Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
580566123
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Chamblee, GA, USA
Phone
4045277100
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,083,061
Expenses
$26,720,472
Assets
$73,456,769
Liabilities
$1,597,041

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

Leadership & pay

73 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Elizabeth Wright (President & CEO (June 2025))
  • David Jernigan (President & CEO (THRU 06/2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • Elizabeth Wright (President & CEO (June 2025)): $230,448 total reported compensation
  • Ashley Baker Collier (Chief Development Officer): $214,741 total reported compensation
  • Victor Fioresi (Chief Financial Officer): $214,683 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Boys & girls clubs of metro atlanta's (bgcma) mission is to ignite the unlimited potential of kids and teens by creating safe, inclusive, and engaging environments. Our vision is thousands of young leaders thriving in life and strengthening the future of their communities and the world. Through 26 clubs in 10 metro counties, trained and professional staff serve nearly 8,000 youth (ages 6-18) through year-round youth development programming. Bgcma provides programs focused on academic enrichment, character and leadership development, and healthy lifestyles. Bgcma also oversees camp kiwanis, a 160-acre outdoor residence camp. It costs our families between $85-$285 per child each year, based on income to become a member of our clubs. No child is turned away due to inability to pay. Bgcma remains committed to ensuring that every young person, regardless of circumstance, has access to opportunities that enable them to reach their full potential and contribute to stronger families and commun

What it reported doing in 2025

Academic success: bgcma's academic success programs are designed to improve educational outcomes and prepare youth for lifelong learning. Programs include literacy development, homework assistance, tutoring, academic enrichment, college and career exploration, and experiential learning opportunities that support classroom achievement and educational attainment.participants engaged in activities designed to strengthen academic performance, build critical thinking skills, and encourage high school graduation and post-secondary success. Academic programming emphasizes engagement, problem-solving, collaboration, and the development of foundational skills necessary for future achievement.these efforts support bgcma's mission by helping youth develop the competencies needed to succeed academically while creating pathways toward future career and economic opportunities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 81.7%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.2%; rating input score 99; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

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: -33%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.75; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 81.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 54 of 54 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $21.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $230K · 73 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.7M reported
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.