The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Health & wellness programs: through a variety of programs, boys & girls clubs of metro south strives to improve the overall health of club members by increasing their daily physical activity, teaching them good nutrition, and helping them develop healthy relationships with a focus on nourishing the mind, body, and soul. We provide nutritious meals to our youth each evening during the academic year, and both breakfast and lunch during the summer months to ensure that no member who wishes to eat at our clubs leaves hungry. Each day we serve meals to nearly 400 of our members; totaling more than 7,500 meals served per month and more than 100,000 meals served annually. We also aim to eliminate the anxiety that comes with never knowing where one's next meal will come from. By removing this constant worry from the minds of our members, we can help them better apply their efforts in school, and give them the freedom to just be kids. Positive social-emotional development is one of our most important goals for our members. Social-emotional development improves youth's readiness to learn, self-confidence, behavior, academic performance, and overall personal development. Socially and emotionally competent youth are better prepared to navigate the world around them and are more likely to succeed in school, at the club, and in life. Each of our clubs employs a full-time youth resource navigator to support our members' mental and behavioral health and connect families with wraparound resources.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 77.9%; rating input score 78
• Program expense ratio: 79.1%; rating input score 79
• Fundraising efficiency: $6.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 93.9%; rating input score 94; 24th 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: 2.2%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.55; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings