Better Health for Better Living Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204107983
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Big Bear Lake, CA, USA
Phone
8313336943
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,400
Expenses
$7,703
Assets
$27,383
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

People named in this filing

  • TERESA AITON (TRUSTEE)
  • REID AITON (TRUSTEE)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The foundation expanded it's interests into the health related field of music therapy by supporting community music events and artists. Pacific grove, ca lovers point music series was the foundations first event.

What it reported doing in 2020

The foundation partnered with tribe in the sky music productions and contracted with the city of pacifica grove for two separate ongoing events. 1. Summer music series - contracted with bands & entertainers from june through august 2018 friday nights and saturday afternoons. 2. Friday night wine & art walk. The foundation also put together a stage/lighting for 10 bands for sand city's west end celebration aug. 18-19,2018 every tuesday at tribe in the sky open mic announcements of g.f.m. On fb.& donations accepted. Paint tix sold at pacific grove art 6/2/18 and 7/5/18. Raffle tickets sold @ 5 each tues nights @ t.t.s. Golf fundraiser @ assilomar 7.23.18 july 4th fundraiser music in the park and again on 8/4/18

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 6
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.3%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 50.1%; rating input score 50
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -20.4%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.55; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -52% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -43.7% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.3% of revenue deployed · 50.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2020
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.