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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA INC

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA INC (Indiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $509,718 to it, the largest being Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ($268,800). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$398k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$510k
Net assets
$317k
4/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 43%
01What it does

What Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Indiana Inc does

Mission

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

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Program

  1. Big brothers big sisters of southeast indiana specializes in screening, training and matching caring, volunteer mentors with children who could benefit from a positive role model in their lives. The agency provides services in carroll, jackson, jefferson, jennings, scott and trimble counties in indiana and served 97 children in 2023.

    $78,129 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $78,129.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($136k) Expenses 100 ($156k) Net assets 100 ($105k)2018 Revenue 89 ($121k) Expenses 100 ($156k) Net assets 66 ($69k)2019 Revenue 95 ($129k) Expenses 83 ($130k) Net assets 65 ($68k)2020 Revenue 116 ($157k) Expenses 108 ($169k) Net assets 82 ($86k)2021 Revenue 136 ($185k) Expenses 111 ($173k) Net assets 93 ($98k)2022 Revenue 173 ($234k) Expenses 128 ($200k) Net assets 126 ($133k)2023 Revenue 293 ($398k) Expenses 137 ($213k) Net assets 301 ($317k)
2017201820192020202120222023
Revenue (293)Expenses (137)Net assets (301)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $136k to $333k (+144%).

$109k
$72k
$70k
$89k
$102k
$136k
$333k
2017201820192020202120222023
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
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$20k
’17
−$36k
’18
−$1k
’19
−$11k
’20
$12k
’21
$35k
’22
$184k
’23
18
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.

2017201820192020202120222023
Listed65547712
Joined·+0+0+0+3+0+8
No longer listed·101003
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $59k → $138k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
2
2
2
2
2
4
3
2
1

1 of 7 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 SOUTHEAST INDIANA 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 SOUTHEAST INDIANA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 SOUTHEAST INDIANA INC.

53%
largest funder
96%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 100% · 2019 87% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 35% · 2023 91% — 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 SOUTHEAST INDIANA INC draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 4 states in all.

IN
MO
KY
FL

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

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

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $113 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,457 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin46% · top quartile
Months of reserve18.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,457 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

37% of spending goes to programs.

Program 37%Management 53%Fundraising 10%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA INC?
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA INC (Indiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $509,718 to it, the largest being Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ($268,800). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $509,718 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA INC?
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America is the largest funder on record, with $268,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 7 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