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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES INC

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,291 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF RACINE COUNTY INC ($215,299). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$122k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$362k
Net assets
$13k
7/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 54%
01What it does

What Big Brothers Big Sisters of Racine and Kenosha Counties Inc does

Mission

The big brothers big sisters of racine and kenosha counties is dedicated to establishing successful mentoring relationships for all children who need and want them, contributing to better schools, brighter furures, and stronger communities for all.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The purpose of big grothers big sisters is to organize, under professional direction, mature, responsible and carefully screened individuals to provide, on a volunteer basis, a one-to-one mentoring relationship to children and youth who lack stable relationships with adults. The agency, through its volunteers and staff, will provide companionship, guidance and a positive role model to these children to help them reach their academic, social and emotional goals.

    $85,538 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $85,538.

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 ($221k) Expenses 100 ($221k) Net assets 100 ($103k)2018 Revenue 64 ($141k) Expenses 92 ($203k) Net assets 40 ($41k)2019 Revenue 52 ($115k) Expenses 72 ($159k) Net assets -3 ($-3507)2020 Revenue 76 ($168k) Expenses 68 ($150k) Net assets 14 ($14k)2021 Revenue 54 ($120k) Expenses 58 ($129k) Net assets 6 ($6k)2022 Revenue 55 ($122k) Expenses 60 ($133k) Net assets 12 ($13k)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (55)Expenses (60)Net assets (12)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $111k to $48k (−56%).

$111k
$48k
$11k
$39k
$25k
$13k
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

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$274
’17
−$62k
’18
−$45k
’19
$18k
’20
−$8k
’21
−$11k
’22
3.2
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

Jackie Hartley

Int exec dir

As listed on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $119k → $9k.

6 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES 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 RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

98% 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 RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES INC.

59%
largest funder
91%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 80% · 2019 73% · 2020 45% · 2021 60% · 2022 41% · 2023 99% — 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

33% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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

100% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

IL
WI

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES 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 Wisconsin

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

WI

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Questions and answers

Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES INC?
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,291 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF RACINE COUNTY INC ($215,299). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $362,291 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES INC?
UNITED WAY OF RACINE COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $215,299 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
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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 10 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