Oregon · Nonprofit
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW (Oregon) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,282,319 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,500,000). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northw does
Mission
Our mission is to create a strong and enduring professionally supported 1:1 mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Over 20 years locally and over 100 years nationally. Through bbbs thousands of children have been able to realize their greatest potential.the bbbs model of 1:1 dedicated mentorship addresses many causes of academic failure. We leverage the resources of our community by matching youth with trained volunteers. Matches share positive experiences and build strong, trusting bonds of friendship. Research shows that this type of connection can improve a child's health and academic success.we are proud of our outcomes: *more positive relationships with peers and adults *improved school attendance *improved grades *improved engagement in school (clubs, sports) *avoidance of risky behaviors *higher graduation rates as compared to oregon statistics. (oregon hs grads finish school at a rate of 81.3%. Bbbs students graduate at a rate of 95%.) *supporting families facing instability due to compounding challenges, including economic, housing, & food insecurity, and more acute youth mental health needs
$1,031,658 spentof which $1,100 as grants$1,461 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,031,658.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.1M to $5.2M (+368%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 30% · 2021 33% · 2022 6% · 2023 23% · 2024 18% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
105% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Beach Pace
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $232k → $595k.
9 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
61% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 50% · 2019 29% · 2020 37% · 2021 23% · 2022 77% · 2023 31% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
58% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW is better cushioned than half of the 1,152 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW?
- BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW (Oregon) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,282,319 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,500,000). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $5,282,319 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $1,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 44 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing