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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit

EIN 38-6112533Human Services Michigan Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Little moments. Big magic.

The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit Mission is to provide children facing adversity with safe, strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation's largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (Bigs) and children (Littles), ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

68.08Overall score
out of 100

56.22Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,220,813

Total expenses · USD$1,230,114

Program expenses

$883,221.85 recorded amount

71.8%

Fundraising expenses

$222,650.63 recorded amount

18.1%

Administrative expenses

$123,011.40 recorded amount

10.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.26 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Jeannine Gant
Recorded compensation: $125,289.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 10.18%

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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 Detroit
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit Mission is to provide children facing adversity with safe, strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation's largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (Bigs) and children (Littles), ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.
`ein` EIN	38-6112533
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1230114.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.1
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.26
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.18100000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.718
`fscore` Financial score	56.22
`leader` Recorded leader	Jeannine Gant
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	125289.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.1018
`motto` Tagline	Little moments. Big magic.
`name` Charity name	Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1220813.0
`score` Overall score	68.08
`state` State code	MI
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	883221.852
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	222650.63400000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	123011.40000000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 38-6112533
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Recorded location: Michigan (MI)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.