Ohio · Nonprofit
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC (Ohio) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,891,109 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($5,000,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 64
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio Inc does
Mission
Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
One-to-one mentoring: community-based mentoring matches caring adults with children in need of support structures. Mentors meet with youth twice per month. School-based mentoring matches positive adults with children at schools around central ohio. Mentors meet with youth weekly during the school year. These one-to-one relationships are an essential resource for the social and emotional well-being of our young people.
$2,798,095 spentof which $367,590 as grants64% of program spendingCamp: camp oty'okwa provides group mentoring in a safe haven for youth. Children can attend summer camp or weekend camp during the school year. We also offer environmental education programs for schools.
$1,601,326 spent$162,444 earned by the program36% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,399,421.
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.
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 $9.8M to $15M (+50%).
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: 2017 30% · 2018 33% · 2019 31% · 2020 40% · 2021 50% · 2022 28% · 2023 42% · 2024 48% · 2025 28%. 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.
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
Elizabeth Martinez
CEO/president
Board chair
Frank Sasso
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $933k → $1000k.
18 of 64 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 CENTRAL OHIO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 64 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 CENTRAL OHIO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% 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 CENTRAL OHIO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 40% · 2019 40% · 2020 43% · 2021 35% · 2022 86% · 2023 36% — 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
38% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
64% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4.6M that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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.
Organizations like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- South Central Ohio Big Brothers Big · exempt
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland · exempt
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Ohio · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC?
- BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC (Ohio) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,891,109 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($5,000,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC have?
- IRS filings report 64 organizations giving $12,891,109 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $5,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO 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.
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 64 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