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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago

EIN 36-2681212Human Services Illinois Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Start Something

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago (BBBSMC) helps children realize their potential and build their futures. As Metro Chicago's largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, BBBSMC makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers ("Bigs") and children ("Littles") ages 7-14. Our programs nurture children and strengthen communities across Cook, Lake and DuPage counties in Illinois and Lake County, Indiana. Our mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.64Overall score
out of 100

86.77Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$6,329,349

Total expenses · USD$4,638,926

Program expenses

$3,534,861.61 recorded amount

76.2%

Fundraising expenses

$691,199.97 recorded amount

14.9%

Administrative expenses

$403,586.56 recorded amount

8.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Arthur G. Mollenhauer
Recorded compensation: $86,613.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.86%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago (BBBSMC) helps children realize their potential and build their futures. As Metro Chicago's largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, BBBSMC makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers ("Bigs") and children ("Littles") ages 7-14. Our programs nurture children and strengthen communities across Cook, Lake and DuPage counties in Illinois and Lake County, Indiana. Our mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.
`ein` EIN	36-2681212
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4638926.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.087
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.149
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.762
`fscore` Financial score	86.77
`leader` Recorded leader	Arthur G. Mollenhauer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	86613.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.018600000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Start Something
`name` Charity name	Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
`tot_rev` Total revenue	6329349.0
`score` Overall score	90.64
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3534861.612
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	691199.9739999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	403586.562

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2681212
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.