BIG THOUGHT: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization: BIG THOUGHT (EIN 75-2170035)
Tax period: 2009-07-01 to 2010-06-30
Filed: 2011-05-11
IRS object ID: 201131319349301838
Schema version: 2009v1.7
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule J
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-05-11T11:53:49-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Sutton Frost Cary LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	600 Six Flags Dr Suite 600	AddressLine1
City	Arlington	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	76011	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	752170035	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BIG THOUGHT	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	BIGT	NameControl
Phone	2145200023	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2501 OAK LAWN AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	DALLAS	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	75219	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Marianne deJong	Name
Title	CFO	Title
Date Signed	2011-05-11	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Amy Michie	Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2009	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Giselle Antoni	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2501 Oak Lawn Ave Suite 550	AddressLine1
City	Dallas	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	75219	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
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Web Site	www.bigthought.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1987	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	TX	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	The mission of Big Thought is to make imagination a part of everyday learning. Key programs operated by or in partnership with Big Thought include Thriving Minds, SLANT 45, Dallas Arts Partners, Young Audiences of North Texas and Creative Solutions.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	60	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	60	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	276	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	100	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
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Total Revenue Current Year	10003790	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Salaries Etc Current Year	4856535	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
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Other Expenses Current Year	4885036	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
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Total Expenses Current Year	9741571	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
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Total Liabilities BOY	1291211	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	1807765	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	6451951	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	6714170	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	The mission of Big Thought is to make imagination a part of everyday learning. Key programs operated by or in partnership with Big Thought include Thriving Minds, SLANT 45, Dallas Arts Partners, Young Audiences of North Texas and Creative Solutions.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	7394080	Expense
Revenue	953357	Revenue
Description	For 25 years Big Thought has had a goal to make imagination a part of everyday learning. We have evolved beyond an arts education organization to develop groundbreaking programs which address academic achievement, problem-solving and life skills. Big Thought's success is built upon a foundation of powerful and effective partnerships with civic, educational, arts and cultural resources to provide high quality education programming both in and out of school.Big Thought serves as the managing partner of Thriving Minds, a citywide system that joins the City of Dallas, Dallas Independent School District and more than 100 other organizations such as libraries, faith organizations, recreation centers and others to provide enriched instruction to youth participating in this unique after school program. Annually, this innovative partnership serves more than 300,000 children, families and teachers and delivers more than one million hours of individual creative instruction and programming.Young Audiences of North Texas, a program of Big Thought, offers a wide range of programming, including curriculum integrated workshops, performances, artist residences and master classes. These programs are carried out in schools, libraries and other venues to help close the educational gap in the arts. Dallas ArtsPartners is a groundbreaking collaboration between education, city and cultural organizations. Through this partnership, Big Thought coordinates and delivers more than 500 cultural outreach services, provides professional development to educators and leverages funding resources to help schools access and deliver high quality instructional programming. In 2009, Big Thought was tapped by the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee to create the region's largest service-learning initiative, SLANT 45: Service Learning Adventures in North Texas. Today, more than 44,140 youth have given close to a half million hours of service throughout North Texas-showcasing the value creative learning has on a child's ability to reason, design and turn thought into action. Big Thought continues to pledge its services to offer engaging program opportunities to children and families in-school, after-school, during the summer and throughout their neighborhoods and communities as part of a collective goal to help students become more imaginative, adaptable and productive adults.	Description
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Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Balance Sheet Amounts Reported	true	BalanceSheetAmountsReported
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More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
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Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
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Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
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Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
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Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	276	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
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Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
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Non Deductible Disclosure	false	NonDeductibleDisclosure
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Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
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Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Filed Lieu1041	false	FiledLieu1041
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	60	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	true	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
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Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
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Written Policy Or Procedure	false	WrittenPolicyOrProcedure
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
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The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	MARIANNE DEJONG	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2145200023	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2501 OAK LAWN AVENUE SUITE 550	AddressLine1
City	DALLAS	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	75219	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (64 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee	OfficerOfficer
Tracy Roach
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Tom Kulik
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Theresa Flores
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Tammy Hartnett
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Susan Parker
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Selso Garcia
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Rudy Melendez
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Ross Vick
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Rob Burks
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Rick Darlow
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Rhonda Grubbs
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Randee Hefflefinger
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Purvi Patel
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Phil Samson
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Paul Dorsey
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Norman K Stone
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Natalie Jenkins-Sorrell
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Nancy Webb
VP of Org. Adv.	40.00		131375	0	3600	X
Nancy Del Regno
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Monty Montgomery
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Mike West
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Michelle Touchet
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Melody Timinsky
COO	40.00		149640	0	3600		X
Maura Conley
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Marianne deJong
CFO	40.00		114464	0	3600		X
Lori Scott McWilliams
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Lisa Glasgow
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Lauren Embrey
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Laura Burnett
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Laura Boeckman
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Kelly E Proctor
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Kate Flume
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Karen White
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
John Higgins
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Jenny Kirtland
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Jane Corbellini
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Irene Hosford
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Glenn Baldwin
Secretary	2.00	X	0	0	0		X
Giselle Antoni
President & CEO	40.00		197125	0	3600		X
Gina Morello
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Evan P Singer
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Ellen Hoffman
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Elizabeth Liser
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Elizabeth Fratantuono
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Elaine Vitt
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Dustin Paschal
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Don McClain
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Danny Modisette
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Connie Petticrew
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Cobie Russell
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Cliff Miercort
Treasurer	2.00	X	0	0	0		X
Clayton P Henry
Bd Gov Chair	2.00	X	0	0	0		X
Chris Meyer
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Carrie Hoffman
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Bret Gerard
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Beverly Heil
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Beth Ganslen
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Anita Tarar
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Angela McCants
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Andrea Burnett
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Amy Schnoll-Gritz
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Amy King
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Alfreda Norman
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0
Aleta Stampley
Director	2.00	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	592604	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	14400	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	4	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

