A BETTER CITY INC

Programs

1. Transportation & infrastructure:a better city executed a multifaceted campaign including producing an educational video to help secure a $335 million federal grant to advance the once-in-a-generation I-90 allston multimodal project. A better city also developed innovative transportation finance strategies, took a leadership role on the governor's transportation funding task force, and provided critical feedback to mbta leadership to support the completion of the track improvement plan to remove all slow zones from the subway system for the first time in 20 years. Additionally, a better city continued to efficiently manage two transportation management associations committed to promising more sustainable commuting.

   $1,138,078 spent$688,505 earned by the program
   62% of program spending

2. Land use & development:a better city continued to oversee greenway business improvement district operations, rolling out new efforts to support public art, activation, and tourism on the greenway. Additionally, a better city intensified efforts to shape city of boston planning and development initiatives and state regulations to support housing and commercial development.

   $103,734 spent
   6% of program spending

3. Environment & energy:through research, policy, programming and education, a better city works with members to give voice to the business community on energy and environmental issues. A better city conducts research and builds coalitions on topics relevant to advancing climate change mitigation and adaptation of the built environment, including buildings policy, extreme heat, and workforce development.

   $523,783 spent$90,155 earned by the program
   29% of program spending

4. Membership-supported program services:the organization is a membership-based organization described in section 501(c)(6) of the internal revenue code. Its primary source of program service revenue is membership dues, which support all programmatic activities on an integrated basis. Members receive access to the organization's full platform of policy development, research, and stakeholder engagement across transportation, environment, and land use initiatives, rather than to separately priced program services. Because these activities are delivered collectively, membership dues cannot be meaningfully attributed to individual program service categories. Accordingly, such revenue is reported within membership-supported program services in part iii, which represents programmatic activities funded by general membership dues across all program areas. This category also includes certain program service expenses associated with membership activities, including personnel, communications, and other costs related to member engagement, education, and support, which are similarly not allocated to specific program service categories.

   $57,600 spent$1,206,570 earned by the program
   3% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,823,195.