Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Central Blue Ridge Inc

Overview

Mission

The mission of big brothers big sisters of the central blue ridge, inc. Bbbs is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Our vision is that all youth achieve their full potential.

What it reported doing in 2025

On an adjusted basis 84% of the organization's expenses were for programs. Based upon generally accepted accounting principles, programs comprised 76% of total expenditures, administrative costs 9% of total expenditures, and fundraising costs comprised 15% of total expenditures. Due to the nature of bbbs operations, whereby virtually all services delivered directly to clients are by volunteers, management belives this is misleading. Management calculates an adjusted functional expense on a different basis, utilizing the Virginia rates identified by the value of volunteer time report published annually by independent sector. Taking an average number of "bigs" for 2025, multipled by an estimated 9 hours/month or 108 hours annually, times the $34.42/hour value for Virginia volunteers in this report computes to $301,106 for 2025. Incorporating this value with generally accepted accounting principles program and total expenses, the adjusted program portion is 84%, administrative costs is 6% and fundraising costs is 10%. Management believes the adjusted fundraising portion to be a superior metric to that calculated under generally accepted accounting principles.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541108066
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2021
Location
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Phone
4342440882
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$525,633
Expenses
$529,312
Assets
$199,349
Liabilities
$163,624

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.9%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 75.4%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.82; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.9% of revenue deployed · 75.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $399K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $101K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • MOLLY JACKSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $100,666 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025.