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The Better Life Foundation Inc

To raise funds for children in need of food, shelter, & medical assistance as well as for the enhancement of chidlren & young adults wiht special needs.

$167k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$515kYouth Development$126kHealth$80kReligion$76kInternational$50kPublic Benefit$30kCrime & Legal$20kHousing & Shelter$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $147,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $167,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $19,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$351k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$50,000
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST MEN$25,000
PROMISE KEEPERS$20,000
MULHERIN HOME$15,000
SAFE HARBOR OHIO$10,000
NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY$10,000
CHAPLAINS WELL$10,000
TEAM FOCUS$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MULHERIN HOME: $15k → 19%BACA INTERNATIONAL INC: $5k → 14%OPERATION FIRST RESPONSES INC: $15k → 8%MULHERIN HOME: $15k → 19%MULHERIN HOME: $15k → 19%MULHERIN HOME: $15k → 19%MULHERIN HOME: $15k → 19%MULHERIN HOME: $15k → 19%MULHERIN HOME: $15k → 19%MULHERIN HOME: $15k → 19%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE - MOBILE: $5k → 19%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE - MOBILE: $5k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
MA
OR
OH
NJ
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
MS
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$586k · 16 repeat orgs$376k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
22

Total granted

$586k
$261k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
0%

Still filing today

88%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPublic BenefitReligionArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MC
    Mulherin Custodial Home Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $120k · revenue +20%
  • CW
    Chaplains Well Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +55% · 98% of their budget
  • CI
    CHEROKEE INDIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $35k · revenue +13% · 30% of their budget

Funded once

  • HC
    HOPE CITY LIVE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • RS
    RIPTIDE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · $27k
  • MP
    MISSION POSSIBLE
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -30%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
2
Head Strong Project Inc

The head strong project (headstrong) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 that provides barrier-free, stigma-free ptsd treatment to veterans, transitioning service members, and family members connected to their care.

Health
3
Triple Bravo Initaive

To empower and support veterans.

Public Benefit
4
Operation One Voice Inc

Operation one voice (o1v) is a volunteer-based nonprofit dedicated to providing immediate financial assistance, programs, and resources to wounded and fallen special operations forces (sof) warriors and their families. through fundraising,…

Human Services
5
Veteran Strong Usa

Veteran and 1st Reponders equine therapy

Public Benefit
6
Frontline to Field Foundation

Frontline to field is a nonprofit organization founded from the hearts of two individuals deeply committed to the well-being of those who serve and sacrifice for others. inspired by their personal connections to the military, first…

Recreation & Sports
7
Homes Fit for Heroes Inc
Health
8
Revive Inc

Empowering individuals on their journey to lasting recovery. our team of dedicated professionals offer a dynamic blend of therapeutic support and personal empowerment. we dont just offer recovery; we provide a roadmap to your vibrant…

Health
9
Miracle House Foundation

To help individuals who may otherwise not be able to meet the level of care necessary for them to achieve long-term sobriety.

Unclassified
10
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc

The tragedy assistance program for survivors (taps) is america's national nonprofit organization that has cared for the loved ones of our nation's fallen heroes since 1994. taps ensures these living legacies of service and sacrifice do not…

Health
11
Hush No More

We provide support to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, child sexual abuse, and incest.

Health
12
Brian Bill Foundation Inc

1) the brian bill foundation offers the latest therapeutic techniques for warriors suffering from combat post-traumatic stress, mild traumatic brain injury and chronic pain in a unique format that unites eight active and/or former special…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gulf Coast Children's Advocacy Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is HINDERLESS22-the Ronnie Mcnutt Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
18/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHEROKEE BOYS CLUB INC: $66,000 · OtherCHEROKEE BOYS CLUB INCHOPE CITY LIVE INC: $50,000 · OtherHOPE CITY LIVE INCNORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST MEN: $25,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST MENCELISSE'S SCHOOL OF EQUESTRIAN ARTS: $20,000 · OtherCELISSE'S SCHOOL OF EQUESTRIAN ARTSWILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · OtherMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUN…DOORS OF HOPE: $20,000 · OtherDOORS OF HOPE+10 more: $78,500 · Other+10 moreMulherin Custodial Home Inc: $120,000 · Human ServicesMulherin Custodial Ho…PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 · Human ServicesPALMER HOME FOR CHILD…OPERATION FIRST RESPONSE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION FIRST RESPO…SAFE HARBOR OHIO INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HARBOR OHIO INCRonald McDonald House Charities of Mobile Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesRonald McDonald House…+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesChaplains Well Inc: $60,000 · Public BenefitChaplains We…RIPTIDE SOCIETY: $27,000 · Public BenefitRIPTIDE SOCI…HINDERLESS22-THE RONNIE MCNUTT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Public BenefitHINDERLESS22…Guitars For Vets Inc: $5,000 · Public BenefitSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $50,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S…AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC: $21,400 · ReligionAMERICAN LE…PROMISE KEEPERS: $20,000 · ReligionPROMISE KEE…GET STRONG MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · ReligionGET STRONG …TEAM FOCUS INC: $88,500 · Youth DevelopmentTEAM FOCUS …GULF COAST CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGULF COAST …CHEROKEE INDIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $35,000 · HealthCHEROKEE I…The Shafer Center for Crisis Intervention: $15,000 · HealthThe Shafer…METAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $10,000 · HealthMETAVIVOR …6 33 RECOVERY INC: $10,000 · Health6 33 RECOV…PROJECT CAMP INC: $10,000 · HealthPROJECT CA…MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · HealthMUSCULAR D…TEDY'S TEAM INC: $5,000 · HealthTEDY'S TEA…NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureMISSION POSSIBLE: $20,000 · Arts & CultureLIVENATIONORG FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$324,500Human Services$185,000Public Benefit$102,000Religion$101,400Youth Development$98,500Health$90,000Arts & Culture$60,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMulherin Custodial Home Inc: $120,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetTEAM FOCUS INC: $88,500 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetChaplains Well Inc: $60,000 over 7y, 98% of budgetMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHEROKEE INDIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 5y, 30% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRIPTIDE SOCIETY: $27,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetPALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC: $21,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION POSSIBLE: $20,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetPROMISE KEEPERS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDOORS OF HOPE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCELISSE'S SCHOOL OF EQUESTRIAN ARTS: $20,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetWILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOPERATION FIRST RESPONSE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetThe Shafer Center for Crisis Intervention: $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGULF COAST CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGET STRONG MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ALABAMA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAFE HARBOR OHIO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLIVENATIONORG FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHINDERLESS22-THE RONNIE MCNUTT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetEblen Charities Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget6 33 RECOVERY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNikki Mitchell Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPROJECT CAMP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLUTHER BURBANK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEDY'S TEAM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGuitars For Vets Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBACA International Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPORTS FOR LIFE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 73% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Gibson Gives Foundati…The Community Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…Baird Foundation IncThe Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Charities Aid Foundat…Network for GoodRenaissance Charitabl…The Bank of America C…
Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson GivesTN15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Better Life Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Better Life Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 51%
  • Gulf Coast Children's Advocacy Center Inc: 51% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to The Better Life Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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