Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 560636247
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Wilmington, NC, USA
- Phone
- 9108999000
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,776,651
- Expenses
- $5,377,526
- Assets
- $8,988,713
- Liabilities
- $2,121,084
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dawn-Michele Blalock (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Dawn-Michele Blalock (CEO): $212,175 total reported compensation
- Desiree L Bryant (CFO): $87,154 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. 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 2025
In 2025, Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina served more than 3,182 youth in grades K12 across Brunswick, Duplin, Pender, New Hanover, and Onslow Counties. Through high-quality out-of-school programming, we provided safe, supportive environments where young people could learn, grow, and thrive while also receiving hot meals and nutritious snacks that supported their overall well-being.The youth we serve reflect the significant needs within our communities: 70% qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, 53% came from single-parent households, 20% were from military families, and 70% identified as racial or ethnic minorities. These realities reinforce the importance of providing accessible, affordable programs that help youth succeed academically, socially, and emotionally.Our mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens. We are committed to helping every Club member graduate from high school on time with a plan, pursue post-secondary education or career pathways, prove strong character and leadership, and live a healthy lifestyle.Through evidence-based programming in education, leadership development, health and wellness, the arts, sports and recreation, and innovative STEM initiatives such as our Spark Lab through SparkNC, youth gain the academic support, mentorship, life skills, and career exposure needed to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Programs introducing students to cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, software development, and engineering offer hands-on learning opportunities that inspire future-ready skills and open doors to high-impact careers.Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina continue to create life-changing opportunities for thousands of youth each year by providing hope, stability, mentorship, and pathways to lifelong success.Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina is a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.8%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.6%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.67; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.8% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $212K · 30 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.