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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC

EIN 95-2151526 SAN DIEGO, CA

Revenue 2024
$3,441,574
Expenses 2024
$2,571,093

Program services were 76.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
4305 UNIVERSITY AVE STE 590

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

BBBS MISSION: CREATE AND SUPPORT ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS THAT IGNITE THE POWER AND PROMISE OF YOUTH.BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY MENTORING MODEL SINCE 1961, BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS SAN DIEGO (BBBS SAN DIEGO) HAS BEEN A LEADER IN PROVIDING 1:1 MENTORING. THE CORE COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM, WHERE ONE CHILD (LITTLE) IS INTENTIONALLY "MATCHED" WITH AN ADULT VOLUNTEER (BIG) IN A LONG-TERM, PROFESSIONALLY SUPPORTED MENTORING RELATIONSHIP, REMAINS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR MODEL TODAY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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

  • OUR COMMUNITY BASED MENTORING PROGRAM IS THE AGENCY'S FLAGSHIP MENTORING PROGRAM. SINCE 1961, BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (BBBS SAN DIEGO) HAS PROVIDED AND SUPPORTED PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED, ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CARING ADULT VOLUNTEERS (BIGS) AND YOUTH FACING ADVERSITY (LITTLES), PRIMARILY AGES 7-18, WITH TRANSITION SUPPORT UP TO AGE 21.THIS PROVEN MODEL IS BACKED BY THIRD-PARTY RESEARCH DEMONSTRATING SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE RESULTS, INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS IN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT, SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND OVERALL WELL-BEING, DIRECTLY IMPACTING A CHILD'S LONG-TERM TRAJECTORY AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY.OUR COMMUNITY MENTORING PROGRAM PAIRS BIGS AND LITTLES WHO MEET INDEPENDENTLY 2-4 TIMES A MONTH FOR JOINT OUTINGS AND MAINTAIN FREQUENT CONTACT VIA PHONE, TEXT, OR EMAIL, ALL WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING A STRONG, ENDURING, LIFE-CHANGING RELATIONSHIP. THIS PERSONAL BOND IS CONTINUALLY AMPLIFIED BY OUR PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM STAFF, WHO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS SUPPORT TO THE YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES. OUR TEAM IS TRAINED IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE AND HOLDS 3-YEAR CERTIFICATIONS IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, ENSURING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS DEALING WITH TRAUMA, GRIEF, DEPRESSION, AND OTHER FAMILY-RELATED CHALLENGES.WE STRATEGICALLY FOCUS THIS MENTORING MODEL ON YOUTH EXHIBITING RISK FACTORS, TARGETING THOSE MOST LIKELY TO BENEFIT FROM CONSISTENT, POSITIVE GUIDANCE. OUR KEY INITIATIVES SERVE:- BIG FUTURES: YOUTH EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES AT SCHOOL, INCLUDING ACADEMIC TROUBLE, BULLYING, AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS.- CALIFORNIA VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM (CALVIP) SERVING YOUTH WITH A BACKGROUND OF TRAUMA, ABUSE, OR DISPROPORTIONATE EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE PREVALENT IN NEIGHBORHOOD CULTURES AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS.- CULTURALLY COMPETENT INITIATIVES SUCH AS AYANA (FOR CHALDEAN REFUGEE CHILDREN) AND HERMANDAD (FOR LATINX CHILDREN).

    Expenses $1,576,056

  • OPERATION BIGS ADDRESSES THE DISTINCTIVE NEEDS FOR MILITARY YOUTH, PROVIDING A UNIQUELY SELECTED MENTOR FOR EACH YOUTH AND HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT FOR EACH MATCH. THIS YEAR COMMEMORATES THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR OPERATION BIGS PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY WORKING WITH MILITARY FAMILIES WHO ARE A SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATION WITHIN SAN DIEGO. THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM OUR PARTNERS OVER THESE TWO DECADES HAVE ENABLED THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO STEADFASTLY GROW THIS PROGRAM AND FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF OUR VALUED MILITARY COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $386,334

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.

  • CHAD ENSZ

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAWN ANDREWS

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN ANDREWS

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARISA MILLER

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT QUINN

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RYAN WATERMAN

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TD ROLF

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIM CRUICKSHANK

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM BRENNAN

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ZEKE RODRIGUEZ

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDY KIMBALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILL MORRISSEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN FURMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLES CHAMBERLAYNE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CYNTHIA FULLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HUMBERTO PERAZA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES LANGLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAN BOURGEOIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUSTIN KAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KELLY SELF THOMASON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN CHRISTENSEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIA MELLO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIE LEWIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MONICA FENELLI SALEM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NOREEN IPPOLITO

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,441,574
    Expenses
    $2,571,093
    Contributions
    $3,311,930
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,659,032
    Expenses
    $2,402,332
    Contributions
    $2,534,999
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,122,393
    Expenses
    $2,212,356
    Contributions
    $2,530,053
    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
    $2,952,341
    Expenses
    $1,848,235
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,282,208

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,329,634
    Expenses
    $2,115,438
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,166,823

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,611,416
    Expenses
    $2,524,018
    Assets (EOY)
    $652,251

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,162,975
    Expenses
    $2,439,874
    Assets (EOY)
    $558,793

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,478,888
    Expenses
    $3,674,103
    Assets (EOY)
    $832,753

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,304,797
    Expenses
    $2,822,000
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,933,088

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,610,728
    Expenses
    $2,827,262
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,524,320

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,614,663
    Expenses
    $2,852,527
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,762,840

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.