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FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE

FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being AFTAB AND GUL CUMBER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.3M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$1.0M
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Foundation for a Better Life does

Programs

  1. Development and display of billboards and print ads promoting quality values for all individuals regardless of their race or religion.

    $971,434 spent
  2. Production and distribution to television outlets of spots promoting quality values for all individuals regardless of their race or religion.

    $625,171 spent
  3. Development and maintenance of a website which promotes quality values for all individuals regardless of their race or religion.

    $112,603 spent
  4. Production and distribution to social media outlets promoting quality values for all individuals regardless of their race or religion.

    $35,970 spent

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($1.6M) Expenses 100 ($1.7M) Net assets 100 ($334k)2021 Revenue 131 ($2.0M) Expenses 71 ($1.2M) Net assets 344 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 158 ($2.5M) Expenses 108 ($1.9M) Net assets 520 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 84 ($1.3M) Expenses 91 ($1.6M) Net assets 436 ($1.5M)2024 Revenue 86 ($1.3M) Expenses 102 ($1.8M) Net assets 303 ($1.0M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (86)Expenses (102)Net assets (303)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 2021 to 2022, from $1.2M to $1.8M (+51%).

$691k
$1.2M
$1.8M
$1.5M
$1.1M
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

20202021202220232024
Listed78888
Joined·+1+0+0+0
No longer listed·0000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'17
total
funders
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $5.5M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Anschutz Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE raised.

From the IRS filings of FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE’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

FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 1 state in all.

FL

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

FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE is better cushioned than half of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Months of reserve7.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

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

Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Colorado

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE?
FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being AFTAB AND GUL CUMBER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE.
Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE?
AFTAB AND GUL CUMBER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR A BETTER LIFE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2020–2024), 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