North Dakota · Nonprofit
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY (North Dakota) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $920,674 to it, the largest being United Way of Cass-Clay ($343,790). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $921k
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Boys & Girls Clubs of the Red River Valley does
Mission
At the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Red River Valley, we offer innovative out-of-school time programs designed to help youth excel in school, develop strong leadership skills, and lead healthy, productive lives. Our mission is to provide a safe, caring and fun environment for kids to learn, grow and prepare for a bright future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Red River Valley proveds youth development programs for children ages 5-17 at two youth centers and 12 elementary schools in fargo, nd. In 2024, 2,264 youth were served. Our core curriculum focuses on academic success, character & leadership, and healthy lifestyles. Both school year and summer programs proved youth with the opportunity to explore innovative activities, become good citizens and lead healthy, productive lives. We are committed to changing lives and are very proud of the impact we have made since our inception in 1972. The club teen center programs are disigned specifically for grades 6-12 and provide meaningful experiences today, so teens are ready to chase their dreams tomorrow. The club empowers teens to find their voice and achieve success through out-of-school experiences rooted in what matters most to them - choice, access, and passion.
$3,419,761 spent$2,914,873 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,419,761.
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 $3.2M to $3.7M (+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 0% · 2018 0% · 2020 42% · 2021 26% · 2022 31% · 2023 18% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Robin Nelson
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $105k → $113k.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY’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 CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
90% 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 THE RED RIVER VALLEY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 69% · 2019 58% · 2020 51% · 2021 43% · 2022 49% · 2023 58% — 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
67% of BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
51% of BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY's grant income comes from North Dakota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $180k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 THE RED RIVER VALLEY is better cushioned than half 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 & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY
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 North Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY?
- BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY (North Dakota) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $920,674 to it, the largest being United Way of Cass-Clay ($343,790). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $920,674 in grants to BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY?
- United Way of Cass-Clay is the largest funder on record, with $343,790 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Dakota. 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 18 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