Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley (BGCAZ)
Legal name: Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 860550646
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6029548182
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $27,677,826
- Expenses
- $32,979,927
- Assets
- $71,648,714
- Liabilities
- $3,850,237
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
57 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARCIA MINTZ (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- MARCIA MINTZ (CEO): $474,019 total reported compensation
- SWATI WEBB (CFO): $217,532 total reported compensation
- CASSIDY CAMPANA (VP COMMUNICATIONS): $203,274 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley empowers young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible members of the community. There is a reason Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley (BGCAZ) is the largest childcare provider in the Valley: Parents trust BGCAZ to provide a safe, positive, fun environment for their kids’ out-of-school time. BGCAZ-What-is-BGCAZ 1. Our Mission and Vision. Empowering Kids, Empowering Families Through High-Quality, Affordable Programs That Stay Open Late Whether it is during summer camp, after-school time, or in one of our other enrichment programs, BGCAZ offers unique experiences in the arts, physical fitness, character development, and leadership training. We also provide our kids with proven educational programs and academic support — along with plenty of healthy fun and recreation. Our caring...
What it reported doing in 2024
Boys & girls clubs of the valley offers affordable after-school and summer programs for 16,000+ young people ages 6 to 18. At clubs across the valley, bgcaz provides award-winning programs designed to change the lives of young people. For over 70 years, bgcaz has been creating equity and opportunity for youth through academic, social, and workforce opportunities. We help young people make healthy decisions and focus on social and emotional development to build resilient young adults. Most importantly, we work to develop strong character and leadership skills by creating positive connections to caring adults and their community. Boys & girls clubs employs a formula for impact for how the organization impacts the life of a child. Our programs are organized around four priority outcomes: academic success; good character & leadership, healthy choices and career pathways & workforce readiness. For more information: visit www.bgcaz.org and @bgcarizona on social channels.academic success: graduate from high school, ready for college, trade school, military or employment.good character & leadership: be an engaged member in the community, and model strong character.healthy lifestyles: adopt a healthy diet, practice healthy lifestyle choices and make a lifelong commitment to fitness.career pathways & workforce readiness: build knowledge, skills and learning experiences to prepare for the 21st century workforce and lifetime economic potential.
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: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.8%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- 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; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: -19.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.17; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 94.8% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 50 of 50 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $26.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $474K · 57 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.9M reported
- Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 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 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.