STRATEGY STUDIO / PUBLIC DATA EXPLORER

BETTER LIFE CHILDREN SERVICES: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization
BETTER LIFE CHILDREN SERVICES (EIN 68-0247352)
Tax period
2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed
2011-08-07
IRS object ID
201102209349300205
Schema version
2010v3.4
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2011-08-07T20:25:59-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2010-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1McNeils Accounting and TaxesBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line110910 W Peoria CircleAddressLine1
CityMiamiCity
StateOKState
ZIP Code74354ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2010-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN680247352EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1BETTER LIFE CHILDREN SERVICESBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlBETTNameControl

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11337 HOWE AVENUEAddressLine1
CitySACRAMENTOCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code958253305ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameVIRGINIA JOHNSONName
TitleTREASURERTitle
Phone9166410661Phone
Date Signed2011-08-02DateSigned
Authorize Third PartyfalseAuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameJohn H McNeil CPAName
Phone9185429126Phone
Date Prepared2011-08-07DatePrepared
Self EmployedXSelfEmployed
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2010TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts256640GrossReceipts
Group Return For AffiliatesfalseGroupReturnForAffiliates
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Web SiteWWW.BETTER-LIFE.ORGWebSite
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Year Formation1991YearFormation
State Legal DomicileCAStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionTO PROVIDE QUALITY CULTURALLY SENSITIVE THERAPUTIC FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WE PROMOTE AND SUPPORT GOOD CITIZENSHIP RESPONSIBILE BEHAVIOR AND SELF RELIANCEActivityOrMissionDescription
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Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
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Other Revenue Current Year0OtherRevenueCurrentYear
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Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
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Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY-55269NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission DescriptionTO PROVIDE QUALITY CULTURALLY SENSITIVE THERAPUTIC FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WE PROMOTE AND SUPPORT GOOD CITIZENSHIP RESPONSIBILE BEHAVIOR AND SELF RELIANCEMissionDescription
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Significant ChangefalseSignificantChange
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DescriptionRECURITING TRAINING AND CERTIFYING FOSTER PARENTS PROVIDING TEMPORARY PLACEMENT AND CARE TO HIGH RISK FOSTER CHILDREN PROVIDING PSYCHOTHERAPY TO FOSTER CHILDREN IN PLACEMENTDescription

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Revenue40000Revenue
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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GamingfalseGaming
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Schedule J RequiredfalseScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt BondsfalseTaxExemptBonds
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Loan To Officer Or DQPfalseLoanToOfficerOrDQP
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Partial LiquidationfalsePartialLiquidation
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Foreign Financial AccountfalseForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party NotificationfalseTaxablePartyNotification
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Quid Pro Quo ContributionsfalseQuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed OffalseForm8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay PremiumsfalseFundsToPayPremiums
Premiums PaidfalsePremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning ServicesfalseIndoorTanningServices
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Nbr Voting Governing Body Members5NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Minutes Of Governing BodytrueMinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of CommitteestrueMinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing AddressfalseOfficerMailingAddress
Local ChaptersfalseLocalChapters
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Conflict Of Interest PolicytrueConflictOfInterestPolicy
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Regular Monitoring EnforcementtrueRegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower PolicytrueWhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention PolicytrueDocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEOtrueCompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process OthertrueCompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint VenturefalseInvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is FiledCAStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon RequestXUponRequest

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name PersonWINIFRED MCNEILNamePerson
Telephone Number9166410661TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11337 HOWE AVENUE SUITE 107AddressLine1
CitySACRAMENTOCity
StateCAState
ZIP Code958253305ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons CompensatedXNoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (5 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensationOfficerOfficer
IRMA SAMUEL
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MARGRETTA CANNON
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BELINDA WHITE-TURNER
SECRETARY3.00000X
ELLIS RHYM
PRESIDENT2.00000X
VIRGINIA JOHNSON
TREASURER3.00000X
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Compensation From Other SourcesfalseCompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions1455AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions1455TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionBusiness CodeBusinessCodeTotal Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnRelated Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
FOSTER CARE624110215185215185
ADOPTION6241104000040000
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue255185TotalProgramServiceRevenue

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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

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Total89750Total
Program Services68385ProgramServices
Management And General21365ManagementAndGeneral

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total11300Total
Program Services7416ProgramServices
Management And General3884ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total7160Total
Program Services5451ProgramServices
Management And General1709ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total5000Total
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Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Advertising Advertising

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Total233Total
Program Services233ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

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Total2911Total
Program Services2804ProgramServices
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Occupancy Occupancy

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Management And General6112ManagementAndGeneral

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total140Total
Management And General140ManagementAndGeneral

Interest Interest

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total7781Total
Program Services118ProgramServices
Management And General7663ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total5772Total
Program Services4670ProgramServices
Management And General1102ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total10224Total
Program Services9508ProgramServices
Management And General716ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

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LEASED EQUIPMENT58835606277
LICENSE & FEES53985398
TRAINING FEES22362236

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Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Fundraising0Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

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Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

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BOY8771BOY
EOY3473EOY

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

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Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

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BOY11306BOY
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Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org509a2XPubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years75CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years3975CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year3975CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year1455CurrentTaxYear
Total41793Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years460309CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years422650CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years460384CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years426625CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year405796CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year256640CurrentTaxYear
Total2090986Total
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

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Total2Total

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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years426627CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
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Current Tax Year256640CurrentTaxYear
Total2090988Total
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Investment Income Percentage0.00000InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 TaxfalseForm4720Filed4955Tax

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

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Other Cost Or Other Basis61221OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation57748Depreciation
Book Value3473BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings3473TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Assets OtherAssets (2 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionBook ValueBookValue
SECURITY DEPOSIT3586
WORKERS COMP DEPOSIT549
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Total Book Value Other Assets4135TotalBookValueOtherAssets

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

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DescriptionVECHICLE CONTRACT PAYABLEDescription
Amount$7,228Amount
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts7228TotalOfAmounts

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierExplanationExplanation
01. Form 990 governing body review (Part VI, line 11)FORM 990 REVIEWED BY THE GOVERNING BODY PRIOR TO FILING DURING THEIR MEETING
02. Conflict of interest policy compliance (Part VI, line 12c)THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS REGULARY MONITORED IN THE COURSE OF MEETINGS OR ACTIVITIES BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ANY INTEREST IN TRANSACTION OR DECISION WHERE THEY INCLUDING THEIR BUSINESS OR OTHER NONPROFIT AFFILIATION THEIR FAMILY ANDOR SIGNIFICANT OTHER EMPLOYER OR CLOSE ASSOCIATES WILL RECEIVE A BENEFIT OR GAIN AFTER DISCLOSURE THE BOARD MEMBER IS ASKED TO LEAVE THE ROOM FOR THE DISCUSSION AND IS NOT PERMITTED TO VOTE ON THE MATTER
03. CEO, executive director, top management comp (Part VI, line 15a)THE GOVERNING BOARD REVIEW COMPARABILITY DATA PRIOR TO DETERMINING COMPENSATION
04. Other officer or key employee compensation (Part VI, line 15bTHE GOVERNING BOARD REVIEW COMPARABILITY DATA PRIOR TO DETERMINING COMPENSATION
05. Governing documents, etc, available to public (Part VI, line 19)NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
06. Explanation of other changes in net assets or fund balances (Part XI, line 5)A CHECK FROM PRIOR YEAR WAS LOST AND VOIDED IN 2010 YEAR