Alabama · Nonprofit
A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB (Alabama) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,071,820 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC ($5,205,340). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What A G Gaston Boys and Girls Club does
Mission
To inspire and enable young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Since 1966, a.g. Gaston boys & girls club (aggbgc) has operated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, offering a safe place for children in the birmingham and bessemer area to stay out of trouble, remain in school and succeed in life. The a.g. Gaston boys & girls club's mission is to inspire and enable young people of the birmingham metro area, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. It is our intent to serve as a bridge between the home and school in an effort to promote youth development and an inner desire to achieve.a.g. Gaston boys & girls club is one of 1,140 independent, affiliated organizations of the boys & girls clubs of america (bgca) that provides safe places for children during the vulnerable after school hours of 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. And eight weeks during the summer from 7:45 a.m. To 5:30 p.m. We offer children an opportunity to be surrounded by a community of nurturing adults who tutor, mentor, and guide children and teens from high-risk environments. Our team provides academic support, supervised recreational activities, and character and leadership development for those who need it most. Our three…
$1,294,425 spent$88,771 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,294,425.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.8M to $9.0M (+400%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 4% · 2019 7% · 2020 9% · 2021 43% · 2022 36% · 2023 10% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
105% of A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Andre Mcfadden
CEO
Board chair
Brian Hamilton
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 7 funders, grant income fell $1.3M → $829k.
8 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
76% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 51% · 2019 44% · 2020 42% · 2021 42% · 2022 75% · 2023 74% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
32% of A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
86% of A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $503k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB's revenue fell 75% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Aggbgc Great Futures Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB?
- A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB (Alabama) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,071,820 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC ($5,205,340). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $10,071,820 in grants to A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,205,340 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like A G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 37 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing