Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Legal name: Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
912117699
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Atlanta, GA, United States
Phone
(404) 487-5700
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$139,000,321
Expenses
$132,926,403
Assets
$47,836,580
Liabilities
$33,262,728

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

Leadership & pay

365 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRAE AVANT - AL (PRESIDENT)
  • CHEYENNE WALSH - AZ (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT HERRERA - AR (PRESIDENT)
  • KIM WASHINGTON - CA (PRESIDENT)
  • ROB CONNOLLY - CA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRIAN BEAULIEU - CO (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MISSY DUGAN - CO (DIRECTOR): $473,456 total reported compensation
  • MISTY MILLER - TX (DIRECTOR): $455,060 total reported compensation
  • VANESSA MERHIB - KY (DIRECTOR): $417,502 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 enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ga alliance dhs afterschool care (tanf) - these passthrough funds were received from the state of Georgia department of human services to engage in various afterschool programs. These included:* academic support (tutoring, mentoring, literacy, youth development, etc.) programming a minimum of 2 days per service week for a minimum of 60 minutes per day.* physical activity programming a minimum of one (1) day per service week, for a minimum of 30 minutes per day.* well-being programming from an evidence-based curriculum.* developed and implemented a virtual programming plan to address the academic, health, well-being, and family engagement needs of participating youth in the event that their local ordinances advised or mandated a halt to in-person activities and program services.*followed guidelines from cdc and local public health agencies for in-person program services.* hosted at least 4 family engagement activities throughout the course of the fiscal year for dfcs funded youth participants and their family members.* provided a nutritional snack and/or meal during programming to dfcs out of school services funded participants that adhered to the dietary guidelines for americans (dga).* served as designated site locations for the dfcs educational programming, assessment and consultation (epac) unit.* served as a designated site for providing Georgia cultivating the rising experienced worker (c.r.e.w.) program youth opportunities and internships, as requested.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most filed governance safeguards are in place. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 57
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.2%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 97.4%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 39.3%; rating input score 39; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.8%; rating input score 67; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 4.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.7; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 93.2% of revenue deployed · 97.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 244 of 365 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $129.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $473K · 365 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.7M reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 357 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 352 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.