Boys & Girls Club of Greater Westfield Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042464259
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Westfield, MA, USA
Phone
4135622301
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,842,322
Expenses
$4,406,933
Assets
$11,091,329
Liabilities
$1,363,608

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARRY D SULLIVAN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • JAMES J IRWIN (PRESIDENT)
  • JONATHAN STOLPINSKI (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BARRY D SULLIVAN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $152,467 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule oat the boys & girls club of greater westfield (the club) the mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. For 55 years, the club has been in the forefront of youth development, working with all young people including those from disadvantaged economic, social and family circumstances. In a socio-economically diverse community, the club operates within the best practices of a nonprofit organization. In doing so, the club earns its role in greater westfield as a stable, collaborative, respected and responsive youth serving organization committed to ensuring the safety and security of our members. In 2024, the club was able to make a positive impact on over 1,241 members in the greater westfield area. With community support and grants awarded through the state of Massachusetts, in 2021, we completed a $3.5 million construction project to serve additional program participants and engage professional staff to open a full day licensed preschool program for 40 children ages 2 years nine months to five years of age. In 2024 we were awarded funding to redesign our licensed childcare classrooms to house an additional preschool classroom now serving 60 preschoolers daily. In february the club hosted a family engagement event, a sweetheart dance at tekoa country club with close to 250 attendees comprised of local children and their families. The club is a proven innovator in the delivery of programs designed to meet the ever-changing academic, cultural, social and recreational needs of children in greater westfield. Programs are run in five core program areas including: the arts, education, leadership & service, health & wellness, and sports & recreation. In the summer of 2024, the club served over 21,086 free meals at 10 local sites. During the 2024-2025 school year the club served 68,610 free meals and snacks to youth. Teen membership increased from 347 to 479 in the same year. The high school graduation rate for boys & girls club seniors remains at 100%. We serve all our young people between the ages of 2.9 and 18 every day, either full day for preschool, before and after school, and full days during the summer. Financial assistance, transportation to and from school, and free snacks and meals help make club programs accessible for all youth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 76% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - 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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.8%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.52; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.8% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $152K · 24 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.