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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF TUCSON DONATION CENTER

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF TUCSON DONATION CENTER (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $545 to it, the largest being TEXAS INSTRUMENTS FOUNDATION ($520). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$972k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$545
Net assets
$555k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tucson Donation Center does

Mission

Our center sells gently used donations to local savers thrift stores and dedicates the proceeds to recruiting volunteers, maintaining matches and ensuring the success of the big brothers big sisters program in the tucson community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Our center fulfills our mission by providing the following services: 1. Residential donation pickup service - potential donors are contacted via mail, phone, or online, informing them when our donation trucks will be in their area for convenient pickups. Residents who desire to donate are instructed to leave their items on the curb with our name attached to the donations, or to contact us if they have special instructions as to where they are leaving their donation. 2. Collection station placement - various bins, barrels, trailers, and brick and mortar stations are located throughout the tucson and surrounding area for convenient donor drop off. 3. Alliances - we pick up clothing and household items from businesses and non-profits who desire to work with us.

    $839,540 spentof which $250,000 as grants$955,519 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $839,540.

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 ($1.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($97k)2018 Revenue 82 ($1.0M) Expenses 84 ($1.0M) Net assets 75 ($72k)2019 Revenue 78 ($967k) Expenses 73 ($899k) Net assets 145 ($140k)2020 Revenue 57 ($702k) Expenses 53 ($654k) Net assets 194 ($188k)2021 Revenue 78 ($971k) Expenses 56 ($695k) Net assets 480 ($464k)2022 Revenue 72 ($894k) Expenses 65 ($802k) Net assets 575 ($556k)2023 Revenue 76 ($937k) Expenses 73 ($904k) Net assets 609 ($589k)2024 Revenue 79 ($972k) Expenses 82 ($1.0M) Net assets 574 ($555k)
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Revenue (79)Expenses (82)Net assets (574)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 2020 to 2021, from $225k to $501k (+123%).

$130k
$112k
$177k
$225k
$501k
$593k
$626k
$604k
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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
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 11% · 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

0% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF TUCSON DONATION CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’17
−$25k
’18
$68k
’19
$48k
’20
$276k
’21
$92k
’22
$33k
’23
−$34k
’24
5.7
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.

Board chair

Ginger Kreutzer

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Joined·+0+1+1+0+1+0+1
No longer listed·0100001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $25 → $520.

From the IRS filings of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF TUCSON DONATION CENTER’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 TUCSON DONATION CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

95%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.

“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 TUCSON DONATION CENTER draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 2 states in all.

NC
TX

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

’20
’21
Arizona out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 TUCSON DONATION CENTER is better cushioned than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−3% · below the median
Months of reserve5.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF TUCSON DONATION CENTER

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 17%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
83%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of So Az · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF TUCSON DONATION CENTER?
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF TUCSON DONATION CENTER (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $545 to it, the largest being TEXAS INSTRUMENTS FOUNDATION ($520). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF TUCSON DONATION CENTER have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $545 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF TUCSON DONATION CENTER.
Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF TUCSON DONATION CENTER?
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $520 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF TUCSON DONATION CENTER find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2 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