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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS AGENCY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$399,011
Total expenses
$381,003
Contributions and grants received
$263,273
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$43
Other revenue
$135,695
Total assets, end of year
$183,609
Total liabilities, end of year
$66,442
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$117,167
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$341,620
Management and general expenses
$35,249
Fundraising expenses
$4,134
Program service expenses (Part III)
$341,620

Program services were 89.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $93,750

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $169,523

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $43 · excluded $43

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $147,801

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $40,673

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $107,128

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Tax Refund

    total $28,567 · related or exempt $28,567

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $28,567

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,385 · program services $90,347 · management and general $10,038

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $134,462 · program services $121,016 · management and general $13,446

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,442 · program services $2,198 · management and general $244

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,954 · program services $17,059 · management and general $1,895

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,950 · program services $9,855 · management and general $1,095

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $590 · program services $531 · management and general $59

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,933 · program services $6,240 · management and general $693

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,918 · program services $24,226 · management and general $2,692

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,144 · program services $5,144

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $529 · program services $476 · management and general $53

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,633 · program services $9,570 · management and general $1,063

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues & Fees

    total $20,686 · program services $18,617 · management and general $2,069

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Consulting

    total $11,084 · program services $11,084

  • 24c · Other expenses: Program Supplies

    total $9,972 · program services $9,972

  • 24d · Other expenses: Software

    total $4,432 · program services $3,989 · management and general $443

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,889 · program services $11,296 · management and general $1,459 · fundraising $4,134

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $65,346 · end of year $54,588

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $39,505 · end of year $79,047

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $42,500 · end of year $43,250

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,179 · end of year $2,179

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

    $63,891

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

    $61,846

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,574 · end of year $2,045

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $2,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,445 · end of year $26,442

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $40,000 · end of year $40,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $99,159 · end of year $117,167

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Create and support mentoring matches that ignite the power and promise of youth.

  • The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County is to provide childrenfacing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported, one-to-onerelationships that change their lives for the better,forever. Since 1982, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County has served over 7,500 at-risk youth by creating mentoring relationships between these children and carefully screened adultvolunteers, who provide consistent guidance, friendship and appropriate rolemodeling. The vision statement of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County is:"All youth achieve their potential."Last fiscal year the Agency provided mentoring services to 150 ethnically diverseclients throughout Santa Cruz County. Big Brothers Big Sisters recruits volunteers to mentor those children at greatest risk of school truancy, drop-out, drug use, teen pregnancy and/or criminal activity. Over 80% of Agency clients live below the federal poverty level, the majority are living in single-parent homes, and many are struggling due to cultural and language barriers. Big Brothers Big Sisters' mentoring services help these children to believe in and achieve their potential in addition to making healthier decisions for their futures.The Agency has one primary program, the One-To-One Program. Volunteers serve asmentors in one-to-one relationships with children between the ages of 7 and 18.Potential volunteers go through a rigorous intake process, which includes anapplication, references, DMV report, criminal history check, interviews and training. Volunteers meet a minimum of twice a month with their Little and spend 6 to 10 hours each month with the children they are matched to, for a minimum of one year. The average match at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County lasts over two and a half years. The agency served 55 youth in mentoring last year.Big Brothers Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County conducts ongoing outcome evaluation ofits programs. Recent outcome evaluation of surveyed parents in the One-To-One Program found a 88% improvement in participating children's self-confidence; a 90%improvement in youth's ability to avoid delinquency; and a 87% improvement in thechildren's attitude toward school. Results from a recent evaluation of children andparents in the Enrichment and Mentoring Program found that 80% percent of the youthbelieved that their interest in school had improved, while 100% of surveyed parentssaw an improvement in their children's school grades.Big Brothers Big Sisters strives to find a place for all who want to be a part of the solution, whether as mentors, Board Members, tutors, special event fundraisers, or office volunteers. Last fiscal year, over 140 volunteers channeled their efforts to help Big Brothers Big Sisters achieve its goals and objectives. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County's organizational efficiency is key to its programmatic success.

    Expenses $341,620

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gabriela Trigueiro

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $100,385
    From this org
    $100,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Maria Barranco

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matthew Sinnott

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anissa Novak

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cara Benech

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jody Kolbach

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen Jackson

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DeAndre James

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Katherine Kirkwood

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
28 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511189349300921

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