Program areas at Big Thought
At Big Thought, we believe that all youth have innate greatness. Our North Star: All youth are equipped to imagine and create their best lives and world. Driven by our mission to make imagination a part of everyday learning, Big Thought is a social impact enterprise that focuses on youth development by preparing young creators with the skills and resources they need for the 21st century workplace. We exist to empower and equip youth to Create Great we're creating creators. At Big Thought, we provide the space and agency to support young creators through our programs and partnerships, which are powered by our dedicated research and development team that enables us to design high quality evidence-based programs, measure our impact, and expand our reach. Throughout our 30+ year history of innovation, Big Thought has become an award-winning national model in arts education, out of school time systems, summer learning and juvenile justice intervention. Now, we're one of six community partnerships in the U.S. helping scale national best practices in social and emotional learning.At our core, we empower youth to:1. build their creative muscle,2. develop social and emotional skills and wellbeing and,3. create their authentic voice.Big Thought implements three approaches to deliver this work:1. Direct to youth programs. We develop and deliver high quality curriculum and programs toserve communities with the greatest need. Big Thought programs reach on average over6,700 students for more than 219,000 learning hours annually.2. Learning Systems. We do this by strategically connecting partners and resources across thecity to create learning systems that address these themes. Big Thought Learning Systemsreach on average over 120,000 students for more than 2.1 million learning hours annually.3. Powered by Big Thought, Big Thought Institute (BTI) is an innovative partner that enables organizations to expand their capacity to build creativity, develop 21st Century skills, and deliver unique learning experiences. BTI provides professional learning, consulting, design and research-based services to empower our clients to effectively teach, develop and create. We leverage evidence-based best practices in creativity and learning systems that have been established over 30 years. BTI serves over 20 clients annually and delivers training to over 1,900 individuals annually.
Who funds Big Thought
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Federal funding details
Federal agency | CFDA code | Program name | Amount |
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Department of Education | 84.287 | TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS | $1,318,747 |
Department of Education | 84.287 | TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS | $128,609 |
| 45.024 | PROMOTION OF THE ARTS_GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS | $100,000 |
...and 1 more federal grant or contract |
Personnel at Big Thought
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Byron K Sanders | President and Chief Executive Officer | $221,292 | 2022-06-30 |
Glenn Baldwin | Chief Financial Officer | $171,313 | 2023-05-15 |
Jessica Malek | Chief Strategy Officer / Vice President , Executive Administration | $181,073 | 2021-06-30 |
Erin Offord | Chief Program Sys Officer | $132,140 | 2022-06-30 |
Gregory MacPherson | Chief Bti Officer | $117,215 | 2022-06-30 |
...and 14 more key personnel |
Financials for Big Thought
Revenues | FYE 06/2022 | FYE 06/2021 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $8,352,588 | $7,064,778 | 18.2% |
Program services | $2,322,287 | $2,160,754 | 7.5% |
Investment income and dividends | $822 | $259 | 217.4% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
Total revenues | $10,675,697 | $9,225,791 | 15.7% |
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Writopia Lab | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $4,130,566 |
Artpace | 501(c)(3) | San Antonio, TX | $2,830,881 |
Red River Stem | 501(c)(3) | Shreveport, LA | $2,894,805 |
Apano Communities United Fund | 501(c)(3) | Portland, OR | $5,442,613 |
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy | 501(c)(3) | Buffalo, NY | $30,844,940 |
Juxtaposition Arts | 501(c)(3) | Minneapolis, MN | $7,058,900 |
Art Students League of New York | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $14,274,262 |
Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology | 501(c)(3) | New Haven, CT | $11,576,748 |
Data update history
June 25, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
May 12, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
May 6, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $20,000 from Harry Bass Foundation November 8, 2022
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
Nonprofit Types
Educational service providersArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
EducationArts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
State / local levelReceives government fundingTax deductible donations
General information
- Address
- 1409 Botham Jean Blvd 1015
- Dallas, TX 75215
- Metro area
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Website URL
- bigthought.org/Â
- Phone
- (214) 520-0023
- Facebook page
- BigThoughtDallasÂ
- Twitter profile
- @bigthoughtÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 75-2170035
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1987
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- A25: Arts Education, Schools of Art
- NAICS code, primary
- 611710: Educational Support Services
- Parent/child status
- Central organization
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