Washington · Nonprofit
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND (Washington) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,150,607 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,070,706). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 69
- Grants received
- $8.2M
- Net assets
- $6.5M
What Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound does
Mission
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound creates and supports 1-to-1 mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. It is our vision that all youth achieve their full potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound is the largest one-to-one youth mentoring organization in washington state and has over 60 years of experience in successfully mentoring children. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound's work is rooted in our evidence-based model that has shown that the impact of mentoring extends beyond just the relationship of the match. Data from harvard university and the department of commerce shows that kids who are mentored do better in school, are less likely to be involved in the juvenile justice system, and earn 20% more than their counterparts without mentorse served approximately 1,033 children and mentors in the puget sound area in fiscal year 2025. Our community-based and site-based programs help young people facing adversity develop higher aspirations and self-confidence, improve mental health, avoid risky behaviors, and achieve educational success. We adhere to the strict standards of one-to-one mentoring developed by big brothers big sisters of america. Key to our success is how we partner with parents, school staff, and social service agencies throughout our community to identify young people in need and match them with caring adult…
$2,872,556 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,872,556.
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 $5.2M to $8.4M (+60%).
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 6% · 2019 5% · 2020 5% · 2021 24% · 2022 24% · 2023 21% · 2024 19% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Alonda Williams
CEO
Board chair
Peter Fonfara
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $314k → $679k.
17 of 69 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 PUGET SOUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 69 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 PUGET SOUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% 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 PUGET SOUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 35% · 2019 21% · 2020 25% · 2021 36% · 2022 74% · 2023 33% — 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
27% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
55% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND'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 $3.7M that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.5M 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 PUGET SOUND
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND?
- BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND (Washington) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,150,607 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,070,706). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% 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 PUGET SOUND have?
- IRS filings report 69 organizations giving $8,150,607 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,070,706 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 69 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