Mission: Throughout our 32-year history of innovation, Big Thought has become a national model in arts education, out-of-school time systems, summer learning, and most recently in social-emotional learning. We manage a powerful network of more than 687 partners to help scale programs and expand the scope of services to close the opportunity gap - the disparity of access to the resources for students to be college and career ready. As our nation's workforce demands evolve, youth in marginalized communities must be equipped with the skills and tools they need to imagine and create their best lives and a better world. (Less)

Big Thought is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1987, and donations are tax-deductible.