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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION INC
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $445,961 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC ($375,184). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $518k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $446k
- Net assets
- $212k
What Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Illinois Capital Region Inc does
Mission
To help children reach their full potential through life-changing, professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
In 2018, bbbs served 316 children in sangamon, christian, montgomery, and macoupin counties, who need a positive adult influence in their lives. These children are dealing with issues such as low self-esteem, abuse and poverty.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 2017 to 2018, from $484k to $374k (−23%).
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 5%. 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 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $143k → $17k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION 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 ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 89% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — 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
96% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k 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.
Organizations like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION INC: 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 THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION INC?
- BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $445,961 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC ($375,184). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $445,961 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION INC?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC is the largest funder on record, with $375,184 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL REGION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 5 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