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BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE INC

EIN 39-1239687 MILWAUKEE, WI

Revenue 2024
$2,995,453
Expenses 2024
$3,177,343

Program services were 67.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
788 N JEFFERSON ST STE 600

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

FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS, BBBS HAS MADE A PROVEN TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT ON THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FACING ADVERSITY IN MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES. THROUGH ONGOING PROFESSIONAL CASE MANAGEMENT AND MENTORSHIP FROM DEDICATED TRAINED VOLUNTEERS, PARTICIPANTS ACHIEVE IMPRESSIVE ACADEMIC GAINS, AVOID CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND OTHER RISKY BEHAVIORS, DEVELOP SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, AND HAVE A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK ON THEIR FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CREATE AND SUPPORT MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS THAT IGNITE THE POWER AND PROMISE OF YOUTH.

  • MENTORING PROGRAM OPTIONS: BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS MENTORING PROGRAM IS A PROVEN, EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTION THAT MAKES A LIFE-CHANGING IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF YOUTH, FAMILIES, AND VOLUNTEER MENTORS. OUR MENTORING PROGRAM OFFERS THREE ONE-TO-ONE OPTIONS. IN EACH, VOLUNTEERS ENGAGE WITH THEIR MENTEE 2-4 TIMES PER MONTH. IN 2024, WE SERVED 1,806 YOUTH AGES 6-21 WHO WERE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED-PRICED MEALS (88%), LIVED IN NON TWO-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS (60%), AND/OR HAD AN INCARCERATED PARENT (12%).

  • 1) COMMUNITY-BASED MENTORING (1:1 MENTORING):YOUTH ENGAGE WEEKLY WITH VOLUNTEER MENTORS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND SPEND TIME TOGETHER DOING ACTIVITIES THEY CHOOSE BASED ON MUTUAL INTEREST. THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED MENTORING, YOUTH EXPERIENCE A WIDE RANGE OF NEW, FUN, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION, YOUTH BUILD CONFIDENCE, LEARN RESILIENCY, AND GAIN NEW PERSPECTIVES REGARDING THE ROLE THEY PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,225,395

  • 2) SCHOOL-BASED MENTORING (1:1 MENTORING): STUDENTS ENGAGE WITH VOLUNTEER MENTORS WEEKLY, DURING OR AFTER THE SCHOOL DAY, AT ONE OF OUR PARTNER ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCATIONS IN MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTIES (INCLUDING SEVEN MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS) FOR EDUCATIONALLY FOCUSED MENTORING, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE WITH HOMEWORK AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES THAT INCORPORATE CLASSROOM CONCEPTS. 3) MENTOR2.0 (1:1 MENTORING):MENTOR2.0 IS A PROVEN, TECHNOLOGY-ENRICHED MENTORING PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT PROVIDES SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE, HELPING STUDENTS GRADUATE AND SUCCEED IN BOTH COLLEGE AND THE WORKFORCE. MENTOR2.0 COMBINES IN-PERSON MENTORING WITH SAFE, SECURE ONLINE COMMUNICATION AND A COMPREHENSIVE WEEKLY CURRICULUM FOCUSED ON COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. 4) GROUP FACILITATED MENTORING (BEYOND 1:1 MENTORING): GROUP FACILITATED MENTORING (GFM) IS AN ADDITION TO OUR PROGRAM SERVICES TO SUPPORT MORE YOUTH WHO ARE NOT MATCHED IN A ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING RELATIONSHIP. WE OFFER GFM TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WHERE THE FOCUS IS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS FOR HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH, AND SERVICES FOR YOUTH WAITING FOR A MENTOR.

    Expenses $907,972 · Grants $70,600

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.

  • NEIL WILLENSON

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $201,323
    From this org
    $169,347
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,976
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,347
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,132
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,844
    Filer's total
    $201,323

  • BARB NAMOWICZ

    VP FINANCE/ADM

    Total calculated
    $95,462
    From this org
    $92,032
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,430
    Hours/week
    40

  • DREW GLAUBKE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT MEULENERS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN REISEL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATE MCDONALD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TONY BARTELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAMELA BELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOANNE BIRTWISTLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTIANA BLEADSOE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SETH BROIDY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LIZ CALDWELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALGENE CARAULIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREA CORONA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAHESH DAMODAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN DELAHUNT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TAHEREH DELEON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIMBERLY DODD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL FRANCIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARISSA GINGRAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW HESSELBACH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL KIEFFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHLOE KINSEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN KLIMARA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMAR KOTHAPALLI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,995,453
    Expenses
    $3,177,343
    Contributions
    $2,891,059
    Grants paid
    $70,600
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,636,597
    Expenses
    $2,729,564
    Contributions
    $2,536,562
    Grants paid
    $64,400
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,201,376
    Expenses
    $2,248,353
    Contributions
    $3,082,632
    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
    $2,870,819
    Expenses
    $2,226,116
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,797,405

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,702,184
    Expenses
    $2,140,950
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,425,667

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,155,064
    Expenses
    $2,209,360
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,723,467

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,773,688
    Expenses
    $2,143,884
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,511,737

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,330,141
    Expenses
    $2,082,340
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,699,811

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,229,250
    Expenses
    $1,968,499
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,455,084

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,214,037
    Expenses
    $1,912,241
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,235,043

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.