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Wolfbrown
808A Oak Street	San Francisco	CA	94117	Research/Evaluation	304990
United Health Care
5001 LBJ Freeway	Dallas	TX	75244	Health Insurance	280170
Pariveda Solutions
2811 Mckinney Ave 220	Dallas	TX	75204	Software Support	207175
Gaedeke Landers LLC LTD
2501 Oak Lawn Avenue	Dallas	TX	75219	Building Rent	182548
Dallas Independent School District
3001 McKinney Ave	Dallas	TX	75204	Partnership Grants	806958

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Government Grants	3997923	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	5040863	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	21044	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	9038786	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

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OTHER INCOME	34054	34054

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Investment Income InvestmentIncome

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Exclusion	$11,647	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	0	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

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Exclusion	$11,647	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	607004	Total
Management And General	607004	ManagementAndGeneral

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Program Services	2709904	ProgramServices
Management And General	388092	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	511554	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	287229	Total
Program Services	234242	ProgramServices
Management And General	38238	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	14749	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Management And General	69331	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	38367	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	35825	Total
Management And General	35825	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	20071	Total
Management And General	20071	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	97296	Total
Program Services	67153	ProgramServices
Management And General	4373	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	25770	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	212747	Total
Program Services	153696	ProgramServices
Management And General	58564	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	487	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	150977	Total
Program Services	94162	ProgramServices
Management And General	46178	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	10637	Fundraising

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	217836	Total
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Management And General	33162	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	16581	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Management And General	1225	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	18094	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	289863	Total
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Management And General	46378	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	23189	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	56049	Total
Program Services	42597	ProgramServices
Management And General	8968	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4484	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

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Miscellaneous	175532	114208	49973	11351
Contract Services	1550357	1370593	63409	116355
Artist Fees	410750	410750
Agency Fees	1121632	1121632

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Management And General	43557	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2552	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Management And General	1528095	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	819396	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

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BOY	819259	BOY
EOY	253391	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3046421	BOY
EOY	3692870	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3074310	BOY
EOY	4092839	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	79950	BOY
EOY	112770	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	165825	BOY
EOY	78304	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	1278714	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	998301	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	546049	BOY
EOY	280413	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	11348	BOY
EOY	11348	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7743162	BOY
EOY	8521935	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	291965	BOY
EOY	384409	EOY

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	999246	BOY
EOY	626152	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	797204	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1291211	BOY
EOY	1807765	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3201560	BOY
EOY	3581890	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3250391	BOY
EOY	3132280	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6451951	BOY
EOY	6714170	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7743162	BOY
EOY	8521935	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	true	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	true	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2689433	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3963837	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	7869556	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	9644882	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	9038786	CurrentTaxYear
Total	33206494	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2689433	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3963837	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	7869556	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	9644882	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	9038786	CurrentTaxYear
Total	33206494	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	9835371	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	23371123	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	7640	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	42390	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	106413	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	76110	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	11647	CurrentTaxYear
Total	244200	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	33450694	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	6767394	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.69870	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.74810	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade
Volunteers	false	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	true	DirectContactLegislators
Direct Contact Legislators	$82,500	DirectContactLegislatorsAmount
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	82500	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912Tax

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	1278714	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	998301	Depreciation
Book Value	280413	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	280413	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	10003790	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	9741571	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	262219	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Other	$25	OtherAmount
Total Adjustments	25	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	262244	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	10003815	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Revenues	25	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	25	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	10003790	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	10003790	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	9741571	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	9741571	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	9741571	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Part XII, Line 2d	Part XII, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990	Eliminate consolidating entries $25
Part XI, Line 8	Part XI, Line 8: Other Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances	CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES ACTIVITY NOT INCLUDED ON 990 $25

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException
Rebuttable Presumption Procedure	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcedure

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (2 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg
Melody Timinsky
149640	3600	153240
Giselle Antoni
197125	3600	200725

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Governing documents, policies and financial statements are available upon request.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	Salary of officers and key employees is determined by compensation survey and comparisons to similar organizations. Budget which includes salary is approved by finance committee.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c	Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	The conflict of interest disclosure statement is sent to officers, directors and key employees annually. A designated group ensures receipt of the disclosure statements and addresses any issues as needed.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process	The CFO meets with the preparer to discuss a draft of the Form 990 in detail. Afterwards, a copy is sent to the full board for their review and comment prior to filing the return. The CFO then signs the return after considering board comments.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 4	Form 990, Part VI, Line 4: Description of Significant Changes to Organizational Documents	The Organization amended its bylaws to include the following significant changes:1. Restructured Board of Directors to include an Executive Board2. Redefines roles, profiles and composition of the Board of Directors and Executive Board of Directors3. Redefines election procedures and committees

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Big Thought Endowment Fund	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2501 Oak Lawn Ave Suite 550	AddressLine1
City	Dallas	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	75219	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	320100426	EIN
Primary Activities	Support Big Thought	PrimaryActivities
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileState
Exempt Code Section	501(c)(3)	ExemptCodeSection
Public Charity Status	509(a)(3)	PublicCharityStatus
Direct Controlling Entity NA	N/A	DirectControllingEntityNA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties	false	ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org	false	GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org	false	GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Sale Of Assets To Other Org	false	SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org	false	PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets	false	ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs	false	RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities	false	SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees	false	SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org	false	OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org	false	OtherTransferFromOtherOrg