Minnesota · Nonprofit
BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH
BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH (Minnesota) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,575,443 to it, the largest being MURIEL WHITESIDE CHARITABLE TR ($1,191,243). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $6.6M
- Net assets
- $6.0M
What Boys' Club of Duluth does
Mission
Our mission: to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.our vision: provide a world-class club experience that assures success is within reach of every young person who enters our doors with all members on track to graduate from high school with a plan for the future, demonstrating good character and citizenship, and living a healthy lifestyle. Our clubs' programs are evidence-based and strategically designed to increase attitudes toward school, improve social relationships, and decrease risky behaviors in youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Our healthy lifestyles programs help our club members to adopt a balanced and positive approach to diet, exercise and lifestyle choices. Through access to healthy meals, educational materials, and the guidance of well-trained staff, our club members learn the importance of a healthy body and mind. By engaging in positive behaviors in the healthy lifestyles program the kids learn to nurture their well-being and set personal goals which will help them grow into self-sufficient adults. As part of this initiative, we partner with the following key area agencies: second harvest northland food bank, essentia health, duluth heritage sports center, fairview range medical center, community education, parks & recreation, and other community health organizations.
$295,089 spent$18,806 earned by the program20% of program spendingBoys & girls clubs of the northland began provides intentional mental and behavioral health supports in the clubs. Our initial programming goals were to integrate mental health staff into the clubs and create dialogues that helped to remove the stigma attached to mental health related issues. Our staff works with members and their families to meet each child's unique mental and behavioral health needs. This includes assessing the social emotional skill levels of youth and teens, making referrals to additional services and supports, suggesting appropriate coping mechanisms, and working alongside youth and their families to meet goals. As a part of this initiative, we host social work interns who bring an additional layer of support and knowledge to club youth and families.
$295,089 spent$18,806 earned by the program20% of program spendingOur academic success programs work to ensure all club members graduate from high school on time, ready to build a productive future. These programs help to prepare club members for college, trade school, the military or employment by providing one on one tutoring and mentoring on site and in the schools. As part of this initiative, we partner with area agencies such as local school districts (including isd709, isd318, isd317, and isd701), university of mn duluth, the college of st. Scholastica, university of wisconsin superior, minnesota north college, and community members interested in volunteering to support academic programming. Through the academic success programs, we work to increase youth performance in language, reading, math and science, while promoting positive attitudes towards academic goals.
$295,089 spent$18,806 earned by the program20% of program spendingOur life & workforce readiness programs help young people meet the workforce challenges of tomorrow by providing a safe space, positive mentorship, and work experiences that allow kids and teens to explore their interests and passions. To achieve success in this area, we collaborate with many local organizations and professions to provide opportunities to explore career paths and prepare youth with employability skills for future success. The club also connects teens to real-life work experiences such as internships and apprenticeships. Area, we collaborate with many local organizations and professions to provide opportunities to explore career paths and prepare youth with employability skills for future success. The club also connects teens to real-life work experiences such as internships and apprenticeships.
$221,317 spent$14,105 earned by the program15% of program spendingOur clubs good character & citizenship programs help our youth become responsible, caring citizens and acquire skills to grow into engaged and active members of their community. Program participants have access to leadership develop skills training and gain opportunities for planning, decision-making, contributing to their club and community. As part of this initiative, we partner with key area agencies as they pertain to our cause, such as: duluth police department, hibbing police department, grand rapids police department, rotary international, mentor north, and community leaders. Opportunities for planning, decision-making, contributing to their club and community. As part of this initiative, we partner with key area agencies as they pertain to our cause, such as: duluth police department, hibbing police department, grand rapids police department, rotary international, mentor north, and community leaders.
$221,317 spent$14,105 earned by the program15% of program spendingOne of our most positive and successful programs for the kids has been the outdoor adventures program. This program was developed with the goal of showing club members that the outdoors provides a safe space for them to grow their confidence and express themselves. In this initiative we partner with local agencies such as university of mn duluth, hartley nature center, duluth parks & recreation, university of mn extension services, and other community organizations. Additionally, through donated property on island lake, members enjoy opportunities to unplug from technology and explore their creative minds. The club employs a seasonal outdoor program coordinator who provides environmental education and outdoor recreation activities during the summer months.
$147,543 spent$9,402 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,475,444.
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 2020 to 2021, from $4.0M to $4.6M (+17%).
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 15% · 2018 26% · 2019 21% · 2020 31% · 2021 33% · 2022 38% · 2023 24% · 2024 19% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $245k → $1.0M.
11 of 47 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: $760k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Paul Staudenmaier Boys and Girls Club of Duluth Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH raised.
From the IRS filings of BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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' CLUB OF DULUTH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
50% 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' CLUB OF DULUTH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 27% · 2019 24% · 2020 19% · 2021 21% · 2022 17% · 2023 20% — 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
70% of BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 74% 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
79% of BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $624k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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' CLUB OF DULUTH holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,152 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH?
- BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH (Minnesota) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,575,443 to it, the largest being MURIEL WHITESIDE CHARITABLE TR ($1,191,243). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $6,575,443 in grants to BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH?
- MURIEL WHITESIDE CHARITABLE TR is the largest funder on record, with $1,191,243 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 47 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