Big Sister Association

Boston, MAUnknown exempt organizationEIN 04-2150651Revenue $39K in FY2025

On file with the IRSbigsister.org20 Park Plaza No 1420 · Boston, MA

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Big sister's mission is to ignite girls' passion and power to succeed through positive mentoring relationships with women and enrichment programs that support girls' healthy development.

Run by 2,300 volunteers and 56 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $454K a year · 13% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Named funders
20
named funders · $572K
Looks good: 20 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$39K
-98% vs prior year
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$39K
FY2025▼ -98%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$4.8M
FY2022$3.8M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$2.3M
FY2025$39K
Expenses
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FY2025
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$4.9M
FY2024$3.1M
FY2025Not on file
Net assets
$0
FY2025▼ -100%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.5M
FY2021$5.5M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$2.4M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$0

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending January 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
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Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Deborah Re——$266,473$223,789$204,853
Annissa Essaibi George$183,241$215,484$15,711——
Heidi Ziobro$201,933$177,382$156,874$131,130—
Kelli-Beth Vecchione———$121,989$164,652
Michelle Dixon$164,284$150,037$132,919——
Joan McGowan Wyrwicz$115,317————
Erin Barfield—$107,109———
Ariel Fitzhugh$106,981————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Ignites girls' passion and power to succeed through mentoring and enrichment programs.

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1 program · $2.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Big sister boston is immersed in the diverse communities we serve through a variety of programming. From the traditional model of one-to-one mentoring relationships to enrichment programs focused on career awareness, safety, wellness, and healthy decision-making, we are meeting the unique social-emotional needs of girls between the ages…

$2.2Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$39K
Other income$39K
Owns and owes
$0
net assets
Liabilities$0
People
12
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$39K
Total revenue$39K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$0
Net assets$0
Operations
Employees56
Volunteers2,300
Fiscal year endsJanuary

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $39K$0 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.3M$3.1M−$746K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.0M$4.9M−$1.9M$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.8M$4.4M−$619K$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.8M$3.9M$890K$5.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.6M$3.6M$61K$4.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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