Charity profile · Historical source record

Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas

EIN 74-1897630Human Services Texas Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Start Something.

Founded in 1976, Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas works to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. Big Brothers Big Sisters targets the children who need us most, including those living in single parent homes, growing up in poverty and coping with parental incarceration. Starting something begins with finding a great match between a Big and a Little.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.96Overall score
out of 100

87.01Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,511,323

Total expenses · USD$2,993,424

Program expenses

$2,451,614.26 recorded amount

81.9%

Fundraising expenses

$350,230.61 recorded amount

11.7%

Administrative expenses

$188,585.71 recorded amount

6.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 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: Denise Barkhurst
Recorded compensation: $111,873.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.73%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1976, Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas works to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. Big Brothers Big Sisters targets the children who need us most, including those living in single parent homes, growing up in poverty and coping with parental incarceration. Starting something begins with finding a great match between a Big and a Little.
`ein` EIN	74-1897630
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2993424.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.063
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.11699999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8190000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	87.01
`leader` Recorded leader	Denise Barkhurst
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	111873.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0373
`motto` Tagline	Start Something.
`name` Charity name	Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2511323.0
`score` Overall score	87.96
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2451614.256
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	350230.608
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	188585.712

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 74-1897630
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Recorded location: Texas (TX)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

Explore alongside

Related source records

Linked by source subcategory, prioritizing the same recorded state. Not a recommendation or ranking.

A useful next step

Keep the context.

Check current organizational information separately before making a giving decision. This record does not include an official website, donation URL, or current eligibility field.

Giving research guide ↗

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.