EIN 36-2681212

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
80
Year formed
1967
Most recent tax filings
2024-06-01
Description
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago's mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.
Total revenues
$5,686,448
2024
Total expenses
$6,560,817
2024
Total assets
$6,252,110
2024
Num. employees
80
2024

Program areas at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago

Big brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago is an affiliate of the oldest, most respected mentoring organization in the us. We are a mission driven, performance-based organization that is professionally managed and provides high quality 1:1 mentoring services to almost 1,500 children in metro Chicago and their families across four counties: cook, dupage and lake counties in Illinois and Indiana. As metro Chicago and northwest Indiana's largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers ("bigs") and children ("littles") from age seven through high school graduation. Private corporate, foundation and individual contributions provide over 80% of our revenue base upon which we build programming that meets the needs of each child individually. Our programs are proven to keep kids in school, out of trouble and on the path to post-graduate success.

Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Ulta Beauty Charitable FoundationChildren's Education$250,000
Caerus FoundationGeneral Program Support Focused on South and West Side Neighborhoods$250,000
The Chicago Community TrustGeneral Operating Support, Cohort Support, Campaign Support, Support for the Prep Internship Program$152,500
...and 58 more grants received totalling $2,181,013

Financials for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago

RevenuesFYE 06/2024
Total grants, contributions, etc.$5,892,592
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$23,432
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$-238,238
Net income from gaming activities$8,662
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$5,686,448
Data update history
May 28, 2025
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2024
April 22, 2025
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $94,274 from American Online Giving Foundation
January 19, 2025
Received grants
Identified 13 new grant, including a grant for $250,000 from Caerus Foundation
December 31, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
December 30, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
Nonprofit Types
Youth development programsYouth service charitiesCharities
Issues
Human servicesChildren
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsState / local levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringFundraising races, competitions, and tournamentsTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
130 S Jefferson St 200
Chicago, IL 60661
Metro area
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
County
Cook County, IL
Website URL
bbbschgo.org/ 
Phone
(312) 207-5600
Facebook page
BBBSChi 
Twitter profile
@bbbschi 
IRS details
EIN
36-2681212
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1967
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
O30: Adult, Child Matching Programs
NAICS code, primary
624110: Child and Youth Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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