Georgia · Nonprofit
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 169 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,887,681 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($21,235,964). 98 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 169
- Grants received
- $60M
- Net assets
- $72M
What Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc does
Mission
Boys & girls clubs of metro atlanta's (bgcma) mission is to ignite the unlimited potential of kids and teens by creating safe, inclusive, and engaging environments. Our vision is thousands of young leaders thriving in life and strengthening the future of their communities and the world. Through 26 clubs in 10 metro counties, trained and professional staff serve nearly 8,000 youth (ages 6-18) through year-round youth development programming. Bgcma provides programs focused on academic enrichment, character and leadership development, and healthy lifestyles. Bgcma also oversees camp kiwanis, a 160-acre outdoor residence camp. It costs our families between $85-$285 per child each year, based on income to become a member of our clubs. No child is turned away due to inability to pay. Bgcma remains committed to ensuring that every young person, regardless of circumstance, has access to opportunities that enable them to reach their full potential and contribute to stronger families and commun
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academic success: bgcma's academic success programs are designed to improve educational outcomes and prepare youth for lifelong learning. Programs include literacy development, homework assistance, tutoring, academic enrichment, college and career exploration, and experiential learning opportunities that support classroom achievement and educational attainment.participants engaged in activities designed to strengthen academic performance, build critical thinking skills, and encourage high school graduation and post-secondary success. Academic programming emphasizes engagement, problem-solving, collaboration, and the development of foundational skills necessary for future achievement.these efforts support bgcma's mission by helping youth develop the competencies needed to succeed academically while creating pathways toward future career and economic opportunities.
$13,090,614 spentof which $46,459 as grants$466,253 earned by the program60% of program spendingCharacter & leadership development: bgcma prepares young people for a successful future by empowering them to become confident, responsible leaders who positively influence their peers and communities. Through leadership opportunities, mentoring relationships, community service, collective action, and creative expression, youth are encouraged to think critically about the world around them and understand the value of leadership, service, and civic engagement. Programs help youth build character, resilience, communication skills, self-confidence, and positive decision-making abilities while providing meaningful opportunities for their voices to be heard. Through these experiences, youth learn to take responsibility for their choices, advocate for what matters to them, and make meaningful contributions to their communities.
$5,454,422 spent$194,272 earned by the program25% of program spendingHealthy lifestyles: bgcma helps young people build healthy relationships with themselves, their peers, adults, and their communities while developing the knowledge, confidence, and skills to make healthy choices. Through mentoring, social-emotional learning, team-based sports, fitness, and health and wellness initiatives, youth strengthen communication, empathy, teamwork, conflict resolution, respect, and decision-making skills. Prevention-focused programming addresses risk factors while creating safe environments where youth can learn from and support one another. By fostering a strong sense of self, autonomy, and belonging, bgcma empowers youth to make healthier decisions, build positive relationships, develop pro-social behaviors, and establish lifelong habits that support their physical, emotional, and social well-being.
$3,272,653 spent$116,564 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $21,817,689.
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 $77M to $82M (+7%).
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 21% · 2018 20% · 2019 30% · 2020 28% · 2021 25% · 2022 29% · 2023 30% · 2024 37% · 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc’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
Larry Patrick
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 38 funders to 68 funders, grant income rose $5.0M → $11M.
22 of 169 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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: $36M from 18 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Joseph B Whitehead Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 169 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 Metro Atlanta Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 Metro Atlanta Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 46% · 2019 45% · 2020 41% · 2021 29% · 2022 48% · 2023 43% — 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
55% of Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
92% of Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.6M 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 & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc's funding base is broadening — from 38 funders to 68 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 144 youth development nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $901k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$500k
- Department of Education$401k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta 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 Georgia
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
77%
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 2 related entities
- Bgcma Properties LLC · disregarded
- Bgcma Harland Real Estate Company · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc?
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 169 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,887,681 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($21,235,964). 98 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc have?
- IRS filings report 169 organizations giving $59,887,681 in grants to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc, 98 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc?
- BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) is the largest funder on record, with $21,235,964 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 169 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