	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,517	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$7,830	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$13,497	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$13,552	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$39,575	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$7,666,956	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.99480	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.99620	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$17,660	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,574	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$16,086	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$156,839	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$122,087	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$34,752	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$183,558	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$97,782	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$85,776	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$136,614	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Vacation payable	$6,636
Accrued payroll	$17,847

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$24,483	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,462,637	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$12,374	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$12,374	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,450,263	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,450,263	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,513,168	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,513,168	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,513,168	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, 2017, 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
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 Howe & Ross	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	121 Coosa Street Suite 200	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	$241,982	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$30,000	RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization	$211,982	NetToOrganizationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$241,982	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$30,000	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$211,982	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Love for Literacy fundraiser	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$103,025	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$103,025	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$36,012	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$103,025	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$103,025	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$36,012	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$36,012	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$67,013	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Books And Publications BooksAndPublicationsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$12,615	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	$62,925	Estimated market val
Yes (X)	Event items	$12,170	Estimated market val
Yes (X)	Professional services	$7,425	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, Operations Director 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.