Public Charity

BIG THOUGHT

BIG THOUGHT is a Public Charity headquartered in DALLAS, TX. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $9.6M revenue, $12.6M expenses, $2.1M total assets. 92 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $9.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 752170035 DALLAS, TX Arts Education NTEE: A25 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$9.6M
Total Expenses$12.6M
Total Assets$2.1M
Grant Records92
Funding Total$9.9M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

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.

Officers & Directors

Director Aaron Jackson
Director Andres Correa
Director Andrew Legrand
chair elect Anthony Begon
Director Anurima Bhargava
Director Beth Ganslen

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Top Grant Purposes

For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$3,650,400 8 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$3,074,759 9 grants
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
$796,253 7 grants
DIGITAL INNOVATION
$375,000 1 grant
IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS IN FURTHERANCE OF NBA FOUNDATION'S MISSION
$300,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $9.6M $12.6M $2.1M
2024 $12.7M $11.8M $4.0M
2023 $11.0M $12.6M $3.0M
2022 $10.7M $9.7M $4.4M
2021 $9.2M $7.3M $5.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $9.2M to $9.6M (+5%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.1M.

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