Illinois · Nonprofit
UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS
UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS (Illinois) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,279,720 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($8,294,532). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.3M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $29M
What Union League Boys and Girls Clubs does
Mission
To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Operation of 20 clubs that provided educational and recreational opportunities to at-risk children in the city of chicago. 15,783 members participated. Due to covid, ulbgc experienced a reduction in members served over the course of the year (relative to 2019). The organization did engage in virtual programming where possible to help combat this decrease. The resident (overnight) camp program did not take place and instead was replaced with an increase in day camp options.
$6,604,674 spentof which $160,199 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,604,674.
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 $28M to $32M (+13%).
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 21% · 2018 27% · 2019 25% · 2020 44% · 2021 46% · 2022 57% · 2023 55% · 2024 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 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
Mary Ann Mahon Huels
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $1.5M → $3.0M.
11 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 75 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
UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% 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 UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 43% · 2019 51% · 2020 52% · 2021 53% · 2022 44% · 2023 49% — broadly stable.
“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
51% of UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS's funding base is broadening — from 16 funders to 34 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS?
- UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS (Illinois) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,279,720 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($8,294,532). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $19,279,720 in grants to UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, 51 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS?
- BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) is the largest funder on record, with $8,294,532 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 75 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