Maine · Nonprofit
WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB (Maine) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,924,145 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($1,902,207). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What Waterville Area Boys & Girls Club does
Mission
To inspire and enable all young people and their families to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
After school program: the after school program provides children with a nutritious meal after school, a wide variety of activities in state-of-the-art facilities, and a fun atmostphere for ages 6 to 12. Summer enrichment program: the summer enrichment program provides children with nutritious meals during the summer months, a wide variety of activities in state-of-the-art facilities, and a fun atmosphere for ages 6 to 12.
$1,214,807 spent$1,113,851 earned by the program44% of program spendingTeen programs: teen programs support fitness & wellness, youth leadership opportunities, academic support, and career exploration in environments that are safe and accessible for all. Many of our teen programs are 100% free, and many do not require a membership to attend.
$878,567 spentof which $305,870 as grants$267,318 earned by the program32% of program spendingFood and nutrition: our food and nutrition services available to all aycc kids and their families, as well as general members. Our food and nutrition services not only provides a nutritious balanced meal but is also a vibrant world of gardening that comes alive with endless opportunities for the next generation. Our gardens and greenhouse serve as a nurturing haven for young minds eager to cultivate a lifelong love for growing, tending, harvesting, and preparing fresh produce. We believe in empowering youth through handson experiences that not only deepen their connection to the earth but also foster invaluable life skills. Our immersive programs blend the art and science of horticulture, providing a fertile round for curiousity to blossom and green thumbs to flourish. Youth in our childcare programs are immersed in the sowing of the seeds ensuring a sustainable future as we cultivate a community of passionate, young growers. They prepare the beds, plant the seeds, water, weed, and control pests, harvest the produce, and then use the goods to help prepare the fresh nutritious meals they eat from their kids' kitchen additionally, through our asp family dinner nights, and the…
$449,018 spent$154,820 earned by the program16% of program spendingPreschool program: the preschool program is committed to youth development, and creating a kind, loving space where children feel safe to be themselves. Our program encourages your child's total development through our curriculum as well as a variety of materials and activities.
$157,660 spent$131,903 earned by the program6% of program spendingMartial arts: at club "naha" karate-do, our goal is to inspire and enable our students through karate training to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring individuals. Club naha karate-do strengthens the spirit, mind, and body by providing a positive karate dojo environment that focuses on caring, confidence, honesty, leadership, respect, and responsibility. We offer capoeira, jujitsu, and karate classes with a variety of options for youth through adults, and lessons are offered in 7-week sessions.
$85,252 spent$101,680 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,785,304.
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 $2.9M to $4.4M (+50%).
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 19% · 2018 22% · 2019 35% · 2020 52% · 2021 29% · 2022 27% · 2023 45% · 2024 50% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB’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. 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.
Chief executive
Ken Walsh
CEO
Board chair
Joseph Reisert
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 6 funders, grant income rose $271k → $470k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 12 of 13 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
WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 65% · 2019 61% · 2020 49% · 2021 53% · 2022 55% · 2023 50% — 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
56% of WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% 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
WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB has grown faster than half of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Alfond Youth & Community Center · exempt
- Waterville Area YMCA · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB?
- WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB (Maine) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,924,145 to it, the largest being BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) ($1,902,207). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $3,924,145 in grants to WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB?
- BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA (GROUP RETURN) is the largest funder on record, with $1,902,207 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WATERVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 13 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