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Better Decisions Counseling

  • Sacramento, CA
  • Tax-exempt since Jan. 2017
  • EIN: 47-5618297

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Mental Health, Crisis Intervention / Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$124k (2023)

Expenses
$151k (2023)

Total Assets
$0 (2023)

Total Liabilities
$0 (2023)

Years with multiple filings
Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2017 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$124,432
Expenses
$151,004
Net Income
-$26,572
Net Assets
$0
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $124,432
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $0
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $0
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Janina Guarino (Executive Director) $28,629 $0
Melisa Guerrero (Board Secretary) $0 $0
Mary Pruitt (Board Member) $0 $0
Jesse Realvazquez (Board Member) $0 $0
Dean Littlefield (Board Member) $0 $0
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Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Feb. 19, 2024

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$84,780
Expenses
$82,135
Net Income
$2,645
Net Assets
$22,365
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $84,772
100.0%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $8
0.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $22,365
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $22,365
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Janina Guarino (Executive Director) $25,405 $0

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990-EZ
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$109,482
Expenses
$100,748
Net Income
$8,734
Net Assets
$19,720
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $109,482
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $19,720
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $19,720
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Janina Guarino (Executive Director) $26,400 $0

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Aug. 26, 2022

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$135,285
Expenses
$124,299
Net Income
$10,986
Net Assets
$10,986
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $135,263
100.0%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $12
0.0%
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $10
0.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $10,986
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $10,986
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Janina Guarino (Executive Director) $24,650 $0
Matthew Printup (Counselor) $5,124 $0

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990-EZ
Filed on Aug. 9, 2021

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$71,018
Expenses
$71,357
Net Income
-$339
Net Assets
$0
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $71,018
100%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $15,203
Total Liabilities $15,203
Net Assets $0

Document Links

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending April
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$100,335
Expenses
$99,337
Net Income
$998
Net Assets
$1,645
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $100,335
100%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,645
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $1,645
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Janina Guarino (Executive Director) $20,839 $0

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on Jan. 27, 2020

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending April
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$66,289
Expenses
$58,739
Net Income
$7,550
Net Assets
$4,155
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $66,289
100%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $4,155
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $4,155
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Janina Guarino (President, Dir.) $0 $0
Paula Torrez (Director) $0 $0

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on June 7, 2018

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

Fiscal Year Ending April
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from 990-EZ
Revenue
$8,134
Expenses
$7,807
Net Income
$327
Net Assets
$580
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $8,134
100%
Investment Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $580
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $580
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Other
Janina Guarino (President, Dir.) $0 $0
Paula Torrez (Director) $0 $0

Document Links

990-EZ
Filed on May 7, 2018

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

View Filing
PDF XML

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

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