Big Buddy Program
Baton Rouge, LA Youth Development
- UEI
- CDLPZFTVMF36
- CAGE
- 4S6K2
- Primary NAICS
- 624110 Child and Youth Services
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1415 Main St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, USA
- Website
- bigbuddyprogram.org
- Founded
- 1979
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Services
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Specialized Consumer Services
- SIC code
- 86 Membership Organizations
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mentoring children of prisoners | Administration for Children and Families | $340,778 | |
| Mentoring program grants | Department of Education | $520,015 |
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Dept. Of Admin | S287C230018 | $1,000,000 | |
| La Dept. Of Admin | S287C240018 | $101,000 | |
| La Dept. Of Admin | S287C240018 | $980,000 |
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About the company
Big Buddy Program Youth Development Division is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that receives federal education funding as a grant recipient (40% of recent awards) and subrecipient (60%), with no direct federal contracting footprint. The organization operates exclusively within the Department of Education's 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program, serving youth development and afterschool enrichment functions under pass-through grants from the Louisiana Department of Administration.
The vendor's federal award portfolio is narrow and concentrated. Two customer agencies account for 100% of awards: the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (four awards) and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (one award). All named work in the source derives from 21st CCLC awards, a federally funded afterschool and summer learning initiative. As a subrecipient, Big Buddy Program received three 21st CCLC sub-awards from the Louisiana Department of Administration in 2024 and 2025 (dates Sep 9, 2024; Dec 11, 2024; and Sep 2, 2025), with combined dollars obligated across all five awards totaling $2.9 million since first appearing in the data in 2009.
Activity is sporadic rather than growing. The source captures two awards in 2009, a sixteen-year gap in visibility, then two awards in 2024 and one in 2025. The organization does not compete for or hold federal contracts, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs; all federal funding flows through state pass-through administration of the 21st CCLC grant program. Big Buddy Program holds no prime federal grant awards — it functions solely as a subrecipient delivering youth development programming at the subaward level.
Quick answers
Is Big Buddy Program registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Big Buddy Program's SAM.gov registration is active through September 3, 2027.
What is Big Buddy Program's most recent federal award?
Big Buddy Program's most recent federal grant award is Mentoring children of prisoners (90CV0507), from Administration for Children and Families, on September 30, 2009.
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