BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

O210

Classification

1000

Street

1135 DORCHESTER AVE

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Mission and programs · 2024

• LICENSED EARLY EDUCATION & CARE - BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER'S EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE PROGRAMS HAVE PROVIDED HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 25 YEARS. OUR GOAL IS TO INSTILL A JOY OF LEARNING IN EACH CHILD. OUR PROGRAMS HAVE RECEIVED STATEWIDE RECOGNITION FOR QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION AND CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT, AND ATTRACT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS AND VISITORS TO OBSERVE OUR TEACHERS ENGAGED WITH OUR STUDENTS, ENCOURAGING LEARNING IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF PLAY.OUR EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE PROGRAMS ARE OPEN TO CHILDREN AGES 2 MONTHS TO 7 YEARS OLD, AND INCLUDE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL K0 AND K1 CLASSROOMS THAT OFFER FAMILIES EXTENDED DAY PROGRAMMING YEAR-ROUND. THE VARIED CURRICULA INVOLVE THE CHILDREN IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM THAT STIMULATE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL SKILLS TO PREPARE THEM TO ENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READY TO LEARN. WE USE A CULTURALLY SENSITIVE APPROACH AND OUR STAFF REFLECTS THE RICH DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY, OFFERING CHILDREN OPPORTUNITIES TO PRESERVE THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE WHILE ENGAGING IN AND DEVELOPING LANGUAGE AND LITERACY SKILLS IN ENGLISH. OUR PROGRAMS ARE STAFFED BY HIGHLY TRAINED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE EDUCATORS WHO HOLD DEGREES, AND ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN.OUR CHILDREN ENJOY INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR EXPLORATION AND PLAY. CLASSROOMS ARE EQUIPPED WITH DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE MATERIALS, AND CHILDREN MOVE AROUND THE CLASSROOM ENGAGING IN HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AND MAKING THEIR OWN CHOICES THROUGH THE DAY. THE CHILDREN HAVE TWO OUTDOOR PLAYGROUNDS TO EXPLORE, WHICH INCLUDE PLAY STRUCTURES, GARDEN SPACE, TREES AND PATHWAYS.INCORPORATED IN OUR EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE PROGRAMS ARE A VARIETY OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT HELP BUILD CONNECTIONS, KNOWLEDGE AND ACCESS AMONG PARENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE OFFER SCREENINGS, ASSESSMENTS AND INFORMATION ABOUT RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD RESILIENCE AND EMPOWER PARENTS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. WE TRAIN PARENTS TO LEAD OUTREACH EFFORTS AND FACILITATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ISSUES THEY DEAL WITH EVERY DAY.WE ALSO OFFER A SCHOOL AGE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AGES 5-12 WHICH IS LICENSED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE. THIS PROGRAM OFFERS AN ALTERNATIVE TO OUR DROP-IN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, IDEAL FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT REQUIRE A STRUCTURED PROGRAM WITH DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES WITHIN A SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT. HIGHLY TRAINED STAFF WORK WITH FAMILIES TO CREATE A CONSISTENT SCHEDULE OF ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL CHILD.

