Better U
EIN 20-3752045 · files IRS 990-PF
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 6 grants · $505.0k
Who it funds most
0 of its 4 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Better U's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 4 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2023, filing 202411309349100001
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
A year with no bar has no grants on file yet: its returns may not be loaded. It is not a year without giving.
Its returns8 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IRS 990-PF | 202601189349100340 | IRS batch file |
| 2024 | IRS 990-PF | 202511429349100516 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS 990-PF | 202411309349100001 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS 990-PF | 202311149349100531 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS 990-PF | 202231339349104493 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS 990-PF | 202101379349102005 | IRS batch file |
| 2019 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202011829349101326 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS 990-PF | 201901429349100805 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Better U made 10 grants across 2018–2020, totalling $862.3k as filed.
- Grants
- 10
- Total, as filed
- $862.3k
- Years
- 2018–2020
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION - KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CAMPAIGN | 1 | $200.0k |
| EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE | 1 | $200.0k |
| NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND INC | 1 | $200.0k |
| CENTER FOR WELLNESS AND ACHIEVEMENT IN EDUCATION | 1 | $122.3k |
| FOOD FINDERS - THE FARMLINK PROJECT | 1 | $50.0k |
| BLACK GIRLS CODE | 1 | $25.0k |
| CITIZENS FOR DEMOCRACY | 1 | $25.0k |
| FEED MY SHEEP INC | 1 | $20.0k |
| CALVARY CHAPEL SOUTH MAUI FOOD PANTRY | 1 | $10.0k |
| KIMOKEO FOUNDATION | 1 | $10.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | $122.3k |
| 2020 | 9 | $740.0k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-203752045. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified