Boys' Club of Duluth

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
410969947
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Duluth, MN, USA
Phone
2187271549
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Centers, Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,914,377
Expenses
$2,004,598
Assets
$6,260,968
Liabilities
$225,013

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JASON CRAWFORD (PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES WATTS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TODD JOHNSON (CEO (THRU MAR 2025))
  • BESSIE REINS (CEO (BEGINNING OCT 2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • DAWN HAUTAJARVI (CFO): $132,993 total reported compensation
  • TODD JOHNSON (CEO (THRU MAR 2025)): $92,576 total reported compensation
  • BESSIE REINS (CEO (BEGINNING OCT 2025)): $62,228 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission: to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.our vision: provide a world-class club experience that assures success is within reach of every young person who enters our doors with all members on track to graduate from high school with a plan for the future, demonstrating good character and citizenship, and living a healthy lifestyle. Our clubs' programs are evidence-based and strategically designed to increase attitudes toward school, improve social relationships, and decrease risky behaviors in youth.

What it reported doing in 2025

Our clubs good character & citizenship programs help our youth become responsible, caring citizens and acquire skills to grow into engaged and active members of their community. Program participants have access to leadership develop skills training and gain opportunities for planning, decision-making, contributing to their club and community. As part of this initiative, we partner with key area agencies as they pertain to our cause, such as: duluth police department, hibbing police department, grand rapids police department, rotary international, mentor north, and community leaders. Opportunities for planning, decision-making, contributing to their club and community. As part of this initiative, we partner with key area agencies as they pertain to our cause, such as: duluth police department, hibbing police department, grand rapids police department, rotary international, mentor north, and community leaders.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.7%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.7%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.12; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.4%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.7% of revenue deployed · 73.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $133K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.