Better & Faster Together
Legal name: Better & Faster Together Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 852520086
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Gloucester, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6179016794
- Rating
- 47
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Amateur Sports
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,000
- Expenses
- $4,509
- Assets
- $11,558
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STUART ABELSON (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- STUART ABELSON (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
- JENNIFER BOTT (TREASURER, DIRECTOR)
- KRISTA CRABTREE (CLERK, 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
Better & Faster Together supports athletes, parents and coaches by providing innovative curriculum and tools designed to promote a healthy, competitive environment and recognition for exemplary community role models.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization has not yet commenced full programs, as the organization was formed in 2019 and programs are still being developed. However, the the organization has established a website, available to the public, which provides basic information on the programs currently in the development stage as well as narratives on the topics of focus of the organization - sports, specifically skiing - for youth.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 65.3%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.56; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -29.1% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 50.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.