Organizational Structure

Big Nerd Idea Foundation — bignerdidea.org

501(c)(3) non-profit. IRS requires a minimum of three board members. Board members are unpaid directors; staff roles may be paid or volunteer.

flowchart TD
    subgraph BOARD["Board of Directors (minimum 3 required)"]
        direction LR
        KC["Kevin Crump\nPresident / Executive Director"]
        CZ["Corey Zinn\nSecretary / Technical Director"]
        B3["[ Open ]\nTreasurer / At-Large"]
    end

    subgraph STAFF["Staff & Operations"]
        ED["Kevin Crump\nExecutive Director"]
        GD["[ Open ]\nGrants & Development Lead"]
        PC["[ Open ]\nProgram Coordinator"]
        TL["Corey Zinn\nTechnical Director"]
        ENG1["[ Open ]\nSoftware / Hardware Engineer"]
    end

    KC -->|"oversees"| ED
    ED --> GD
    ED --> PC
    ED --> TL
    TL --> ENG1

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Big Nerd Idea, LLC — bignerdidea.com

For-profit LLC. No statutory minimum employee requirement. Structure below reflects minimum viable operations across three practice areas: Engineering, Business, and Operations.

flowchart TD
    CEO["Kevin Crump\nOwner / CEO"]

    subgraph ENG["Engineering"]
        CTO["[ Open ]\nCTO / Lead Engineer"]
        SWE["[ Open ]\nSoftware Engineer"]
        HWE["[ Open ]\nHardware / IoT Engineer"]
    end

    subgraph BIZ["Business Development"]
        BD["[ Open ]\nBusiness Development Lead"]
        PM["[ Open ]\nPartnership Manager\n(Hardware & Device Mfr.)"]
    end

    subgraph OPS["Operations"]
        OPM["[ Open ]\nOperations Manager"]
        SUP["[ Open ]\nClient Support Lead"]
    end

    CEO --> CTO
    CEO --> BD
    CEO --> OPM
    CTO --> SWE
    CTO --> HWE
    BD --> PM
    OPM --> SUP

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Entity Relationship

flowchart TD
    subgraph BNIF["Big Nerd Idea Foundation · bignerdidea.org"]
        FBD["Board of Directors\nKevin Crump · Corey Zinn · [ Open ]"]
        FST["Staff\nED · Grants Lead · Program Coord · Tech Director · Engineer"]
    end

    subgraph BNILLC["Big Nerd Idea, LLC · bignerdidea.com"]
        LCEO["Kevin Crump — Owner / CEO"]
        LTEAM["Teams\nEngineering · Business Dev · Operations"]
    end

    BNILLC -- "Sponsorship donation\n(~15–20% of revenue)" --> BNIF
    BNIF -- "Open ecosystem\n(software · hardware specs · APIs)" --> BNILLC