Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America Corporation

Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America Corporation, a Tampa, Florida-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization, receives federal grants as the prime recipient to deliver evidence-based youth mentoring services targeting at-risk populations, administering subawards to approximately 30 to 90 affiliate agencies across 18 to 42 states per award.

The vendor's federal footprint is entirely grant-based, with no contract vehicles or contract sub positions. All 29 recent awards are project grants where Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America Corporation acts as the prime recipient and grant administrator. The organization holds a dominant position with the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), which accounts for 17 of 29 awards (97% coverage across top customers). OJJDP funding supports mentoring initiatives targeting youth currently or formerly involved in the juvenile justice system, youth in high-crime communities, American Indian/Alaska Native youth, rural youth, youth in persistent poverty, youth with incarcerated parents, youth with military-connected parents, youth with disabilities, LGBTQ youth, and youth experiencing bullying or violence. A secondary customer, the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, funds a workforce-development mentoring initiative ("Mentoring Toward Big Futures") serving 350 BIPOC, low-income, and rural youth ages 14 to 21 across six agencies, with a requested $2 million and leveraged funds of $82,500. The Corporation for National and Community Service funded a VISTA Support Grant (Project Grant, awarded January 30, 2022, completing June 26, 2027) to expand mentor enrollment and support a minimum of 50 at-risk youth.

Recent OJJDP grants include a two-year project grant awarded October 1, 2025, completing September 30, 2027, to serve 5,825 youth at risk while increasing mentors by 3,600 and administering subawards to approximately 80 affiliates; a Building Relationships to Reduce Barriers initiative (October 1, 2024, completing March 31, 2026) to connect 9,000 youth across the U.S. with mentors through approximately 85 affiliate agencies in at least 42 states; a Mentoring Youth Impacted by Opioids Phase 7 initiative (October 1, 2024, completing September 30, 2026) to serve 700 opioid-impacted youth through approximately 30 affiliates in at least 18 states; and an earlier cohort awarded October 1, 2023 (completing March 31, 2025) to partner with approximately 90 affiliate agencies in at least 41 states. Phase VI opioid-focused mentoring (October 1, 2023, completing September 30, 2025) and FY 2022 general mentoring (October 1, 2022, completing March 31, 2024) grants, each serving 700 youth, further demonstrate OJJDP's recurring investment in the organization's model.

Award volume has declined in recent years—three awards in both 2022 and 2023, two in 2024, and one in 2025—with $142.9 million obligated across all 29 awards since 2006. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, signaling minimal near-term recompete pressure. The organization operates exclusively as a prime grant recipient with no federal contracting footprint and no sub-award activity in the source data.