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Founded | 1904 Cincinnati, Ohio New York |
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Founder | Ernest Kent Coulter |
Type | Non-governmental organization |
Focus | Mentorship, education |
Headquarters | Tampa, Florida, United States |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Artis Stevens,[1] President and CEO |
Revenue (2019) | US$21 million[2] |
Website | https://www.bbbs.org |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to "create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth".[3] Adult volunteers are matched with children from age 5 to young adulthood. It was founded by Ernest Kent Coulter. [4]