BIG THOUGHT

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A250

Classification

1200

Street

1409 BOTHAM JEAN BLVD STE 1015

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 1015). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• BIG THOUGHT ENDOWMENT FUND

  EIN 32-0100426

Mission and programs · 2023

• 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.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2023

  Revenue

  $12,656,224

  Expenses

  $11,818,707

  Contributions

  $9,080,706

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $11,029,928

  Expenses

  $12,566,706

  Contributions

  $7,232,620

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,675,697

  Expenses

  $9,739,647

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,362,142

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,225,791

  Expenses

  $7,338,089

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,164,665

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,141,396

  Expenses

  $9,362,525

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,778,640

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,169,641

  Expenses

  $9,190,003

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,696,451

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,326,804

  Expenses

  $8,696,704

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,319,266

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,255,823

  Expenses

  $7,097,230

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,546,624

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,387,461

  Expenses

  $7,972,917

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,643,701

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,563,665

  Expenses

  $8,873,513

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,480,564

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,215,989

  Expenses

  $10,688,261

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,864,454

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $14,613,389

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,293,089

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• THE DALLAS FOUNDATION

  $490,001

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE DALLAS FOUNDATION

  $416,833

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MASSACHUSETTS HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE CORPORATION

  $375,000

  2024 · DIGITAL INNOVATION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $306,850

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $306,600

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE DALLAS FOUNDATION

  $303,421

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS

  $303,159

  2022 · THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.

• NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

  $300,000

  2023 · IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS IN FURTHERANCE OF NBA FOUNDATION'S MISSION

• THE ONESTAR FOUNDATION

  $186,946

  2022 · AMERICORPS SUB-GRANT

• COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS

  $148,553

  2024 · THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Other IRS files