Better Together Strengthening Families Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$20.4m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$6.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$34.8m
$176k liabilities
Net assets
$34.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
6.3 years on average
Staff
77
3,166 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
Better Together Strengthening Families Inc's network
6 people7 organisationsi6 people and 7 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (7) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alise Bartley | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Christian Spilker | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Doug Campbell | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Megan Rose | CEO | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Richard Vaughn | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Tarren Bragdon | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Hayes | CFO As of 11-16-23 | 2023 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Rose | CEO | 60 | $258k | $10k | |
| Isis Larose | VP of Strat. PRTNS. & Market Dev. | 40 | $136k | $8k | |
| Maria Hayes | CFO | 40 | $132k | $7k | |
| Kayla Palacios | VP of Operations | 40 | $128k | $8k | |
| Lora Bostick | Dir. of Development | 40 | $121k | $8k | |
| Travis McGilvary | Sr. Dir., Workforce Relations | 40 | $113k | $5k | |
| Jeffrey Bell | E.D. of Better Jobs | 40 | $102k | $10k | |
| Jessica Tharpe | COO As of 09/03/2024 | 40 | $59k | $680 | |
| Tarren Bragdon | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Alise Bartley | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Doug Campbell | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Andrea Saputo | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Christian Spilker | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Richard Vaughan | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Better Together Strengthening Families Inc
- EIN
- 475591391
- Address
- 15275 Collier Blvd Ste 201, Naples, FL, 34119-6750
- State
- Florida
- Mission
- Better together helps at-risk families by empowering parents and surrounding them with community, meaningful work opportunities, and practical support. Our volunteer-driven, professionally supported model provides direct services so that no family struggles alone. This approach prevents the need for foster care and breaks the cycle of government dependency. Better together is entirely funded... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- P99 Human services
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Human Services
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2016
- Principal officer
- Megan Rose (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 April 2016
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsMegan Rose
≥8years on the filingsTarren Bragdon
≥6years on the filingsDoug Campbell
≥5years on the filingsChristian Spilker
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $34.8m
- Total liabilities
- $176k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $34.6m
- Contributions and grants received
- $19.2m
- Program service revenue
- $3k
- Grants and similar paid out
- $42k
- Employees
- 77
- Volunteers
- 3,166