Maryland · Nonprofit
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $466,321 to it, the largest being Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ($231,832). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $466k
- Net assets
- $0
What Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chesapeake Inc does
Mission
To help children reach their fullest potential through professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships and a full range of youth mentoring programs with measurable impact.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Bbbsgc is the oldest and largest mentoring organization in the state of maryland with over 60 years of experience. We help children and youth reach their fullest potential by building safe and enduring mentoring relationships based on best practices, quality standards and professional support. We serve central maryland, southern maryland and the eastern shore. Our community mentoring program is the proven "gold standard" in youth mentoring for vulnerable children and youth. Mentors and mentees meet in the community 2-3 times a month for at least one year to build strong relationships. Bbbsgc case managers provide support, supervision, and guidance. We offer special community events for our mentor-mentee pairs that are donated by local companies and organizations. In addition, we provide school-based and workplace site programs. We also work with young people who have been involved with the juvenile justice system. Bbbsgc ceased operating the community mentoring program on june 30, 2017.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 11 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $134k → $0.
1 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 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 GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% 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 GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 62% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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.
How long its funders stay
0% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 29% 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 FY2022, 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 OF GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 GREATER CHESAPEAKE 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 2 related entities
- Big Brother Big Sisters of America · exempt
- Mentorthe National Mentoring Partnership · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC?
- BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $466,321 to it, the largest being Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ($231,832). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $466,321 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC?
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America is the largest funder on record, with $231,832 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CHESAPEAKE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 14 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