2024-03-07T19:07:41-06:00 2023-06-30 631133963 Haynes Downard LLP 3161 Cahaba Heights Road Suite 203 Birmingham AL 35243 990 2022-07-01 631106040 Better Basics Inc BETT 2059442928 1231 Second Avenue South Birmingham AL 35233 Catherine Goudreau Executive Director 2059442928 2024-03-07 1 Catherine Goudreau 999009999 1 J Max Campbell Jr P00743822 2052543380 2024-03-07 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Catherine Goudreau 1231 Second Avenue South Birmingham AL 35233 2015087 0 X www.betterbasics.org X 1994 AL Better Basics works to eradicate illiteracy among children in Central Alabama. We deliver reading and math instruction and resources to empower the educationally vulnerable. 22 22 137 773 0 0 1351048 1657449 197494 211025 23799 46661 82697 88959 1655038 2004094 0 0 0 0 1035373 1227896 30000 30000 151079 635099 770613 1700472 2028509 -45434 -24415 3102012 3083354 381040 345959 2720972 2737395 X Better Basics works to eradicate illiteracy among children in Central Alabama. We deliver reading and math instruction and resources to empower the educationally vulnerable. 0 0 832009 21st Century Community Learning Centers serves pre-k-12th-grade students in Fairfield City schools, Tarrant and Selma, AL. Our goal is to advance learning and curiosity in a nurturing environment during out-of-school hours for a gamut of students residing in an under-resourced community. During the 2022-23 academic year, we reached 238 pre-K and elementary students and 139 middle and high-school students. The HOPE 2023 summer program served 151 prek and elementary students. 469776 Reading Intervention helps elementary students grow phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills in groups of three to four. RI positions students to reach grade level on state testing. Trained, certified teachers met three times per week over 20 weeks with 374 kindergarten through fourth-grade students. We extended students' reading enjoyment and skill by gifting the cohort with 3668 quality children's books. For 2022-23, our RI students advanced 1.37 grade levels on average, with many advancing multiple grade levels.Mathematics Intervention helps elementary-school students grow mathematical-reasoning skills foundational to future success in STEM fields in groups of three to four students. Trained, certified teachers met three times per week over 20 weeks with 322 first through third-grade students. We extended students' reading enjoyment and skill by gifting the cohort with 3438 quality children's books. For 2022-23, Math concepts mastered by our MI students grew by 43.3 percentage points. 319183 Our book distribution projects put thousands of quality books in children's hands in underserved neighborhoods. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library distributes free, high-interest, age-appropriate books each month to 10,000 children aged birth through five - distributing over 100,00 books per year. Better Basics manages and funds DPIL for Jefferson and Walker counties, AL.Better Basics Reads mobilizes hundreds of volunteers in single-day events to read to over 13,000 students. Sites include elementary classrooms in each school system we serve. Each child receives a copy of the book read. Book Nooks by Better Basics are mini-libraries placed in underserved neighborhoods and stocked with free children's books for kids to keep. We install and keep these 29 structures supplied across Central Alabama. Books for Birmingham is a community-wide book distribution program operating year-round. Through partnerships with grassroots organizations, we put at least 5000 quality new books into the hands of children most at risk. 1620968 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 137 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X X X Tanya Adams 2059442928 1231 Second Avenue South Birmingham AL 35233 X Jaime Melton Anderson Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Will Avant Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Russ Bagby Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Casey Bartok Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lynn Kirkland Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Cynthia Johnson Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 Bessie Miller Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mary Steadman Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Allison Westlake Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Katherine Knighten Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jonathan Schniper Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mary Roberson Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kara Chism Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Carrie Self Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 James Webb Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Romissa Walton Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Chase Wright Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jimmy Puckett Secretary 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Amanda Saint Treasurer 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Wilson Nash Past President 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Kit Deason President 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Galvin Billups President Elect 2.00 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160582 920248 576619 38470 1657449 Program service fees 611710 211025 211025 211025 46661 46661 99952 10993 88959 88959 2004094 211025 0 135620 1138091 887711 159333 91047 89805 70048 12572 7185 9500 9500 30000 30000 40319 37843 979 1497 6340 6277 63 131853 108119 11867 11867 12544 11039 1380 125 24012 21851 2161 19187 19187 Enrichment activities 235235 235235 Materials distributed 184836 184836 Supplies and equipment 64240 55246 6424 2570 Printing and reproducti 9072 4355 4536 181 33475 4685 22246 6544 2028509 1620968 256462 151079 626539 182407 258894 422799 604601 8820 0 341794 295545 67182 46249 1642206 1728781 334466 262422 3102012 3083354 55308 90348 325732 255611 381040 345959 X 2595874 2607104 125098 130291 2720972 2737395 3102012 3083354 -24415 43929 -3091 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1013776 1485814 1208931 1339190 1657449 6705160 1013776 1485814 1208931 1339190 1657449 6705160 6705160 18122 12021 118514 -46552 46661 148766 6853926 1106243 0.97830 0.98160 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 25520 14298 11222 225805 208430 17375 90469 72817 17652 46249 Security deposits 8614 Right of use asset - operating lease 253808 262422 Lease liabilities 255611 255611 X 2044932 43929 43929 2001003 3091 3091 2004094 2028509 0 2028509 0 2028509 Part X, Line 2: As of June 30, 2023 the Organization has no uncertain tax positions that qualify for recognition or disclosure in the financial statements. X X X X X X X 1 The Bloom Group Inc 401 Adams Avenue Ste 710 Montgomery AL 36104 Government Affairs and Strategic Management 0 0 0 30000 30000 AL Love for Literacy fundraiser 99952 99952 6157 1500 3336 99952 99952 6157 1500 3336 10993 88959 X 7913 Estimated market value X Supplies and equipment 20 30557 Estimated market val 0 1 0 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. Form 990, Page 12, Part XII, Line 2c The Organization has not changed its oversight process or selection process of the audit during the current year.