The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
066026005
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Hartford, CT, USA
Phone
8609297690
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,772,862
Expenses
$8,128,913
Assets
$49,294,311
Liabilities
$1,096,734

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

Leadership & pay

50 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRUCE JEFFERY (CEO 3/25)
  • RONALD HADORN (INTERIM CEO 9/24-3/25)
  • SAMUEL GRAY JR (OUTGOING PRESIDENT & CEO 8/24)

Highest reported compensation

  • SAMUEL GRAY JR (OUTGOING PRESIDENT & CEO 8/24): $232,368 total reported compensation
  • VERONICA COLLINS (VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES): $161,203 total reported compensation
  • KRISTI WHITE (DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST): $139,537 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Please refer to schedule o for full description.

What it reported doing in 2024

Health & life skills programs in this area encourage and empower young people to make positive choices that support and nurture their physical and personal well-being.key programs: healthy habits - program is designed to teach young people how to live healthy through good nutrition, exercisetriple play - health and wellness program that strives to improve the overall health of members through activities that focus on recreation, physical fitness, and intramural sports leagues.smart moves - nationally acclaimed program that teaches youngsters to resist alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and premature sexual activity. Smart girls - small-group program for girls ages 8 - 12 and 13 - 17, that helps girls build skills for eating right, staying physically fit, maintaining good health care, and developing positive relationshipspassport to manhood - designed for boys ages 11 - 14 to help them address critical issues they face, including ethics, decision making, wellness, fatherhood, employment, and more.

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 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.4%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 69.1%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • 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: 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 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: 7.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.06; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.4% of revenue deployed · 69.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 43 of 43 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $232K · 50 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $2.8M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.