Illinois · Nonprofit
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,675,393 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($929,324). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $774k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $359k
What The Boys and Girls Club of Freeport and Stephenson County does
Mission
To help youth of all backgrounds, with special concern for those from disadvantaged circumstances, develop the qualities needed to become responsible citizens and leaders, irrespective of race, color, creed, or national origin.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Character & leadership development- this program empowers the youth to support and influence their club and community, sustain meaningful relationships with others, develop a positive self-image, participate in the democratic process and respect their own and others' cultural identities. Education & career development - this program enables youth to become proficient in basic educational disciplines, apply learning to everyday situations, and embrace technology to achieve success in a career. Activities include homework assistance, tutoring, computer skills training, job shadowing, cooking club, and various other educational games & activities. Health & life skills - this program develops young people's capacity to engage in positive behaviors that nurture their own well-being, set personal goals, and live successfully as self-sufficient adults. Activities include drug education, gang resistance, cultural appreciation, diversity training, and peer chat. The arts - this program enables youth to develop their creativity and cultural awareness through knowledge and appreciation of visual arts, crafts, performing arts, and creative writing. Activities include arts & crafts, digital…
$659,444 spent$22,231 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $659,444.
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 $444k to $564k (+27%).
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 62% · 2018 41% · 2019 58% · 2020 59% · 2021 54% · 2022 55% · 2023 66% · 2024 64% · 2025 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $161k → $273k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 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
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 53% · 2019 49% · 2020 62% · 2021 63% · 2022 71% · 2023 79% — 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
83% of THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $95k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY: 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 THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY?
- THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,675,393 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($929,324). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,675,393 in grants to THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY?
- BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) is the largest funder on record, with $929,324 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREEPORT AND STEPHENSON COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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