Big Brothers-big Sisters of Southeast Louisians

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
721377387
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2011
Forms available
Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2011
Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Phone
5045756685
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Child Matching Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$147,728
Expenses
$131,421
Assets
$23,630

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported 1 to 1 relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

What it reported doing in 2011

Prevention based program that exists to facilitate one to one relationships between children in need and qualified adult volunteers who serve as friends and role models. The mentors engage the children in 1 to 1 activities to strengthen the child's academic achievement, sense of self-competence and self-confidence, and to ensure that the child is better able to cope with life's many challenges as they mature. We have two core programs: Community based where the volunteer/mentor goes to the child's home and engages the child for 4 hours weekly for a minimum commitment of one year; the second core program is our school based program where the volunteer meets with the child for a minimum of one year, once a week, and helps with homework, school projects, forming a relationship/bond with the child to help with bullying, etc. Both programs recruit quality adult volunteers to help the children become well rounded, productive citizens of tomorrow.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -66.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -55.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.6% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $112K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $43K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.