EIN 75-2170035

Big Thought

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
92
City
State
Year formed
1987
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
Description
Big Thought is a non-profit organization based in Dallas, TX whose mission is to make imagination a part of everyday learning.
Total revenues
$10,675,697
2022
Total expenses
$9,739,647
2022
Total assets
$4,362,142
2022
Num. employees
92
2022

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
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$1,501,150
Rainwater Charitable FoundationGeneral Operations With the Aim of Closing the Opportunity Gap for Marginalized Youth$1,000,000
The Wallace FoundationTo Participate in the Partnerships for Social and Emotional Learning Initiative (Years 4 Through 6).$251,000
...and 39 more grants received totalling $4,619,542
Federal funding details
Federal agencyProgram nameAmount
Department of EducationTWENTY-FIRST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS$1,318,747
Department of EducationTWENTY-FIRST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS$128,609
PROMOTION OF THE ARTS_GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS$100,000
...and 1 more federal grant or contract

Personnel at Big Thought

NameTitleCompensation
Byron K SandersPresident and Chief Executive Officer$221,292
Glenn BaldwinChief Financial Officer$171,313
Jessica MalekChief Strategy Officer / Vice President , Executive Administration$181,073
Erin OffordChief Program Sys Officer$132,140
Gregory MacPhersonChief Bti Officer$117,215
...and 14 more key personnel

Financials for Big Thought

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$8,352,588
Program services$2,322,287
Investment income and dividends$822
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$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$10,675,697

Form 990s for Big Thought

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-05-15990View PDF
2021-062022-05-11990View PDF
2020-062021-05-26990View PDF
2019-062020-10-15990View PDF
2018-062019-08-17990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s

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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
August 3, 2022
Received grants
Identified 6 new grant, including a grant for $200,000 from George and Fay Young Foundation (GFYF)
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/ 
Phone
(214) 520-0023
Facebook page
BigThoughtDallas 
Twitter profile
@bigthought 
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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