A Better Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263820795
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Chanhassen, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6125671005
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $102,002
- Expenses
- $62,160
- Assets
- $123,143
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- HEATHER TRAN (EXECUTIVE DI)
- KHAI TRAN (BOARD CHAIR)
- CLIFF MACLEOD (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated in 2008 with the goal of strengthening communities by using a unique approach. We take new social ideas, incubate them, and scale them into sustainable projects.
What it reported doing in 2024
A better society (abs) continued its leadership in delivering high-impact projects that strengthen and connect our community. Project life-cycle, abs's first initiative launched in 2008, remains one of our most meaningful efforts. In 2024, the program provided over 540 bikes to individuals in need. Volunteers played a key role by repairing and restoring bikes donated by community members, ensuring access to basic transportation for many throughout the county. Through our mobile bike repair clinics, abs offered free repairs at seven community events, helping fix 262 bikes and keeping residents safely on the move. Abs also hosted three fix-it clinics, where volunteers helped community members repair household items-reducing waste and promoting sustainability. In partnership with carver county, abs took a leadership role in developing the carver county family resource center (frc). This multi-year collaboration brings together organizations and agencies to provide essential services and support for families. Located in chaska, the frc serves as a welcoming hub where families and caregivers can access trusted resources and build meaningful connections that help them thrive.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.4%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 97.5%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 39.1%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 35.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -13.2% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 82.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.4% of revenue deployed · 97.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.