Nonprofit · EIN 64-0426730
BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI INC
Tax-exempt · FLOWOOD, MS 39232
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $974,361 | $987,536 | -$13,175 | $748,125 | $70,573 | $677,552 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $930,724 | $912,108 | $18,616 | $799,018 | $108,291 | $690,727 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $983,705 | $921,698 | $62,007 | $705,467 | $33,356 | $672,111 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $901,066
- Membership dues
- $901,066
- Program service revenue
- $66,602
- Investment income
- $6,693
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $202,212
- Other salaries and wages
- $467,715
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $730,345
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $3,845
- Occupancy
- $47,675
- Travel
- $2,322
- Depreciation
- $1,657
- Program services (functional)
- $888,781
- Management and general (functional)
- $98,755
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $799,018
- Total assets, end of year
- $748,125
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $70,573
- Net assets, end of year
- $677,552
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $677,552
- Gross unrelated business income
- $975
- Gross receipts
- $974,361
- Employees
- 10
- Year formed
- 1964
- State of legal domicile
- MS
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN O'HARA | PRESIDENT/CE Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $103,282 |
| JACKIE WARREN | VP OF OPERAT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $98,930 |
| DERRICK CODFREY | EX-OFFICIO Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| SALLIE DIER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| TROY DOUGLAS | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| FRANK GENZER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| AMANDA GHOLSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ZETELLA GOOCH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| WADE HIGGINS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JOHN BOUIE II | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DONALD LEWIS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| HENRY MCCULLUM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| KATIE NELSON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| BARBARA RICHARDSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| FREDRICA TYES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNETH WELLS | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| PATRICK WOOTEN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN O'HARA | PRESIDENT/CE Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $104,506 |
| JACKIE WARREN | VP OF OPERAT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $97,544 |
| DERRICK CODFREY | EX-OFFICIO Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| BOB CUNNINGHAM | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| SALLIE DIER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| TROY DOUGLAS | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| FRANK GENZER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ZETELLA GOOCH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| VERA HALL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| WADE HIGGINS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JOHN BOUIE II | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DONALD LEWIS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| HENRY MCCULLUM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| BONNIE MEADOWS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| KATIE NELSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| CAROLYN RAINS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| BARBARA RICHARDSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| MICHAEL SHAM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| FREDICA TYES | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| KENNETH WELLS | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN O'HARA | PRESIDENT/CE Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $102,038 |
| JACKIE WARREN | VP OF OPERAT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $92,146 |
| GRAFTON BRAGG | EX-OFFICIO Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| BOB CUNNINGHAM | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| SALLIE DIER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JOHN DORSA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| TROY DOUGLAS | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| FRANK GENZER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ZETELLA GOOCH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| VERA HALL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| WADE HIGGINS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SCOTT JONES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| MORGAN KIRK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| HENRY MCCULLUM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| BONNIE MEADOWS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| KATIE NELSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| BARBARA RICHARDSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ASHLEY SIMS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ALLISON SLAYTON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| FREDICA TYES | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| KENNETH WELLS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 660 KATHERINE DR STE 400, FLOWOOD, MS 39232-8820
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- JOHN O'HARA
- Signed the 990
- JOHN O'HARA, PRESIDENT/CEO
- Phone
- (601) 707-0960
- Website
- WWW.MS.BBB.ORG
- Return prepared by
- SUMMERS GREEN & LEROUX LLP
Mission
TO BE THE LEADER IN ADVANCING MARKETPLACE TRUST. BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI INC. ACCOMPLISHES THIS MISSION BY: 1. CREATING A COMMUNITY OF TRUSTWORTHY BUSINESSES. 2. SETTING STANDARDS FOR MARKETPLACE TRUST. 3. ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING BEST PRACTICES. 4. CELEBRATING MARKETPLACE ROLE MODELS. 5. DENOUNCING SUBSTANDARD MARKETPLACE BEHAVIOR.
Program accomplishments
- IN 2025, THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI (BBB) HELPED RESOLVE OVER 8,628 CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. BBB RESPONDED TO 1,440,873 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE BBB'S 76-COUNTY SERVICE AREA. BBB CONDUCTED 47 REVIEWS OF BAD OR POOR BUSINESS PRACTICES. ALSO, BBB CONDUCTED 84 EXTENSIVE REVIEWS OF MISLEADING ADVERTISING.
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 64-0426730
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1965
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $748,125
- Income (IRS master file)
- $974,361
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $974,361 | $987,536 | $748,125 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $930,724 | $912,108 | $799,018 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $983,705 | $921,698 | $705,467 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $970,561 | $880,395 | $677,320 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 64-0426730).
Questions about BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI INC
- What is the EIN of BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI INC is 64-0426730.
- Is BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1965.
- Are donations to BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI INC tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names JOHN O'HARA.
- Who are the officers and directors of BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 17 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $103,282 (JOHN O'HARA, PRESIDENT/CE).
- How much revenue does BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF MISSISSIPPI INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $974,361, expenses of $987,536 and total assets of $748,125 at year end.
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