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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ESSEX HUDSON AND UNION COUNTIES NJ INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,481,636
Total expenses
$3,500,367
Contributions and grants received
$3,481,610
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$26
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,214,288
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,169,949
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,044,339
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,913,035
Management and general expenses
$103,647
Fundraising expenses
$483,685
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,913,035

Program services were 83.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $218,252

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $60,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,206,417

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,996,941

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $45,468

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $26 · excluded $26

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $13,498

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $218,252

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,498

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $856,568 · program services $710,953 · management and general $25,697 · fundraising $119,918

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,200,404 · program services $996,334 · management and general $36,012 · fundraising $168,058

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $42,127 · program services $34,965 · management and general $1,264 · fundraising $5,898

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $204,302 · program services $169,571 · management and general $6,129 · fundraising $28,602

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $147,860 · program services $122,724 · management and general $4,436 · fundraising $20,700

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $129,087 · program services $107,142 · management and general $3,873 · fundraising $18,072

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $59,727 · program services $49,573 · management and general $1,792 · fundraising $8,362

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $95,384 · program services $79,168 · management and general $2,862 · fundraising $13,354

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $101,630 · program services $84,354 · management and general $3,048 · fundraising $14,228

  • 17 · Travel

    total $145,189 · program services $120,507 · management and general $4,356 · fundraising $20,326

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $40,071 · program services $33,259 · management and general $1,202 · fundraising $5,610

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $44,307 · program services $36,775 · management and general $1,329 · fundraising $6,203

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM AND RECRUITMENT

    total $350,922 · program services $291,265 · management and general $10,528 · fundraising $49,129

  • 24b · Other expenses: DONATED EQUIPMENT AND S

    total $45,468 · program services $45,468

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $30,446 · program services $25,271 · management and general $913 · fundraising $4,262

  • 24d · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE

    total $6,875 · program services $5,706 · management and general $206 · fundraising $963

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $523,238 · end of year $622,032

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,607

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,659,890 · end of year $1,426,060

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $25,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $37,782 · end of year $51,098

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $314,233

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $156,484

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $197,820 · end of year $157,749

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,004,329 · end of year $932,349

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $258,477 · end of year $194,176

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $60,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,044,119 · end of year $975,773

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,020,012 · end of year $978,768

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $43,058 · end of year $1,065,571

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CREATE AND SUPPORT ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ADULT MENTORS AND YOUTH RESIDING IN ESSEX, HUDSON, AND UNION COUNTIES, NJ, THAT IGNITE THE POWER AND PROMISE OF YOUTH, AND TO BE A CREDIBLE SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION EMBEDDED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO HELP "AT RISK" CHILDREN REACH THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH PROFESSIONALLY SUPPORTED, ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEASURABLE OUTCOMES AND PROVEN RESULTS.

  • TO PROFESSIONALLY SUPPORT AND ENABLE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND MEASURABLE OUTCOMES THROUGH ONE-TO-ONE YOUTH MENTORING IN ESSEX, HUDSON AND UNION COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY.

    Expenses $2,913,035

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leslie Quick III

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Angelo Genova

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brett Harwood

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wendy Lacey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Litchkowski

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joseph P Baumann Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joel Ruffin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Fass

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Decicco

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carlos Lejnieks

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $402,228
    From this org
    $384,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,997
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $383,931
    Bonus
    $300
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,647
    Filer's total
    $402,228

  • Natalia Sardo

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $200,166
    From this org
    $186,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,366
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,500
    Bonus
    $300
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,719
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,647
    Filer's total
    $200,166

  • Viviana Baeza

    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $112,317
    From this org
    $101,569
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,748
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kashonda Barnes

    DIRECTOR OF MATCH SUPPPORT

    Total calculated
    $106,800
    From this org
    $103,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,134
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533119349302183

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