California · Nonprofit
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC (California) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,228,964 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($6,800,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $9.2M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove Inc does
Mission
The mission of the boys & girls clubs of garden grove, inc. 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
Boys & girls clubs of garden grove, inc. (bgcgg) offer high quality, impactful before and after school programming on a large majority of school campuses across garden grove unified school district (ggusd). Students in grades tk-12th attending one of the qualified schools are eligible to attend the after-school program on their respective campus. These school-based programs are offered free of charge in partnership with ggusd and are funded by after school education safety (ases), 21st century community learning centers (21st cclc), after school safety and enrichment for teens (assets) programs, and extended learning opportunity programs (elop). Students enrolled in our ases/21st cclc/assets programs attend the afterschool program immediately upon school dismissal until as late as 6:00 p.m. These school-based programs provide academic assistance, distance learning support, an opportunity for students to participate in physical activities, high-quality enrichment programs and activities, and a daily snack.
$18,010,768 spentof which $3,500 as grants$452,711 earned by the program84% of program spendingBgcgg also operates four state-licensed early childhood facilities funded through california department of education's child development fund as well as supplemental funding through early head start and federal food program (cacfp). These early learning programs offer full day preschool for children 6 months to 5 years old and utilize the california early development system. Program outcomes focus on social & emotional, language & literacy, cognitive, and physical development. These outcome areas help better prepare children entering transitional kindergarten/kindergarten and offer safe and supportive environments with certified teachers who help guide learning exploration for proper development.
$3,509,472 spent16% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $21,520,240.
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 $4.5M to $10M (+127%).
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 0% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 17% · 2022 9% · 2023 2% · 2024 95% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Mark Surmanian
CEO
Board chair
Sonya Sell
Board chair, exec comm. Member
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $266k → $470k.
8 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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: $13k from one payer (the payer's own filing calls it a related party, largest Amin Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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 & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 38% · 2019 36% · 2020 36% · 2021 49% · 2022 97% · 2023 52% — 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
29% of BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
75% of BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC'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 $2.3M that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from funders outside California, across 9 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC has grown faster than half of the 135 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 135 youth development nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% 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
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC?
- BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC (California) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,228,964 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($6,800,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $9,228,964 in grants to BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $6,800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GARDEN GROVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 33 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