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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada Cnty

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada Cnty (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $716,741 to it, the largest being Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ($503,663). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2019
$159k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$717k
Net assets
$0
7/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 84%
01What it does

What Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada Cnty does

Mission

To provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better b

As stated on its FY2019 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Community-Based Mentoring Program. In this program, carefully screened and trained adults mentor at-risk children ages 6-18 These Bigs get together with their Littles 3 to 4 times a month for at least one year The focus is not on spending money, but simply on spending time with a child Our Bigs develop a relationship and become a trusted friend with their Littles through a variety of activities, such as playing sports, planting a garden, making a meal, going to the movies, or exploring the community to name a few Mentoring and support provided to 74 matches Site-Based Mentoring ProgramIn this program, carefully screened and trained adults mentor at-risk elementary and middle school students at the child's school or after-school program for one hour a week All activities take place at the school or program site during the school year The matched Big and Little participate in a variety of activities, such as recreation, arts & crafts, reading, and life skills development Mentoring provided to 30 matches last year in Nevada County and North Lake Tahoe area

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

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 ($255k) Expenses 100 ($196k) Net assets 100 ($64k)2018 Revenue 89 ($226k) Expenses 109 ($215k) Net assets 118 ($75k)2019 Revenue 62 ($159k) Expenses 102 ($200k) Net assets 0 ($0)
201720182019
Revenue (62)Expenses (102)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 2018 to 2019, from $92k to $0 (−100%).

$85k
$92k
$0
201720182019
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 23% · 2018 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$59k
’17
$12k
’18
−$40k
’19
4.9
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.

20172018
Listed77
Joined·+2
No longer listed·2
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $215k → $50k.

3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 Nevada Cnty’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 Nevada Cnty leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 87%; 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 Nevada Cnty.

70%
largest funder
87%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 32% · 2019 43% · 2020 59% · 2021 73% · 2022 43% · 2023 79% — broadly stable.

“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

63% of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada Cnty's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 88% 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

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada Cnty draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 3 states in all.

PA
CA
FL

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

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

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $98k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 Nevada Cnty

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 California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

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

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada Cnty: 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 Nevada Cnty?
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada Cnty (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $716,741 to it, the largest being Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ($503,663). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada Cnty have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $716,741 in grants to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada Cnty, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada Cnty?
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America is the largest funder on record, with $503,663 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nevada Cnty find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2019 (financials across 2017–2019), and the filings of 8 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