Ohio · Nonprofit
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 135 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,867,412 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($6,810,500). 79 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 135
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio does
Mission
To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Academic success: this impact area affects the clubs' mission to enable young people who need us most to reach their full potential. Programs seek to engage youth in education, reduce high school drop out rates, and encourage high school graduation and post-secondary opportunities by teaching basic educational disciplines, technology and the arts, nurturing creativity, cultural awareness and appreciation for the arts.in 2024, 99% of our regularly attending seniors graduated from high school, significantly higher than the average for school districts they attended; 82% of members (6,664 youth) participated in club's academic success programs.
$4,451,629 spent37% of program spendingCharacter and leadership: this impact area focuses on furthering the clubs' mission by developing youth into productive, caring and responsible citizens by emphasizing interpersonalrelationship-building, self-image and contribution to the community. In 2024, 90% of members that were involved in keystone or torch club leadership programs participated in at least one community service project.100% of teen members will be offered the opportunity to engage in advanced leadership and civc engagement via youth board.
$5,119,743 spent43% of program spendingHealth & wellbeing: this impact area also furthers the clubs' mission to enable young people to reach their full potential through encouraging youth to make smart, healthy choices for their bodies, minds and spirits (ultimately, their futures) by encouraging goal-setting, health-risk avoidance, and self-sufficiency and by developing physical and social skills, stress management and appreciation for the environment. In 2024, 81% of our members participated in physical programs as well as sel programs. In addition, 100% of youth were offered a nutritious meal each day they attended club.
$2,413,266 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,984,638.
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 $16M to $23M (+38%).
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 56% · 2018 75% · 2020 47% · 2021 52% · 2022 46% · 2023 61% · 2024 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO’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. 2 of the last 7 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
Allen Smith
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Lisa Aurilio
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 62 funders, grant income rose $213k → $2.6M.
23 of 135 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 135 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 NORTHEAST OHIO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
80% 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 NORTHEAST OHIO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 61% · 2019 64% · 2020 37% · 2021 27% · 2022 74% · 2023 19% — 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
45% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
62% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO'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 $8.7M that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 NORTHEAST OHIO has grown faster than three-quarters of the 203 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 203 youth development nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.0M
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 AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 3 related entities
- Cleveland Peacemakers Inc · exempt
- Open Tone Music · exempt
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio Education Coalition · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO?
- BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 135 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,867,412 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($6,810,500). 79 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO have?
- IRS filings report 135 organizations giving $22,867,412 in grants to BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO, 79 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $6,810,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 135 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