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BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC (Ohio) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,766,558 to it, the largest being AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($579,499). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2018
$1.2M
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$1.8M
Net assets
$752k
13/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 39%
01What it does

What Boys & Girls Club of the Western Reserve Inc does

Mission

Boys & girls clubs believe in the possiblity of great futures for all children. Great futures happen with educated young people of good character who know how to make good, heathly decisions. Boys & girls clubs focus on programs to help youth achieve, academic success, practice good character and citizenship, and live healthy lifestyles. All programs are developed, tested and audited by boys & girls clubs of america and customized by our staff to meet the needs of the young people we serve. Additionally, club programs utilize a youth development strategy that infuses a sense of belonging, competence, usefulness, and influence into each young person. In 2018, we had 638 members of our clubs. Achievements: increased member's readiness for eoy state proficiency/grade level tests. Increased members' ability to recognize and make good decisions around education, healthy lifestyles, careers, character and citizenship. Increased members' exposure to the arts.

As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.

Program

Steve wise club - youth development services provided to youth, six to twelve years old; funded through fundraising, grants, and united way. - 260 children served

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($1.1M) Net assets 100 ($718k)2018 Revenue 110 ($1.2M) Expenses 101 ($1.1M) Net assets 105 ($752k)
20172018
Revenue (110)Expenses (101)Net assets (105)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $940k to $920k (−2%).

$940k
$920k
20172018
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 8% · 2018 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

−$63k
’17
$33k
’18
1.8
months of
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.

20172018
Listed2122
Joined·+4
No longer listed·3
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 13 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $424k → $70k.

2 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

70% 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 CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC.

33%
largest funder
74%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 34% · 2019 37% · 2020 62% · 2021 44% · 2022 55% · 2023 57% — growing more concentrated.

“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

35% of BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

77% of BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

MN
WI
OH
PA
TN
GA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $589k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC

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In Ohio

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 15%Fundraising 6%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

85%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC?
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC (Ohio) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,766,558 to it, the largest being AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($579,499). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,766,558 in grants to BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC?
AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $579,499 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 17 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