Big Thought
Big Thought
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About this organization
Mission
Big Thought's mission is to make imagination a part of everyday learning.
About
Driven by our mission to make imagination a part of everyday learning, Big Thought is an impact education nonprofit dedicated to closing the opportunity gap for youth in Dallas and beyond. Founded in 1987 by Dallas civic leaders Edith O'Donnell and Mitch Jericho as an affiliate of Young Audiences, the organization began innovating education from its inception by bringing arts and cultural performances into classrooms at a time when the arts had been marginalized or even eliminated from public school curricula. The organization soon grew to serve children, educators and families in more ways than its founders ever imagined. In 2004, the name Big Thought was adopted to reflect the broadened scope and vision. Throughout our 30+ year history of innovation, Big Thought has become a national model in arts education, out of school time systems, summer learning and juvenile justice intervention. Now we're one of 6 community partnerships in the U.S. helping scale national best practices in social and emotional learning. At our core, we empower youth to: 1. build their creative muscle,2. develop social and emotional skills and well being and3. 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 reached over 13,900 students for more than 750,000 learning hours in fiscal year 2019.2. 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 reached over 139,000 students for more than 3.25 million learning hours in fiscal year 2019.3. Big Thought Institute. We obsess over research, development and design, ensuring that we are evaluating and enhancing our work year after year. Further, we take our evidence- based best practices and learnings and share them with other non-profits and organizations through consulting, professional development and program design services. Big Thought Institute offered 492 professional learning sessions in fiscal year 2019, reaching 1,814 unique participants.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's mission, as described in the filing, is “The mission of big thought is to make imagination a part of everyday learning. we bring relentless optimism, innovation, and imagination to the biggest problem facing education today: the opportunity gap.”.
When describing its duties, they were characterized as: “The mission of big thought is to make imagination a part of everyday learning. we bring relentless optimism, innovation, and imagination to the biggest problem facing education today: the opportunity gap.”.
- The non-profit has complied with legal regulations by reporting their state of operation as TX.
- The filing shows that the non-profit's address as of 2020 is 1409 SOUTH LAMAR STREET 1015, DALLAS, TX, 75215.
- As of 2020, the non-profit has reported a total of 142 employees on their form.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$20,362.
- The compensation of the CEO of the organization is subject to review and approval by an independent body.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 37 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1987.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule J.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $4,855,456 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $446,792 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.