Illinois · Nonprofit
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 229 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,041,867 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($9,965,350). 130 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 229
- Grants received
- $51M
- Net assets
- $41M
What Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago does
Mission
The mission of bgcc is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Physical & social development: physical & social development programs designed to enhace physical, emotional and development needs of young people, allowing participants to mature, increase self-esteem & function as a positive member of society. 20 locations, 1,040 hours of operation per year per facility.
$8,257,047 spentof which $702,015 as grants$356,176 earned by the program53% of program spendingSupplementary education: supplementary education programs designed to educate young people in all areas of societal experience resulting in additional options to assist in making their lives more productive. 20 locations, 1,040 hours of operation per year per facility.
$4,256,226 spentof which $61,659 as grants27% of program spendingEmployment services: employment services programs are designed to provide complete training and employment assistance to young adults ages 16-20. 8 locations, 1,040 hours of operation per year.
$1,784,879 spentof which $34,857 as grants12% of program spendingCommunity development & organization: community development and organization programs are designed to network and collaborate service delivery involving community based organizations and city-wide coalitions. 20 locations, 1,040 hours of operation per location per year.
$1,179,577 spentof which $30,829 as grants8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,477,729.
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 $47M to $65M (+40%).
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 25% · 2018 21% · 2019 26% · 2020 26% · 2021 23% · 2022 17% · 2023 34% · 2024 46% · 2025 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% 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.
Board chair
Joseph M Ferraro
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 46 funders to 92 funders, grant income rose $4.5M → $6.4M.
25 of 229 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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: $167k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Fund for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago). These are real filings, and they are not money BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO raised.
From the IRS filings of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 229 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 CLUBS OF CHICAGO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
61% 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 CLUBS OF CHICAGO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 17% · 2018 20% · 2019 24% · 2020 14% · 2021 29% · 2022 67% · 2023 17% — broadly stable.
“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
50% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO'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
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 29 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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 CLUBS OF CHICAGO's funding base is broadening — from 46 funders to 92 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 144 youth development nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Fund for Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO?
- BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 229 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,041,867 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($9,965,350). 130 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO have?
- IRS filings report 229 organizations giving $51,041,867 in grants to BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO, 130 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $9,965,350 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 229 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing