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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,360,922 to it, the largest being BUTLER COUNTY UNITED WAY ($502,049). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$947k
Funders on record
34
Grants received
$2.4M
Net assets
$219k
21/34 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 40%
01What it does

What Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County Inc does

Mission

Provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Big brothers big sisters of butler county has a long history of positive impacts on the lives of youth through their evidence based one-to-one mentoring program. Evaluations and surveys are completed annually by those served in the program. This year, 97% maintained or improved in their level of self-confidence, ability to make positive decisions and express their feelings. 91% of youth maintained or improved in their attitude toward school and 64% showed improvement in an avg of 2 subjects. 94% maintained or improved in their academic performance. 85% of clients showed improvement in emotional regulation and 100% had no involvement in illegal activity.

    $708,953 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $708,953.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($707k) Expenses 100 ($783k) Net assets 100 ($33k)2018 Revenue 130 ($918k) Expenses 107 ($839k) Net assets 337 ($112k)2019 Revenue 120 ($847k) Expenses 113 ($886k) Net assets 218 ($73k)2020 Revenue 131 ($924k) Expenses 106 ($828k) Net assets 506 ($169k)2021 Revenue 138 ($974k) Expenses 115 ($899k) Net assets 730 ($244k)2022 Revenue 128 ($903k) Expenses 120 ($942k) Net assets 612 ($204k)2023 Revenue 121 ($854k) Expenses 116 ($911k) Net assets 441 ($147k)2024 Revenue 116 ($820k) Expenses 110 ($858k) Net assets 325 ($108k)2025 Revenue 134 ($947k) Expenses 107 ($837k) Net assets 655 ($219k)
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Revenue (134)Expenses (107)Net assets (655)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $171k to $352k (+106%).

$58k
$131k
$95k
$193k
$268k
$264k
$245k
$171k
$352k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 39% · 2018 46% · 2019 45% · 2020 54% · 2021 55% · 2022 48% · 2023 50% · 2024 53% · 2025 51%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$75k
’17
$79k
’18
−$40k
’19
$96k
’20
$75k
’21
−$39k
’22
−$57k
’23
−$39k
’24
$110k
’25
3.3
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed151514151518121317
Joined·+3+0+5+1+6+4+4+6
No longer listed·314131032
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $235k → $341k.

9 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 OF BUTLER COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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 OF BUTLER COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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

74% 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 OF BUTLER COUNTY INC.

21%
largest funder
56%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 40% · 2019 24% · 2020 24% · 2021 21% · 2022 26% · 2023 23% — diversifying over time.

“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

47% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

91% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

IL
OH
PA
CT
KY
DE
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $388k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC

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 Ohio

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 8%Fundraising 7%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC?
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,360,922 to it, the largest being BUTLER COUNTY UNITED WAY ($502,049). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC have?
IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $2,360,922 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC?
BUTLER COUNTY UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $502,049 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 34 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