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THE JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC

THE JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,612,827 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($726,358). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.6M
Funders on record
34
Grants received
$1.6M
Net assets
$2.7M
21/34 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 26%
01What it does

What The John M Barry Boys & Girls Club of Newton Inc does

Mission

The club inspires and enables young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. General membership - the john m. Barry boys & girls club of newton was open for a total of 225 days during the 2024-2025 school year. 750 members visited the facility. The children were safe, supervised, and engaged during their time with us and learned skills that will help them become responsible, productive citizens. General membership costs $125 per family per year. No child is ever denied membership to the club due to financial aid. The club furnished financial aid packages totaling $14,000 to 111 children from 70 families.

    $806,448 spent$40,003 earned by the program
    83% of program spending
  2. Summer camp - during the summer months the boys & girls club provided children ages 5-14 with eight hours per day of supervised care for nine weeks and 190 camper participated. On wednesdays, the children visited multiple locations outside of newton including beaches, state parks, amusment parks and water parks. Campers swam at gath pool throughout the summer. Financial aid packages totaling $36,000 were distributed to 44 children from 28 families provided an average grant of $818 per child.

    $76,916 spent$177,596 earned by the program
    8% of program spending
  3. Curiosity club featured department of early education & care (eec) licensed childcare for children in grades k-2. Curiousity club operates within its own dedicated space within our facility, and offered a small-ratio experience provided by trained teachers. It is designed to introduce young children to the boys & girls club and help them to develop healthy participation habits. Students were engaged in diverse stem based activities and project based learning. 29 children participated in the program during the 2024-2025 school year and financial aid packages totaling $7,000 were distributed to 3 children from 2 families.

    $88,844 spent$157,457 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $972,208.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($919k) Expenses 100 ($1.0M) Net assets 100 ($1.4M)2021 Revenue 143 ($1.3M) Expenses 75 ($781k) Net assets 145 ($2.0M)2022 Revenue 155 ($1.4M) Expenses 111 ($1.2M) Net assets 160 ($2.2M)2023 Revenue 174 ($1.6M) Expenses 124 ($1.3M) Net assets 185 ($2.5M)2024 Revenue 160 ($1.5M) Expenses 136 ($1.4M) Net assets 193 ($2.6M)2025 Revenue 171 ($1.6M) Expenses 149 ($1.5M) Net assets 199 ($2.7M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (171)Expenses (149)Net assets (199)

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 $2.6M to $3.2M (+22%).

$2.6M
$3.2M
$3.2M
$3.6M
$3.7M
$3.7M
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$119k
’20
$531k
’21
$274k
’22
$311k
’23
$63k
’24
$23k
’25
7.5
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed242625232323
Joined·+4+2+0+4+0
No longer listed·23240
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $103k → $377k.

8 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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 JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

84% 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 JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC.

45%
largest funder
67%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 44% · 2019 27% · 2020 25% · 2021 34% · 2022 77% · 2023 70% — 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

50% of THE JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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

THE JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 10 states in all.

IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
VA
DE
NC
GA
FL

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

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

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $492k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

63% of spending goes to programs.

Program 63%Management 30%Fundraising 7%

Governance

23
board members
83%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC?
THE JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,612,827 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($726,358). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC have?
IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $1,612,827 in grants to THE JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC?
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) is the largest funder on record, with $726,358 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 34 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