Iowa · Nonprofit
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE (Iowa) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,029,624 to it, the largest being THE BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($200,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dubuque does
Mission
The mission of the boys & girls club of greater dubuque is to provide programs for dubuque area youth promoting health and social, educational, cultural, leadership, and character development with an emphasis on areas with greatest potential impact, in an environment which enables our members to become responsible, contributing citizens.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Meal program - the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dubuque participates in the usda's child and adult care food program (cacfp) free at-risk meal program. In addition to the school year program, we sponsor a summer food service program (sfsp) also funded by the usda and the united way to provide free breakfast, lunch, supper and snacks to children in the community during the summer vacation period. In total the club serves over 40,000 meals annually that meet the nutritional needs of all of our members.
$442,102 spent41% of program spendingSports fitness and recreation- provide opportunities with proper guidence and adequate leadership for boys and girls to gain experience in situations which are mentally stimulating, enjoyable, physically wholesome, and socially sound. Provides variety of seasonal activities offered for youth including basketball, volleyball, dodgeball, jump rope, fitness activities and contests.
$130,126 spent$9,981 earned by the program12% of program spendingEducational & arts- provide members with experiences in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts and math that will develop an appreciation for the value of education, discover vocational aptitudes, develop leadership and responsibility, spark curiousity, promote brain health awareness and develop skills for a successful future. In addtion the programs assist members in discovering their strengths and abiliities and teaches members the constructive use of leisure time.
$506,912 spent$4,283 earned by the program47% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,079,140.
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 2020 to 2021, from $9.4M to $11M (+21%).
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 6% · 2018 8% · 2019 11% · 2020 30% · 2021 20% · 2022 10% · 2023 13% · 2024 12% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Tom Sullivan
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $38k → $445k.
9 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.6M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque). These are real filings, and they are not money BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE raised.
From the IRS filings of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
56% 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 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 22% · 2019 41% · 2020 17% · 2021 20% · 2022 46% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“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
67% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
63% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $400k 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
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE?
- BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE (Iowa) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,029,624 to it, the largest being THE BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($200,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $1,029,624 in grants to BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE?
- THE BUTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 32 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