Mississippi · Nonprofit
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MISSISSIPPI
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MISSISSIPPI (Mississippi) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $496,666 to it, the largest being Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ($229,239). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $679
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $497k
- Net assets
- $0
What Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mississippi does
Mission
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mississippi previously recruited adults to work with children one-on-one and act as their mentor. These volunteers were supervised by trained professionals who assess the growth & development of the children.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mississippi previously recruited adults to work with children one-on-one serving as their mentor. The organization also provided supervision by trained professionals who assessed the growth and development of the children involved in the mentoring program.
$7,587 spentof which $7,587 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,587.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $164k to $14k (−92%).
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: 2018 70% · 2019 59% · 2020 71% · 2021 80%. 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 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.
Board chair
Floyd Williams
Chairman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $124k → $21.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 MISSISSIPPI’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 MISSISSIPPI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 MISSISSIPPI.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 47% · 2019 65% · 2020 66% · 2021 83% · 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.
Where its funders are
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MISSISSIPPI draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside Mississippi, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k 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.
Organizations like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MISSISSIPPI
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 Mississippi
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MISSISSIPPI: 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 MISSISSIPPI?
- BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MISSISSIPPI (Mississippi) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $496,666 to it, the largest being Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ($229,239). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MISSISSIPPI have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $496,666 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MISSISSIPPI, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MISSISSIPPI?
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America is the largest funder on record, with $229,239 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MISSISSIPPI find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Mississippi. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2018–2023), 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