Kansas · Nonprofit
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TOPEKA
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TOPEKA (Kansas) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,134,100 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($3,406,908). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Boys and Girls Clubs of Topeka does
Mission
The mission of Boys and Girls Clubs of Topeka (bgct) is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Bgct provides critical out-of-school time programs that support academic success, healthy lifestyles, character and leadership development, and workforce readiness.in 2024, the organization served 1,858 children and teens and their families across four school districts through two clubhouses, eleven school-based sites, and one dedicated teen center for middle and high school students. Of those served, 72 members were identified as homeless, 109 were in foster care, and 71 percent of families live at or below the poverty level.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Serving youth and families who need us most: families facing significant financial hardships. The poverty rate in topeka at 15.2% is 29.91% higher than the kansas average. Children experience the highest rate of poverty for any age group in topeka and shawnee county. 70 youth and teens identified as homeless received club membership. 48.9% of all bgct club members live in homes at or below poverty level. Club serving highest population of kids living at or below poverty level: adams club 91%, teen center 89%, montara unit 70% & logan unit 60%. Single parents in the workforce: 41% of club members live in a single parent household out of school time services: before and after school, school day out, early release, late start, 3 unanticipated school days out due to school weather closure and a 9-week summer enrichment program provided youth impacted by violent crime: 30 youth were referred and received comprehensive integrated holistic supports and services youth in state custody/foster care: 2022 6,357 kids in kansas were in foster care. Over 10% of those kids were in shawnee county. 87 club members were in state custody/foster care club members engage in programming in 7 core…
$2,324,592 spent$874,095 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,324,592.
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 $9.8M to $12M (+19%).
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 29% · 2018 33% · 2019 37% · 2020 57% · 2021 63% · 2022 65% · 2023 56% · 2024 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TOPEKA’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. 2 of the last 8 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 10 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $640k → $2.1M.
12 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 TOPEKA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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 TOPEKA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
82% 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 TOPEKA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 51% · 2019 61% · 2020 52% · 2021 42% · 2022 64% · 2023 42% — 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
57% of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TOPEKA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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 TOPEKA draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Kansas, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $691k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 TOPEKA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TOPEKA
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 Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TOPEKA?
- BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TOPEKA (Kansas) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,134,100 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($3,406,908). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TOPEKA have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $10,134,100 in grants to BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TOPEKA, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TOPEKA?
- BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) is the largest funder on record, with $3,406,908 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF TOPEKA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. 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 35 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