Totals
- Total revenue
- $12,656,224
- Total expenses
- $11,818,707
- Contributions and grants received
- $9,080,706
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $3,463,090
- Investment income
- $44,042
- Other revenue
- $68,386
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,028,491
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,797,419
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,231,072
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $9,849,531
- Management and general expenses
- $1,436,019
- Fundraising expenses
- $533,157
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $9,849,531
Program services were 83.3% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$2,059,448
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$7,021,258
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2a · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $3,294 · related or exempt $3,294
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2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES
total $3,459,796 · related or exempt $3,459,796
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3 · Investment income
total $27,528 · excluded $27,528
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $2,816,122
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $2,799,608
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $16,514
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $16,514 · excluded $16,514
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: other income
total $68,386 · related or exempt $68,386
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$68,386
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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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 $876,052 · program services $248,202 · management and general $543,788 · fundraising $84,062
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $5,736,206 · program services $5,247,974 · management and general $139,241 · fundraising $348,991
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $462,074 · program services $396,397 · management and general $36,824 · fundraising $28,853
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $529,722 · program services $441,234 · management and general $53,902 · fundraising $34,586
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $42,870 · management and general $42,870
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $23,850 · management and general $23,850
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $213,129 · program services $196,767 · management and general $4,580 · fundraising $11,782
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $7,790 · program services $2,969 · management and general $1,521 · fundraising $3,300
-
13 · Office expenses
total $20,054 · program services $3,884 · management and general $16,114 · fundraising $56
-
14 · Information technology
total $571,830 · program services $375,232 · management and general $195,599 · fundraising $999
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $390,858 · program services $269,717 · management and general $121,141
-
17 · Travel
total $217,693 · program services $179,606 · management and general $35,760 · fundraising $2,327
-
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 $29,486 · program services $19,166 · management and general $10,320
-
23 · Insurance
total $91,572 · program services $60,441 · management and general $31,131
-
24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES
total $950,599 · program services $844,627 · management and general $97,872 · fundraising $8,100
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24b · Other expenses: AGENCY FEES
total $892,574 · program services $892,574
-
24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $486,680 · program services $465,501 · management and general $20,483 · fundraising $696
-
24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $185,246 · program services $116,702 · management and general $59,848 · fundraising $8,696
-
24e · All other expenses
total $90,422 · program services $88,538 · management and general $1,175 · fundraising $709
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,230,465 · end of year $1,320,334
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $233,859 · end of year $1,068,881
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $432,392 · end of year $497,541
-
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 $36,535 · end of year $9,588
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,800,298
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,670,707
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $79,221 · end of year $129,591
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $111,397 · end of year $423,122
-
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 $866,407 · end of year $579,434
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $652,072 · end of year $887,277
-
19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $250,000
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $927,696 · end of year $660,142
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $460,977 · end of year $1,797,271
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $949,531 · end of year $433,801
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
The mission of Big Thought is to make imagination a part of everyday learning. We bring relentless optimism, innovation, and imagination to the biggest problem facing education today: the opportunity gap.
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At Big Thought, we believe that all youth have innate greatness. Our North Star is that all youth are equipped to imagine and create their best lives and world. Driven by our mission to make imagination a part of everyday learning, Big Thought is a social impact enterprise that focuses on youth development by preparing young creators with the skills and resources they need for the 21st century workplace. We exist to empower and equip youth to Create Great we're creating creators. At Big Thought, we provide the space and agency to support young creators through our programs and partnerships, which are powered by our dedicated research and development team that enables us to design high quality evidence-based programs, measure our impact, and expand our reach.Throughout our 30+ year history of innovation, Big Thought has become an award-winning national model in arts education, out of school time systems, summer learning and juvenile justice intervention. Now, we're one of six community partnerships in the U.S. helping scale national best practices in social and emotional learning.At our core, we empower youth to build their creative muscle, develop social and emotional skills and wellbeing and create their authentic voice.Big Thought implements three approaches to deliver this work:1. Direct to youth programs. We develop and deliver high quality curriculum and programs to serve communities with the greatest need. Big Thought programs reach on average over 4,000 students for more than 443,000 learning hours annually.2. Learning Systems - We do this by strategically connecting partners and resources across the city to create learning systems that address these themes. Big Thought Learning Systems reach on average over 20,000 students for more than 2.1 million learning hours annually.3. Powered by Big Thought, Big Thought Institute (BTI) - is an innovative partner that enables organizations to expand their capacity to build creativity, develop 21st Century skills, and deliver unique learning experiences. BTI provides professional learning, consulting, design and research-based services to empower our clients to effectively teach, develop and create. We leverage evidence-based best practices in creativity and learning systems that have been established over 30 years. BTIs client services impact adults who impact youth, engaging with an average of 10,000+ adults and having an indirect impact on hundreds of thousands of youth.
Expenses $9,849,531 · Revenue $3,463,090
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Byron K SandersBYRON K SANDERS
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $238,791
- From this org
- $230,258
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,533
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $230,258
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,533
- Filer's total
- $238,791
-
Mustapha BeydounMUSTAPHA BEYDOUN
COO
- Total calculated
- $199,761
- From this org
- $199,761
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $199,761
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $199,761
-
Glenn BaldwinGLENN BALDWIN
CFO
- Total calculated
- $185,999
- From this org
- $177,466
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,533
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $177,466
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,533
- Filer's total
- $185,999
-
Erin OffordERIN OFFORD
CHIEF PROG & SYSTEMS OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $165,250
- From this org
- $156,697
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,553
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $156,697
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,553
- Filer's total
- $165,250
-
GREGORY MacPHERSON
CHIEF BTI OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $154,611
- From this org
- $146,078
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,533
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $146,078
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,533
- Filer's total
- $154,611
-
Anurima BhargavaANURIMA BHARGAVA
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Aaron JacksonAARON JACKSON
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Beth GanslenBETH GANSLEN
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dyke ShippDYKE SHIPP
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Anthony BegonANTHONY BEGON
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kelly Ann DohertyKELLY ANN DOHERTY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Andrew LegrandANDREW LEGRAND
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kimberly RiddickKIMBERLY RIDDICK
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Neena NewberryNEENA NEWBERRY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Sydney BlocherSYDNEY BLOCHER
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tamela ThorntonTAMELA THORNTON
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Patrick DuffyPATRICK DUFFY
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Andres CorreaANDRES CORREA
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dennis PalmerDENNIS PALMER
CHAIR ELECT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Vana HammondVANA HAMMOND
Chair.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Christopher ShropshireCHRISTOPHER SHROPSHIRE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Cheryl HarrisCHERYL HARRIS
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Rina ParikhRINA PARIKH
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ryan KlineRYAN KLINE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
D'Andre WeaverD'ANDRE WEAVER
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Erin Offord-From 82024ERIN OFFORD-FROM 82024
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $0
- 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 · Compensation survey or study
- 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.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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501(c)(3) · Support Big Thought · TX · controlled entity
Directly controlled by BIG THOUGHT
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 12 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202501329349303400
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