Nonprofit · EIN 87-4053165
BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL
Tax-exempt · COSTA MESA, CA 92626
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990-EZ | $112,304 | $82,174 | $30,130 | $33,670 | $0 | $33,670 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990-EZ | $48,332 | $50,850 | -$2,518 | $3,540 | $0 | $3,540 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990-EZ | $17,742 | $19,115 | -$1,373 | $6,074 | – | $6,074 |
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $112,304
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $80,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Professional fees and payments to contractors
- $1,000
- Other expenses
- $1,174
- Program services (functional)
- $80,000
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,540
- Total assets, end of year
- $33,670
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $33,670
- Cash, savings and investments
- $33,670
- Gross receipts
- $112,304
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONATHAN STEERS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| LISSETT STEERS | SECRETARY & TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| LOUIS STEERS | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| CAITLIN REYNA | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| ERIC BERMAN | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| DOUGLAS DIAKITE | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONATHAN STEERS | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| LISSETT STEERS | SECRETARY & TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| LOUIS STEERS | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2023: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONATHAN STEERS | PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 |
| LISSETT STEERS | SECRETARY AND TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| LOUIS STEERS | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 229 PRINCETON DR, COSTA MESA, CA 92626-6124
- In care of
- % JONATHAN STEERS
- Mailing address (990-N for 2021)
- 229 Princeton Dr, Costa Mesa CA 92626
- Principal officer (990-N for 2021)
- Jonathan Steers, 229 Princeton Dr, Costa Mesa CA 92626
- Signed the 990-EZ
- JONATHAN STEERS, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (562) 822-5690
- Return prepared by
- CONSIDINE & CONSIDINE
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 87-4053165 or by the name BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL'S MISSION IS TO ESTABLISH SAFE HAVENS AND PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT, INCLUDING EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT, FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN, FOSTERING MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
Program accomplishments
- AT BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL, OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT TO ORPHANED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN HAITI, ENSURING ALL THEIR ESSENTIAL NEEDS ARE MET WHILE DELIVERING TOP-TIER EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT OPPORTUNITIES. CURRENTLY, OUR CORE PROGRAM CENTERS ON DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE LIVES OF THESE CHILDREN BY:- MEETING ESSENTIAL NEEDS: WE ARE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE FUNDAMENTAL NECESSITIES THAT THESE CHILDREN REQUIRE TO THRIVE, INCLUDING NUTRITIOUS FOOD, SAFE SHELTER WITHIN EXISTING COMMUNITY STRUCTURES, ADEQUATE CLOTHING, ACCESS TO CRUCIAL MEDICAL CARE, AND CONSISTENT EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT. OUR COMMITMENT IS TO ENSURING THEIR WELL-BEING ON EVERY LEVEL.- DELIVERING TOP-TIER EDUCATION: RECOGNIZING THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF EDUCATION, WE OPERATE A SCHOOL THAT CURRENTLY SERVES NEARLY 200 CHILDREN. OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO BE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, FOSTERING INTELLECTUAL GROWTH, CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, AND A LIFELONG LOVE OF LEARNING. WE STRIVE TO EQUIP THESE YOUNG MINDS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO BREAK CYCLES OF POVERTY AND BUILD SUCCESSFUL FUTURES.- EMPOWERING FOR INDEPENDENCE: BEYOND BASIC NEEDS AND EDUCATION, WE ACTIVELY WORK TO EMPOWER THESE CHILDREN. OUR INITIATIVES FOCUS ON BUILDING THEIR SELF CONFIDENCE, FOSTERING RESILIENCE, AND DEVELOPING CRUCIAL LIFE SKILLS. WE AIM TO INSTILL A SENSE OF AGENCY AND EQUIP THEM WITH THE TOOLS THEY WILL NEED FOR LONG-TERM INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY AS THEY MATURE. A KEY ELEMENT IN OUR CURRENT PROGRAM DELIVERY IS OUR VALUED PARTNERSHIP WITH FOOD FOR THE POOR. THIS COLLABORATION SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCES OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT AND RELIABLE RESOURCES, ENSURING THE NUTRITIONAL AND MATERIAL WELL-BEING OF THE CHILDREN WE SUPPORT. OUR FUTURE GOAL: ESTABLISHING SAFE HAVENSLOOKING AHEAD, A SIGNIFICANT FUTURE GOAL FOR BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DEDICATED SAFE HAVENS IN THE HAITIAN COUNTRYSIDE. WE ENVISION CREATING PURPOSE-BUILT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORPHANAGES THAT WILL OFFER A SECURE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT, SHIELDING CHILDREN FROM THE DANGERS PREVALENT IN URBAN AREAS. THESE FUTURE SAFE HAVENS WILL ALLOW US TO FURTHER EXPAND OUR CAPACITY TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT, TOP-TIER EDUCATION, AND EMPOWERMENT WITHIN A STABLE AND PROTECTIVE SETTING. OUR PRESENT EFFORTS ARE INTENSELY FOCUSED ON MAXIMIZING THE IMPACT OF OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS, ENSURING THE CHILDREN WE SERVE RECEIVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY CARE, EDUCATION, AND THE TOOLS FOR EMPOWERMENT. WE ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY LAYING THE GROUNDWORK AND BUILDING THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO REALIZE OUR FUTURE VISION OF ESTABLISHING SAFE HAVENS THAT WILL PROVIDE AN EVEN MORE SECURE AND COMPREHENSIVE FOUNDATION FOR THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.Expenses $80,000 · grants $80,000
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990-EZ on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 87-4053165
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2022
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations (T30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $33,670
- Income (IRS master file)
- $112,304
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990-EZ | December 2025 | $112,304 | $82,174 | $33,670 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2024 | $48,332 | $50,850 | $3,540 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2023 | $17,742 | $19,115 | $6,074 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2021 Officer: Jonathan Steers | December 31, 2021 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 87-4053165).
Questions about BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL
- What is the EIN of BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL is 87-4053165.
- Is BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2022.
- Are donations to BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL?
- The 990-N for 2021 names Jonathan Steers.
- Who are the officers and directors of BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL?
- The 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 6 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does BETTER TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL have?
- On its 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $112,304, expenses of $82,174 and total assets of $33,670 at year end.
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