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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC

EIN 23-1746895 ALLENTOWN, PA

Revenue 2024
$857,976
Expenses 2024
$931,774

Program services were 68.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
41 S CARLISLE ST

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

OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE AND SUPPORT ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS THAT IGNITE THE POWER AND PROMISE OF YOUTH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY, INC. IS ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENHANCING THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH THROUGH PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH TRAINED VOLUNTEERS GUIDED BY PROFESSIONAL STAFF. OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE AND SUPPORT ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS THAT IGNITE THE POWER AND PROMISE OF YOUTH.

  • BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC. MATCHES YOUTH IN MEANINGFUL, ENDURING PROFESSIONALLY SUPPORTED MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIGH SCHOOL AND ADULT VOLUNTEERS WHO DEFEND THEIR POTENTIAL AND HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR BIGGEST POSSIBLE FUTURES. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS' EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH IS DESIGNED TO CREATE POSITIVE YOUTH OUTCOMES INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS, AVOIDANCE OF RISKY BEHAVIORS, HIGHER ASPIRATIONS, GREATER CONFIDENCE, AND IMPROVED RELATIONSHIPS. THE MISSION OF BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS IS TO CREATE AND SUPPORT ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING RELATIONSHIP THAT IGNITE THE POWER AND PROMISE OF YOUTH.

    Expenses $634,162

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • SUSAN BARTELS

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $97,727
    From this org
    $81,927
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,800
    Hours/week
    40

  • CYNTHIA ALLAN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROCCO ZEGALIA

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LORENA BRAVO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE ESHAK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR HARRISON BAILEY III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARNE BREWSTER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • A TERRY BURNETT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GLENNIS CLARK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVEN JONES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE LAHANAS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALBERTO LONGO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT MORRIS MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT REYES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGORY SCARLATO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTHONY SEARLES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT STECKEL JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEGAN VERHOLY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ISAIAH WILLIAMS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $857,976
    Expenses
    $931,774
    Contributions
    $656,244
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $731,669
    Expenses
    $952,628
    Contributions
    $540,371
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $857,744
    Expenses
    $950,756
    Contributions
    $748,343
    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
    $852,790
    Expenses
    $892,662
    Assets (EOY)
    $880,099

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $844,816
    Expenses
    $774,097
    Assets (EOY)
    $933,452

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $787,349
    Expenses
    $705,011
    Assets (EOY)
    $900,997

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $663,068
    Expenses
    $654,734
    Assets (EOY)
    $816,232

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $596,792
    Expenses
    $651,876
    Assets (EOY)
    $831,241

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $564,568
    Expenses
    $600,635
    Assets (EOY)
    $848,314

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $617,805
    Expenses
    $549,535
    Assets (EOY)
    $859,633

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,047,884
    Expenses
    $519,413
    Assets (EOY)
    $858,679

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $404,762
    Expenses
    $500,748
    Assets (EOY)
    $319,701

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $501,943
    Assets (EOY)
    $444,186

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 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.