Big Brothers Big Sisters of Vermont

Name

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Vermont

Legal name

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Hampshire and Vermont

Website

https://bbbsvt.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brattleboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and monthly donations from individuals supporting youth mentoring programs. Donors can give directly via the website or set up recurring monthly contributions.
2. Corporate Matching Gifts: Employer matching gift programs where companies match employee donations, effectively doubling or tripling individual contributions to the organization.
3. Legacy/Planned Giving: Legacy gifts and bequests from supporters investing in future mentoring relationships through estate planning.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Vermont (legally Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Hampshire and Vermont) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that recruits, screens, and matches adult volunteer mentors ("Bigs") with children and adolescents ("Littles") for one-to-one mentoring relationships. Services are delivered through two main program types—Community-Based Mentoring and School/Site-Based Mentoring—supplemented by specialized programs (BIG Adventures, PRISM, Bigs in Badges, Futures Ahead, Stratton Peer to Peer) and a Training Zone for mentor preparation. Programs are offered at no cost to participants and are funded through individual donations, monthly giving, corporate matching gifts, legacy gifts, and grants.

Product overview

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Vermont operates a unified youth mentoring platform with two core program types: 1-to-1 (Community-Based) Mentoring and School/Site-Based Mentoring. The organization offers multiple specialized programs including BIG Adventures, PRISM, Bigs in Badges, Futures Ahead, and Stratton Peer to Peer. The platform is supported by a Training Zone for mentor preparation and donation programs (One Time Donation, Monthly Giving, Matching Gifts) for fundraising. The programs serve youth in New Hampshire and Vermont through carefully administered matches between volunteer Bigs and child Littles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community-Based 1-to-1 Mentoring One-to-one mentoring program that matches adult volunteers (Bigs) with children (Littles) in their local New Hampshire and Vermont communities; pairs meet regularly for fun and learning activities. Provided at no cost to participants.
• School/Site-Based Mentoring Mentoring program in which Bigs visit their Littles at schools, after-school programs, or workplace sites for regular mentoring sessions. Provided at no cost to participants.
• BIG Adventures Specialized program offering unique enrichment experiences for mentoring pairs under the Special Programs umbrella.
• PRISM Specialized mentoring program under the Special Programs umbrella serving targeted youth populations.
• Bigs in Badges Specialized mentoring program connecting mentors with youth through a badges-based approach under the Special Programs umbrella.
• Futures Ahead Specialized mentoring program focused on future planning and guidance for youth under the Special Programs umbrella.
• Stratton Peer to Peer Peer-to-peer mentoring program under the Special Programs umbrella, developed in partnership with Stratton, serving targeted youth populations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90%+ of Littles have higher education aspirations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: National youth-development nonprofit providing mentoring, after-school programming, and youth services; competes for the same donor dollars, volunteer hours, and family mindshare in the NH/VT region.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: National umbrella organization for all BBBS affiliates; the parent network of which BBBSVT is a regional chapter. Directly comparable mission (one-to-one youth mentoring) and brand, but operates nationally rather than at the local two-state level.
• MENTOR (National Mentoring Partnership): National advocacy and capacity-building organization advancing youth mentoring; not a direct service competitor but a key sector peer shaping policy, evidence standards, and funding that affects BBBSVT's operating environment.
• 4-H Youth Development Program: Long-standing youth mentoring and development program with nationwide reach via cooperative extension; competes for the same volunteer mentors and youth-development funding in rural NH/VT communities.

Direct peers

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts: Another regional BBBS affiliate operating under the same national brand with similar community-based and site-based mentoring programs and donation-funded model — a near-direct comparable in structure and scale.
• Girls Inc. National nonprofit running youth mentoring and development programs with a strong local-affiliate model; directly overlaps on the same target demographic of children/adolescents and competes for the same philanthropic funding pool.
• Friends of Children / Friends of the Children: Youth mentoring nonprofit providing paid, professional, long-term mentors to youth facing systemic barriers; comparable mission and outcome measurement approach, with a different (professionalized) delivery model.

Regional players

• YMCA of Greater Burlington / Northern New England YMCAs: Local YMCA branches deliver youth mentoring, after-school, and family support programs in the same Vermont geography; compete for corporate donors, volunteer mentors, and family enrollments.
• Vermont Children's Trust Foundation (now called Prevent Child Abuse Vermont): State-level Vermont nonprofit focused on child welfare and family support; shares a regional donor pool and overlapping beneficiary population (at-risk Vermont youth) with BBBSVT.

Emerging players

• iCouldBe: Online e-mentoring nonprofit pairing youth with adult mentors in a virtual format; adjacent business model with overlapping volunteer mentor and youth LIttle/customer segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/BBBSNH
• Facebookfacebook.com/IgnitePotentialVT
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bbbsnh
• Instagraminstagram.com/bbbsnh
• TikToktiktok.com/@bbbsnh?_t=8nUlMIdpNLX&_r=1

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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