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Better Giving Inc

Better Giving Inc (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $18,751 to it, the largest being GEZELLIG FOUNDATION ($18,751). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.0M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$19k
Net assets
$454k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Better Giving Inc does

Mission

At Better Giving were committed to breaking down the financial barriers that nonprofits face. Through free donation processing savings and investment tools we equip nonprofits with the resources they need to create impact not only today but long into the future.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Program: Donation Processing Compliance and Grants Administration. Better Giving operates a nonprofit fundraising and financial infrastructure platform designed to make charitable giving more accessible secure and effective for organizations of all sizes. As our primary program service we receive charitable contributions directly from donors process these gifts across multiple payment types maintain donor intent and administer the full compliance and documentation required before issuing grants to the intended beneficiary nonprofits. This includes accepting and processing credit and debit cards ACH transfers employer-matched gifts and increasingly complex non-traditional assets such as cryptocurrency and publicly traded securities. Our program ensures donor contributions are received verified and distributed accurately enabling nonprofits to access funding efficiently and with reduced administrative overhead. We perform due diligence to confirm the charitable status and eligibility of recipient organizations maintain anti-fraud safeguards and manage settlement processes that would otherwise be costly or technically burdensome for many nonprofits-particularly small and mid-sized…

    $1,161,203 spentof which $1,161,203 as grants
    83% of program spending
  2. Program: Financial Growth Services for Nonprofits Savings & Investment Fund. Better Giving provides nonprofits with accessible low-cost financial growth services designed to strengthen long-term stability build healthy reserves and expand organizational capacity. This program includes two integrated offerings: an FDIC-insured Savings option for short- and medium-term reserves and a professionally managed Sustainability Fund designed to support long-term growth for mission-driven organizations. Together these services form a comprehensive financial empowerment program that enables nonprofits of all sizes to steward resources responsibly operate with greater confidence and support future mission priorities. Through our Savings program nonprofits can hold idle or unallocated funds in interest-bearing accounts that help preserve purchasing power and reduce financial vulnerability. Many small and mid-sized organizations lack access to straightforward nonprofit-specific savings tools or face administrative hurdles in opening and managing multiple accounts. Better Giving simplifies this process by providing a centralized user-friendly structure in which organizations can allocate funds…

    $138,405 spent
    10% of program spending
  3. Program: Fiscal Sponsorship. Better Giving provides fiscal sponsorship services that enable mission-aligned charitable initiatives-particularly international nonprofits and emerging community projects-to receive U.S. tax-deductible contributions and access compliant transparent financial management without needing to establish their own U.S. 501c3 entity. This program expands access to the U.S. philanthropic landscape lowers administrative and regulatory barriers for smaller or non-U.S. organizations and ensures that charitable projects around the world can benefit from resources donors and opportunities that would otherwise be inaccessible. As part of this program Better Giving conducts due diligence to confirm that sponsored organizations and sponsored activities meet IRS requirements for charitable purpose public benefit and allowable use of funds. We oversee gift acceptance maintain donor records and ensure that funds received for sponsored partners are used exclusively for their stated charitable activities. This includes compliance measures related to expenditure responsibility anti-money-laundering controls organizational verification and ongoing monitoring. For…

    $92,270 spent
    7% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,391,878.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($131k) Expenses 100 ($28k) Net assets 100 ($118k)2024 Revenue 1494 ($2.0M) Expenses 5983 ($1.6M) Net assets 384 ($454k)
20232024
Revenue (1494)Expenses (5983)Net assets (384)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $118k to $454k (+284%).

$118k
$454k
20232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of Better Giving Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,052 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$104k
’23
$311k
’24
2.2
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'25*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Better Giving Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of Better Giving Inc's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Better Giving Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · above the median
Months of reserve2.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1394% · outside the comparable range

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 15%Fundraising 1%

Governance

3
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds Better Giving Inc?
Better Giving Inc (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $18,751 to it, the largest being GEZELLIG FOUNDATION ($18,751). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Better Giving Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $18,751 in grants to Better Giving Inc.
Who is the largest funder of Better Giving Inc?
GEZELLIG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $18,751 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Better Giving Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing