Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,789,802 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($592,830). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Boys and Girls Club of the Lower Merrimack Valley Inc does
Mission
To provide instruction, education, and assistance to boys and girls of various ages and to inspire and enable all young people, especially those that need us the most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The five core program areas the boys & girls club of lower merrimack valley utilizes in developing and offering programs and activities to its members consist of 1.) character & leadership, 2.) education & career development, 3.) sports, fitness, and recreation, 4.) health and life skills, and 5.) the arts. The underlying philosophy is the youth development strategy enables us to maximize opportunities for young people to acquire four basic senses which help them build self-esteem and grow into responsible caring citizens.
$851,630 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $851,630.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.1M to $2.0M (+79%).
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 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 9% · 2021 16% · 2022 3% · 2023 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC’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. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $135k → $304k.
5 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 21 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 THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
62% 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 THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 29% · 2019 30% · 2020 31% · 2021 19% · 2022 57% · 2023 43% — 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
57% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 86% 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
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC draws 52% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $184k 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.
Against its field
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC 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 THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC
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 Massachusetts
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
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC?
- BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,789,802 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($592,830). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,789,802 in grants to BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC?
- BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) is the largest funder on record, with $592,830 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 21 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