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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $452,135 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ($362,930). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2022
$0
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$452k
Net assets
$0
5/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 37%
01What it does

What Big Brothers Big Sisters of Elkhart County Inc does

Mission

Our mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Program

  1. On january 1, 2022 we transferred all of our assets to big brothers big sisters southern lake michigan region, a 501(c)3 organization with the same mission, in a merger.

    $115,300 spentof which $115,300 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $115,300.

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 ($388k) Expenses 100 ($260k) Net assets 100 ($233k)2018 Revenue 55 ($213k) Expenses 112 ($291k) Net assets 66 ($154k)2019 Revenue 81 ($313k) Expenses 126 ($328k) Net assets 60 ($139k)2020 Revenue 110 ($429k) Expenses 141 ($367k) Net assets 91 ($212k)2021 Revenue 72 ($279k) Expenses 145 ($376k) Net assets 50 ($117k)2022 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 45 ($117k) Net assets 0 ($0)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (0)Expenses (45)Net assets (0)

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 $117k to $0 (−100%).

$237k
$161k
$141k
$227k
$117k
$0
201720182019202020212022
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 8% · 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$129k
’17
−$78k
’18
−$15k
’19
$62k
’20
−$96k
’21
−$117k
’22
2.7
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.

Chief executive

Joel Demott

CEO

Board chair

Adriana Bontrager

Chair

As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.

201720182019202020212022
Listed8914131313
Joined·+4+12+2+1+1
No longer listed·37311
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $56k → $15.

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 ELKHART COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 ELKHART COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

93% 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 ELKHART COUNTY INC.

80%
largest funder
96%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 90% · 2019 88% · 2020 69% · 2021 80% · 2022 78% · 2023 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

80% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ELKHART COUNTY 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 $89k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Indiana funders.

IN

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $363k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 ELKHART COUNTY INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
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

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC?
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $452,135 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ($362,930). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% 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 ELKHART COUNTY INC have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $452,135 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $362,930 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 6 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing