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Boys & Girls Clubs of America

EIN 13-5562976Human Services Georgia Large

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Great Futures Start Here

Formed in 1906, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) is a national organization of local chapters which provide after-school programs for young people. Boys & Girls Clubs annually serve nearly 4 million young people, through membership and community outreach, in some 4,100 Club facilities throughout the country and BGCA-affiliated Youth Centers on U.S. military installations worldwide. The mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens, by providing a world-class Club Experience that assures success is within reach of every young person who enters our doors, with all members on track to graduate from high school with a plan for the future, demonstrating good character and citizenship, and living a healthy lifestyle.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.59Overall score
out of 100

92.97Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$141,332,566

Total expenses · USD$174,331,184

Program expenses

$135,803,992.34 recorded amount

77.9%

Fundraising expenses

$16,387,131.30 recorded amount

9.4%

Administrative expenses

$21,965,729.18 recorded amount

12.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: James L. Clark
Recorded compensation: $694,628.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.39%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Formed in 1906, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) is a national organization of local chapters which provide after-school programs for young people. Boys & Girls Clubs annually serve nearly 4 million young people, through membership and community outreach, in some 4,100 Club facilities throughout the country and BGCA-affiliated Youth Centers on U.S. military installations worldwide. The mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens, by providing a world-class Club Experience that assures success is within reach of every young person who enters our doors, with all members on track to graduate from high school with a plan for the future, demonstrating good character and citizenship, and living a healthy lifestyle.
`ein` EIN	13-5562976
`tot_exp` Total expenses	174331184.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.126
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.094
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.779
`fscore` Financial score	92.97
`leader` Recorded leader	James L. Clark
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	694628.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0039000000000000003
`motto` Tagline	Great Futures Start Here
`name` Charity name	Boys & Girls Clubs of America
`tot_rev` Total revenue	141332566.0
`score` Overall score	94.59
`state` State code	GA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	135803992.336
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	16387131.296
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	21965729.184

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-5562976
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Recorded location: Georgia (GA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.