Grants for boys and girls clubs

Name: Top 25 grants made to boys clubs and girls clubs
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,461 boys clubs and girls clubs received at least $24.4 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 2,908 grants made from 1,833 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $2,000. Of these 1,833 foundations, 85% made just a single grant to boys and girls clubs, and 3% made grants to four or more boys and girls clubs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$24,363,272

Total grant dollars given to boys and girls clubs

2,908

Number of grants made annually to boys and girls clubs

1,833

Number of grantmakers funding boys and girls clubs

$2,000

Median grant size to boys and girls clubs

Foundations that support boys clubs and girls clubs

Out of all grants made to boys and girls clubs, 78% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 75% of the dollar-value of grants to boys and girls clubs. Foundations funding boys and girls clubs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, food banks, youth development programs, homeless shelters, and youth service organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,439
Medium	224
Large	170

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	51
Private	1,475
Corporate	100
Other	207

Grants made

Grants made to boys and girls clubs	Number of grantmakers
1	1,564
2-3	207
4-10	36
11+	26

Top 10 foundations supporting boys clubs and girls clubs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to boys and girls clubs	Number of grants made to boys and girls clubs	Median grant size
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	67	$320
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.1%	61	$32
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	1.4%	60	$1,000
Dollar General Literacy Foundation	TN	National	1.1%	54	$2,000
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.2%	41	$1,291
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.8%	40	$250
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	32	$100
Arkansas Community Foundation	AR	State	0.1%	30	$1,000
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.2%	30	$478
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.1%	23	$1,000

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Boys clubs and girls clubs grantees

Boys and girls clubs with more than $5 million in total revenues received 65% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 26% of all boys and girls clubs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	2,903
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	5

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,601
$100k-$500k	$2,000
$500k-$1M	$2,000
$1M-$5M	$2,000
>$5M	$1,500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	333
Massachusetts	211
Florida	186
Texas	166
Other	2,012

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	122
Los Angeles	122
Boston	117
Providence	88
Other	2,225

Top 25 grants made to boys and girls clubs

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Boys and Girls Clubs of America	$4,500,000	Program Support	Comic Relief US (AGB)
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana	$4,002,000	Operating	John W. Anderson Foundation
Alfond Youth Center	$3,672,384	Wellness Project	Harold Alfond Foundation
Boys and Girls Clubs of America	$2,861,172	Mission Support	Inspire Brands Foundation
Comer Education Campus	$2,805,000	General Support	Comer Family Foundation
Boys and Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia	$5,000	To Support Mission of the Organization	The Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV)
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Virginia	$5,000	Unrestricted	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Virginia	$5,000	General Purposes	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Girls on Run of Central Virginia	$5,000	The Girls on the Run Program	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Virginia	$5,000	Annual Fund	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Life Change Academy	$5,000	General Support	Love Meyer Family Foundation
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver (BGCMD)	$5,000	General & Unrestricted	Cross H Foundation
Boy's Club of New York (BCNY)	$5,000	Gift for Program Support	The Ganek Family Foundation
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem	$5,000	Exempt Purpose	Heritagesalem Five Charitable Foundatio
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sherman	$5,000	General	Elias and Hanna Regensburger Foundation
Boys and Girls Club of Odessa	$5,000	Youth Programs	Junior League of Odessa
Alliance for Girls	$5,000	General Support	Yellow Chair Foundation
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Georgia	$5,000	To Improve the Infrastructure at the Boys & Girls Club of Central Georgia Via the Renovation of Their Existing Facility's A/c Units.	John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Badger Boys' State Incorporated	$5,000	Program Support	Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation
Boys and Girls Club of the Wausau Area	$5,000	Program Support	Harvey Nelson Charitable Trust
Taking The Reins	$5,000	Unrestricted	The OAK Foundation
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater St Louis (BGCSTL)	$5,000	Operating	The Hacienda Foundation of St Louis
Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia	$5,000	To Enable All Young People, Especially Those Who Need Us Most, To Reach Their Full Potential As Productive, Caring, Responsible Citizens.	The Musser Foundation
Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara	$5,000	To Support Charitable Operations	The Corwin D Denney Foundation
Variety Club	$5,000	2020 Montco Pa Covid-19 Response	Montgomery County Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Boys and girls clubs" category for this page is determined by the "O20: Youth Centers, Boys and Girls Clubs" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.