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BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY (Michigan) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,498,478 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ($2,420,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2023
$1.6M
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$4.5M
Net assets
$412k
8/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 79%
01What it does

What Boys and Girls Club of South Oakland County does

Mission

The mission of Metro Detroit Youth Clubs is to empower youth to reach their full potential through safe accessible and inclusive experiences that open doors to a bright future enabling every Club member to graduate from high school with a plan for college or career contribute to their community and live a healthy life.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Metro Detroit Youth Clubs MDYC Program Service Accomplishments in 2023 Academic Support Specific Measurements and Accomplishments 1. Clients Served: MDYC provided academic support to over 1,300 youth ages 6-18 across three counties in Metro Detroit throughout 2023. 2. Days of Care Provided: The academic support services were delivered consistently throughout the year as programming expanded as communities emerged from COVID. 3. Frequency: MDYC conducted daily sessions in-person homework help ensuring continuous educational engagement for youth aged 6-18. Programs included regular tutoring sessions and academic assistance activities tailored to meet the individual needs of the participants. MDYC conducted in-person programming during the summer at two locations - Detroit and Royal Oak. MDYC Short-Term Objectives: Immediate Academic Support: To mitigate the adverse educational impacts of COVID-19 by providing essential academic support services. This included in-person tutoring homework help and in-person assistance aimed at maintaining and improving academic performance during the pandemic. Engagement and Retention: To keep youth engaged in their educational journey. The focus was…

    $517,347 spent
    40% of program spending
  2. Metro Detroit Youth Clubs MDYC Program Service Accomplishments in 2023 Social & Mental Health Support Specific Measurements and Accomplishments 1. Clients Served: MDYC provided social recreation and mental health support to over 1,500 youth ages 6-18 and their families. 2. Days of Care Provided: Throughout 2023 MDYC offered consistent social and mental health support services. Youth gathered in-person at three MDYC locations throughout the year. 3. Number of Sessions or Events Held: Specific session counts included daily social recreation activities designed to engage youth and provide emotional support. Monthly workshops and field trips facilitated by partners focused on developing coping skills and social-emotional competence. 4. Material Support: MDYC provided resource guides skill sheets and additional printed materials to support youth and families. Activity Objectives Short-Term Objectives: Immediate Social and Mental Health Support: To provide essential social interaction and mental health resources. Long-Term Goals: Sustained Mental Health and Social Well-Being: To foster long-term mental health and social well-being for the youth served by MDYC. The goal is to create…

    $452,679 spent
    35% of program spending
  3. Metro Detroit Youth Clubs MDYC Program Service Accomplishments in 2023 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT & CAREER DEVELOPMENT Specific Measurements and Accomplishments 1. Clients Served: MDYC provided leadership programs focused on civic engagement and career development to over 340 youth ages 12-18. 2. Days of Care Provided: Leadership programs were conducted consistently throughout the year ensuring ongoing support and development opportunities for participants. Programs varied in frequency including daily monthly and quarterly. 3. Number of Sessions or Events Held: MDYC organized numerous sessions including workshops seminars and interactive events. These included: Workshops on civic engagement topics such as race relations economic opportunities and social justice. Special events and panels addressing current civic issues providing a platform for youth to discuss and engage in meaningful dialogue. MDYC partnered with the local OMEGA Zonta and Optimist Club chapters to expand mentoring opportunities for our MDYC Club members. Activity Objectives Short-Term Objectives: Immediate Civic and Career Development Support: To provide youth with the knowledge skills and platforms needed to engage in…

    $323,342 spent
    25% of program spending
  4. Metro Detroit Youth Clubs MDYC Program Service Accomplishments in 2023 Emergency Support In 2023 MDYC provided emergency food and clothing support to over 400 families each with an average household size of 4 totaling approximately 2,000 individuals. Food was provided daily to our Levin Comer Club youth and twice annually to more than 400 MDYC youth and their families. Clothing was provided throughout the year to our Levin Comer Club members and annually to more than 400 MDYC youth and their families. Throughout the year basic needs supplies were provided to more than 600 teen members through a partnership with the Clean Teen Closet Program.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,293,368.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($153k)2018 Revenue 100 ($1.2M) Expenses 92 ($1.1M) Net assets 124 ($189k)2019 Revenue 110 ($1.3M) Expenses 102 ($1.2M) Net assets 146 ($224k)2020 Revenue 78 ($906k) Expenses 79 ($970k) Net assets 117 ($179k)2021 Revenue 93 ($1.1M) Expenses 90 ($1.1M) Net assets 101 ($155k)2022 Revenue 116 ($1.4M) Expenses 96 ($1.2M) Net assets 213 ($325k)2023 Revenue 139 ($1.6M) Expenses 125 ($1.5M) Net assets 270 ($412k)
2017201820192020202120222023
Revenue (139)Expenses (125)Net assets (270)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $502k to $334k (−33%).

$502k
$334k
$333k
$287k
$419k
$488k
$462k
2017201820192020202120222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

89% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,035 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$64k
’17
$38k
’18
$33k
’19
−$63k
’20
−$25k
’21
$171k
’22
$89k
’23
1.3
months of
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

Brett Tillander

CEO

Board chair

Bernd Ronnisch

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.

2017201820192020202120222023
Listed27252322212020
Joined·+4+3+0+2+3+0
No longer listed·651340
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 6 funders, grant income rose $110k → $1.3M.

4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 15 of 16 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 SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

84% 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 SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY.

54%
largest funder
92%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 87% · 2019 67% · 2020 61% · 2021 75% · 2022 59% · 2023 59% — 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

38% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

79% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $944k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from Michigan funders.

MI
NY
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,813 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve1.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,813 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023

Organizations like BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 11%Fundraising 4%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

78%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

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Questions and answers

Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY?
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY (Michigan) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,498,478 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ($2,420,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $4,498,478 in grants to BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN is the largest funder on record, with $2,420,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH OAKLAND COUNTY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 16 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