Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371095468
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Belleville, IL, USA
Phone
6183983162
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$530,766
Expenses
$509,772
Assets
$646,648
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Miranda Stevens (President)
  • Jeff Evans (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Miranda Stevens (President)
  • Jeff Evans (Vice President)
  • Brian Loose (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois (the Organization) is a nonprofit organization committed to igniting the potential of youth in St. Clair, Madison, Monroe, and Clinton counties in Illinois. Its mentor program pairs young people with strong, positive mentors to help them achieve their full potential. Through one-to-one relationships, the Organization supports youth in succeeding in school, avoiding risky behaviors, and pursuing their dreams. By building lasting connections between Bigs and Littles, the Organization aims to create brighter futures and stronger communities across the region.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community-Based Mentoring and Wraparound Services: Provided one-on-one mentoring to youth in the community, fostering personal growth, academic success, and positive social development. Supported participating children and their families through wraparound services, including the Back-to-School Drive and Adopt-A-Family Program, which served more youth this year than the previous year. For the third consecutive year, the organization received the Growth Award from Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, reflecting our expanding impact and effectiveness.Site-Based Mentoring: Launched a pilot site-based mentoring program in partnership with OFallon District 90 to reach more youth in school settings and provide additional support to students who benefit from structured mentoring within the school environment.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.1%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 4%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.27; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.1% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 17 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $377K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.