BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU FOUNDATION OF EL PASO: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU FOUNDATION OF EL PASO (EIN 74-2843049)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-08-01
IRS object ID: 202512139349300421
Schema version: 2024v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-08-01T13:43:34-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PENA BRIONES MCDANIEL & CO PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4171 N MESA SUITE B-100	AddressLine1Txt
City	EL PASO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	799021498	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	742843049	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	OF EL PASO	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% ELIZABETH TERRAZAS	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	BETT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9155770195	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	550 PAISANO DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	EL PASO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	79901	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MARINA ARDOVINOS	PersonNm
Person Title	CHAIR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9155770195	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-07-03	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	RENE D PENA CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00533121	PTIN
Phone	9155421733	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	MARINA ARDOVINOS	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	550 PAISANO DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	EL PASO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	79901	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$663,626	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.ELPASO.BBB.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1997	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO PROVIDE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY IN THE MARKET PLACE THROUGH VOLUNTARY COOPERATION OF THE BUSINESSES AND EDUCATION OF CONSUMERS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	21	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$358	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$790,315	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$607,368	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$118,563	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$34,750	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$908,878	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$642,118	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$75,035	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$87,167	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$773,163	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$593,069	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$848,198	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$680,236	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$60,680	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$38,118	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$613,255	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$567,483	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$603,502	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$595,848	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$9,753	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	-$28,365	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	TO PROVIDE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY IN THE MARKET PLACE THROUGH VOLUNTARY COOPERATION OF THE BUSINESSES AND EDUCATION OF CONSUMERS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$603,395	ExpenseAmt
Desc	BBB COMMUNITY EDUCATION	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$603,395	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	1	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	false	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ELIZABETH TERRAZAS	PersonNm
Phone	9155770195	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	550 PAISANO DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	EL PASO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	79901	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd
MARYBETH STEVENS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	10.0	30.0	Yes (X)	$20,280	$60,841	$0
ELIZABETH TERRAZAS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	10.0	30.0	Yes (X)	$14,231	$42,692	$0
LEE CHAYES
PAST CHAIR	0.5	0.5	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
SEAN IHORN
TREASURER	0.48	0.48	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MARINA ARDOVINO
CHAIR	0.46	0.46	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MARGIE AGUILAR
SECRETARY	0.5	0.5	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
RAUL GOMEZ
VICE CHAIR	0.46	0.46	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$34,511	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$103,533	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$601,259	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$6,109	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$607,368	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Personal	$56,258	PersonalAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Personal	$21,508	PersonalAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$34,750	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$34,750	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$34,392	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$358	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$642,118	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$34,392	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$358	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,511	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,334	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,177	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$52,656	TotalAmt
Program Services	$30,992	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,664	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,412	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,412	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,740	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,253	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$487	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$931	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$931	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,141	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,141	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
EMPLOYEE LEASING	$12,473	$8,981	$3,492
UTILITIES	$10,967	$7,896	$3,071
MISCELLANEOUS	$6,628	$5,434	$1,194
MEMBER AND BOARD MEETINGS	$363	$327	$36

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$548,414	TotalAmt
Program Services	$519,178	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$29,236	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$680,236	TotalAmt
Program Services	$603,395	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$76,841	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$107,558	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,286	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$643,239	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$146,042	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$505,697	BOYAmt
EOY	$497,197	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$613,255	BOYAmt
EOY	$567,483	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$68,448	BOYAmt
EOY	$32,886	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$535,054	BOYAmt
EOY	$562,962	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$603,502	BOYAmt
EOY	$595,848	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,753	BOYAmt
EOY	-$28,365	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,753	BOYAmt
EOY	-$28,365	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$613,255	BOYAmt
EOY	$567,483	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$38,118	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (true)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Supporting Organization509a3	Yes (X)	SupportingOrganization509a3Ind
Supporting Org Type1	Yes (X)	SupportingOrgType1Ind
Supported Organizations	1	SupportedOrganizationsCnt

Supported Org Information SupportedOrgInformationGrp

Supported Organization Name SupportedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF EL PASO	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	741204252	EIN
Organization Type	8	OrganizationTypeCd
Governing Document Listed	Yes (true)	GoverningDocumentListedInd
Support	$0	SupportAmt
Other Support	$0	OtherSupportAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Supported Organizations Total	1	SupportedOrganizationsTotalCnt
Support Sum	$0	SupportSumAmt
Other Support Sum	$0	OtherSupportSumAmt

Form990 Sch A Supporting Org Form990SchASupportingOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Listed By Name Governing Doc	Yes (true)	ListedByNameGoverningDocInd
Suprt Org No IRS Determination	false	SuprtOrgNoIRSDeterminationInd
Supported Org Section C456	false	SupportedOrgSectionC456Ind
Supported Org Not Organized US	false	SupportedOrgNotOrganizedUSInd
Organization Change Suprt Org	false	OrganizationChangeSuprtOrgInd
Support Non Supported Org	false	SupportNonSupportedOrgInd
Payment Substantial Contribtr	false	PaymentSubstantialContribtrInd
Loan Disqualified Person	false	LoanDisqualifiedPersonInd
Controlled Disqualified Prsn	false	ControlledDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Disqualified Prsn Controll Int	false	DisqualifiedPrsnControllIntInd
Disqualified Prsn Ownr Int	false	DisqualifiedPrsnOwnrIntInd
Excess Business Holdings Rules	false	ExcessBusinessHoldingsRulesInd
Contribution Controller	false	ContributionControllerInd
Contribution Family	false	ContributionFamilyInd
Contribution35 Controlled	false	Contribution35ControlledInd

Form990 Sch A Type1 Suprt Org Form990SchAType1SuprtOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Power Appoint Majority Dir Trst	Yes (true)	PowerAppointMajorityDirTrstInd
Operate Benefit Non Suprt Org	false	OperateBenefitNonSuprtOrgInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$292,500	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$292,500	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$289,161	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$85,183	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$203,978	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Leasehold Improvements		LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$61,578	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$60,859	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$719	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Land Buildings		OtherLandBuildingsGrp
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$497,197	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	DUE TO BETTER BUSINESS B	Desc
Amt	$562,962	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$562,962	TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 11B - FORM 990 REVIEW PROCESS	THE TREASURER REVIEWS THE FORM 990 AND PRESENTS IT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 19-OTHER ORGANIZATION DOCUMENTS	ALL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOUNDATION'S OFFICE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 12C - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST	ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS BROUGHT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THEIR MONTHLY MEETINGS.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C	THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND TAX RETURNS ARE REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER AND PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
FORM 990 PART IX LINE 24 - OTHER EXPENSES	DESCRIPTION:COMPUTER SUPPORT TOTAL EXPENSES:7894 PROGRAM SERVICES:5684 MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL:2210
FORM 990 PART IX LINE 24 - OTHER EXPENSES	DESCRIPTION:ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOTAL EXPENSES:540520 PROGRAM SERVICES:513494 MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL:27026

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF EL PASO	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	550 PAISANO DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	EL PASO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	79901	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	741204252	EIN
Primary Activities	BUSINESS ED.	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(C)(6)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Controlled Organization	false	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	false	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	Yes (true)	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	Yes (true)	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	false	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	false	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (2 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF EL PASO
E	$562,962	CASH - FMV
BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF EL PASO
J	$54,000	CASH - FMV