Better Together Transportation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
994972700
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Asheville, NC, USA
Phone
8282220253
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Transportation Assistance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$56,682
Expenses
$79,274
Assets
$59,540
Liabilities
$6,822

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Eugenio Perez (Chair, Director, and Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Eugenio Perez (Chair, Director, and Executive Director)
  • Felicia Riddle (Vice Chair, Treasurer and Director)
  • Tobie Stebbins (Director-at-Large)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide free, door-to-door, wheelchair-accessible transportation that connects older adults and adults with physical disabilities in Buncombe County to family, friends, worship, community activities, and services that support independence.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided 1,660 free, door-to-door rides for older adults and adults with physical mobility disabilities in Buncombe County. Rides connected participants with family and friends, worship, community activities, shopping, adult day programs, and other services supporting independence and social connection. In the November 2025 rider survey, 92% reported feeling less isolated and 94% reported improved quality of life.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 89.6%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -39.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 81.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -60.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -34.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.