Public Charity

BETTER MARKETS INC

BETTER MARKETS INC is a Public Charity headquartered in WASHINGTON, DC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $4.3M revenue, $4.6M expenses, $3.3M total assets. 28 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $24.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 272227363 WASHINGTON, DC Economics NTEE: V22 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.3M
Total Expenses$4.6M
Total Assets$3.3M
Grant Records28
Funding Total$24.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL CAPITAL AND COMMODITY MARKETS, WITH AN INITIAL PRIMARY FOCUS ON THE RULEMAKING ARISING FROM THE DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT AS WELL AS RELATED GLOBAL FINANCIAL REGULATION.

Where $100 goes at Better Markets Inc

How Better Markets Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$79 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$11 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $79 for programs

$79
Study, research, analyze and discuss (at conferences and otherwise) how financial markets work, the role of markets, and the role of regulations in the financial system within the…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

POLICY DIRECTOR & COO Amanda Fischer
DIR OF SECURITIES POLICY Benjamin Schiffrin
DIR OF DERIVATIVES POLICY Cantrell Dumas
BOARD MEMBER David Desjardins
SECRETARY Dedrick Asante-Muhammad
PRESIDENT & CEO Dennis M Kelleher

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$16,942,254 21 grants
Economic Development
$5,172,000 3 grants
Research & Policy
$500,000 2 grants
Training & Professional Development
$300,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$1,536,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.3M $4.6M $3.3M
2024 $3.9M $3.9M $3.7M
2023 $3.7M $3.9M $3.8M
2022 $4.0M $3.0M $3.5M
2021 $2.6M $2.8M $2.4M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.6M to $4.3M (+64%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.3M.

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