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THINK BIG FOR KIDS INC

EIN 83-3978138 LAKELAND, FL

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Revenue 2024
$2,703,046
Expenses 2024
$1,475,718

Program services were 74.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O20
Classification
2000
Street
1219 ROLLING WOODS LN

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THINK BIG FOR KIDS IS BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, MENTORSHIP, AND JOB READINESS TRAINING TO EXCEL IN TODAY'S WORKFORCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY BY PREPARING KIDS FOR CAREERS THROUGH MENTORSHIP & TRAINING

  • THINK BIG FOR KIDS IS A NATIONAL NON-PROFIT THAT PARTNERS WITH COMPANIES FROM DIVERSE INDUSTRIES TO PROVIDE THE AWARENESS, GUIDANCE, AND SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO SET AND ACHIEVE THEIR POST-GRADUATION GOALS. OUR UNIQUE "THREE PILLARS" APPROACH INCORPORATES CAREER EXPLORATION, MENTORSHIP, AND JOB READINESS AND PLACEMENT. WE'VE DEVELOPED A PROGRAMMATIC ROADMAP THAT FIRST ENGAGES KIDS DURING THE CRITICAL MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS AND SUPPORTS THEM THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND INTO YOUNG ADULTHOOD. DURING THE PROGRAM, STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND WORK WITH EXPERIENCED MENTORS TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GOALS. AS THEY APPROACH GRADUATION, WE OFFER WORK PLACEMENT, INTERNSHIPS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP THEM PURSUE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, TRADE SCHOOL CERTIFICATION, OR A 2 TO 4-YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE. TO FURTHER OUR MISSION TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY, WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO CONNECT GRADUATES TO JOBS THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT AFTER COMPLETING THEIR EDUCATION.FOUNDED BY TECH ENTREPRENEUR TONY DIBENEDETTO, THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH BUSINESS PARTNERS AND LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP KIDS' UNTAPPED POTENTIAL. OUR VISION IS TO SERVE 10,000 KIDS BY 2025 BY PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS, COMPANIES, AND VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN POVERTY WITH OPPORTUNITIES.THE THINK BIG FOR KIDS MISSION FOCUSES ON THREE PILLARS:- CAREER EXPLORATION: WE PROVIDE MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH A CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT DIVERSE JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN TODAY'S WORKPLACE BY ORGANIZING CAREER SHOWCASES, SKILL-BUILDING WORKSHOPS, FIELDTRIPS, AND SUMMER PROGRAMS.- MENTORSHIP: WE PAIR STUDENTS WITH AN EXPERIENCED MENTOR ALIGNED WITH THEIR INTERESTS WHO CAN HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THEIR CAREER OPTIONS, CHOOSE THE RIGHT EDUCATION PATH, REMAIN ACCOUNTABLE, AND PLAN FOR POST-GRADUATION.- JOB READINESS & PLACEMENT: WE PREPARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURE CAREER BY COORDINATING INTERNSHIP AND JOB SHADOWING OPPORTUNITIES, ORGANIZING JOB READINESS WORKSHOPS, AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS, AND ASSISTING WITH JOB PLACEMENT.

    Expenses $1,093,393 · Grants $309,299

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Tony Dibenedetoo

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Holly Grogan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Amy Alley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $152,341
    From this org
    $145,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,341
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,000
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,341
    Filer's total
    $152,341

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,703,046
    Expenses
    $1,475,718
    Contributions
    $2,622,313
    Grants paid
    $309,299
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $944,625
    Expenses
    $740,726
    Contributions
    $912,433
    Grants paid
    $121,859
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,093,349
    Expenses
    $518,682
    Contributions
    $1,092,957
    Grants paid
    $52,844

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
    $1,118,465
    Expenses
    $386,637
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,276,219

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $612,157
    Expenses
    $267,174
    Assets (EOY)
    $544,391

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $337,567
    Expenses
    $138,159
    Assets (EOY)
    $199,408

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.

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.