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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee

EIN 23-7056024Human Services Tennessee Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

We are here to start something

Founded in 1969, Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee helps children realize their potential and build their futures. We nurture children and strengthen communities. 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. The Big Brothers Big Sisters 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.

87.61Overall score
out of 100

86.37Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,806,417

Total expenses · USD$2,799,769

Program expenses

$2,024,232.99 recorded amount

72.3%

Fundraising expenses

$534,755.88 recorded amount

19.1%

Administrative expenses

$237,980.37 recorded amount

8.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.17 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Carlyle Carroll
Recorded compensation: $124,025.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.42%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1969, Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee helps children realize their potential and build their futures. We nurture children and strengthen communities. 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. The Big Brothers Big Sisters 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	23-7056024
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2799769.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.085
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.17
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.191
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.723
`fscore` Financial score	86.37
`leader` Recorded leader	Carlyle Carroll
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	124025.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.044199999999999996
`motto` Tagline	We are here to start something
`name` Charity name	Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2806417.0
`score` Overall score	87.61
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2024232.987
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	534755.879
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	237980.36500000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7056024
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Recorded location: Tennessee (TN)
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.