Big Brotherbig Sister Foundation Inc
Overview
Mission
The foundation's mission is to raise funds for local big brothers big sisters agencies through an agreement with a third party for collection and sale of clothing and household items donated by the general public.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 62% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 66% for direct work, and 34% for grants.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 043323872
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Boston, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6172368060
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $157,956
- Expenses
- $71,854
- Assets
- $134,313
- Liabilities
- $158,848
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 37.5%; rating input score 37
- Program expense ratio: 82.4%; rating input score 82
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 54.5%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.87; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.18; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 37.5% of revenue deployed · 82.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $59K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 37/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- CHRISTINE CREELMAN (DIRECTOR)
- KURT SCHMEIDL (DIRECTOR)
- GREGORY POPE (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024.