Alabama · Nonprofit
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC (Alabama) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,802,196 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($900,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $954k
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Gulf Coast Inc does
Mission
To create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Big brothers big sisters of the central gulf coast is the local leader in quality youth mentoring services. We hold ourselves accountable for and are able to measure specific youth outcomes that indicate that when matched with a big, our littles achieve success in school, are better able to avoid risky behaviors such as getting into fights and trying drugs and alcohol, and improve their self-confidence and academic performance. Our program serves children ages 6 to 18 in mobile, baldwin, washington, clarke, escambia, and monroe counties in alabama. The program also serves children ages 6 to 18 in jackson, harrison, and hancock counties in mississippi. Once a match is created between a big and a little, our organization provides ongoing professional supportfor the duration of their match or until the little turns 18 or graduates from high school. Our matches served during our school-based program for 2023 resulted in the following outcomes: - 79% of littles kept or created plans for high school graduation and beyond. - 80% of littles stayed on track with or improved their grades. - 85% of littles continued or engaged in volunterrism or participated in afterschool activities. - 77%…
$900,389 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $900,389.
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.
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 $470k to $1.6M (+243%).
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% · 2018 11% · 2019 10% · 2020 22% · 2021 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
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
Aimee Risser
CEO/presiden
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $30k → $129k.
5 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 THE CENTRAL GULF COAST 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 THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 72% · 2019 56% · 2020 28% · 2021 30% · 2022 85% · 2023 39% — 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
38% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC'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
51% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC'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 $889k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $913k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST 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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC?
- BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC (Alabama) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,802,196 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($900,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% 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 THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $1,802,196 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $900,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 29 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