  Expenses $3,246,569 · Revenue $624,756

• RECREATION AND EDUCATION - BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER IS A LEADING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1974 TO PROVIDE A SAFE HAVEN AND LIFE-ENHANCING PROGRAMS TO AT-RISK YOUTH IN AND AROUND DORCHESTER, MA. WITH THREE CLUBHOUSES, WE SERVE 4,000 YOUTH EACH YEAR THROUGH OVER 202 PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, ATHLETICS, AQUATICS, COLLEGE AND CAREER PREP, ART, MUSIC, FILM, SOCIAL RECREATION, HEALTH AND LIFE SKILLS, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. OUR PROGRAMS ARE FULLY INCLUSIVE, AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN OF ALL ABILITIES.THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER; TOGETHER, THEY FORM A COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT HELPS OUR MEMBERS THRIVE TODAY WHILE BUILDING THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. PROGRAMMING IS OFFERED YEAR-ROUND, SIX DAYS A WEEK; IN THE SUMMER, WE ARE OPEN FOR TEENS UNTIL 11:00 P.M., AND PROVIDE RIDES HOME FOR MEMBERS WHO NEED THEM. WE SERVE HOT MEALS TO 250 CHILDREN PER DAY, INCLUDED IN THEIR MEMBERSHIP FEE. THE FULL COST OF PROGRAMMING EXCEEDS $2,000 PER MEMBER, BUT MEMBERS PAY ONLY $5 PER YEAR TO PARTICIPATE. THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS STAFFING OUR PROGRAMS ARE EXTREMELY DEDICATED TO OUR MISSION AND MANY ARE CONSIDERED EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD. THREE OF OUR FIVE SENIOR MANAGERS HAVE SERVED THE CLUB FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS; MANY PROGRAM DIRECTORS HAVE SERVED FOR 10 YEARS OR MORE. THE CONTINUITY OF OUR STAFF CREATES A CONSISTENT ATMOSPHERE FOR THE YOUTH WE SERVE, MANY OF WHOM FACE UNSTABLE SITUATIONS AT HOME. FOSTERING CHILDREN'S CONTINUAL, POSITIVE PROGRESSION FROM INFANCY TO YOUNG ADULTHOOD, SO THAT THEY MAY ACHIEVE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE SUCCESS IN LIFE, IS THE LARGER PURPOSE BEHIND EVERYTHING WE DO.OUR MEMBERS MIRROR THE DIVERSITY OF DORCHESTER (33% AFRICAN AMERICAN, 23% WHITE, 19% HISPANIC, 11% MULTIRACIAL, 5% ASIAN, AND 9% OTHER). THE CITY THEY CALL HOME IS A FRACTURED COMMUNITY: BGCD MEMBERS ATTEND OVER 168 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN BOSTON, SO THE CLUB PROVIDES AN ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY HUB FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO PARTNER WITH MANY OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATIONS TO ENHANCE THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF OUR PROGRAMMING. STUDENTS FROM BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC PROVIDE MUSIC LESSONS AND MENTORING, THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS PROVIDES ART LESSONS AND TOURS, AND OFFICERS FROM THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILD RELATIONSHIPS BY ENGAGING WITH MEMBERS IN TEAM SPORTS, BOXING AND JUNIOR POLICE ACADEMIES. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WHERBY WE PROVIDE RECREATIONAL SERVICES TO THE YOUTH RESIDENTS OF A LOCAL HOUSING FAICLITY, THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAMS WE OFFER.SEVERAL OF OUR PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED WITH NATIONAL MERIT AWARDS FROM BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: SAFE SUMMER STREETS, OUR SUMMER EVENING PROGRAM FOR TEENS; PROJECT B.I.N.D., OUR INCLUSION PROGRAM; MARTIN RICHARD CHALLENGER SPORTS, A FOUR-SEASON SPORTS PROGRAM THAT PAIRS CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES WITH "BUDDIES" IN ORDER TO FULLY PARTICIPATE; AND OUR MUSIC CLUBHOUSE, WHERE MEMBERS LEARN TO PLAY INSTRUMENTS, AND PERFORM, COMPOSE, RECORD AND PRODUCE ORIGINAL MUSIC.

  Expenses $4,717,912 · Revenue $241,731

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $22,341,722

  Expenses

  $10,359,702

  Contributions

  $21,010,649

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $21,444,617

  Expenses

  $9,788,464

  Contributions

  $20,210,483

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $10,742,504

  Expenses

  $8,263,192

  Contributions

  $9,819,775

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,891,142

  Expenses

  $7,264,785

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,405,048

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,839,114

  Expenses

  $5,857,599

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,791,356

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,336,074

  Expenses

  $5,762,217

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,150,598

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,634,102

  Expenses

  $5,516,020

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,737,317

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,899,174

  Expenses

  $4,762,355

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,765,408

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,899,174

  Expenses

  $4,762,355

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,765,408

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,907,709

  Expenses

  $4,630,275

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,622,811

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,381,382

  Expenses

  $4,621,444

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,226,855

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,337,484

  Expenses

  $4,423,315

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,665,562

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,353,122

  Expenses

  $4,317,111

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,931,295

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• MARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE

  $443,426

  2023 · TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $415,500

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $338,860

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MARK WAHLBERG YOUTH FOUNDATION INC

  $338,500

  2024 · SEND MEMBERS OF THE DORCHESTER BOYS & GIRLS CLUB TO SUMMER CAMP & OFFER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & LIFE GUIDANCE TO YOUTH OF DORCHESTER MA & HOLIDAY GIFTS TO UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN

• MARK WAHLBERG YOUTH FOUNDATION INC

  $329,900

  2023 · SEND MEMBERS OF THE DORCHESTER BOYS & GIRLS CLUB TO SUMMER CAMP & OFFER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & LIFE GUIDANCE TO YOUTH OF DORCHESTER MA & HOLIDAY GIFTS TO UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN

• MARK WAHLBERG YOUTH FOUNDATION INC

  $279,900

  2022 · SEND MEMBERS OF THE DORCHESTER BOYS & GIRLS CLUB TO SUMMER CAMP & PROVIDE HOLIDAY GIFTS OF CLOTHING TO UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $260,550

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA

  $222,242

  2022 · Support BGCA Program

• UNITED WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY INC

  $183,695

  2022 · Community Impact

• GIVENGAIN FOUNDATION USA

  $180,421

  2022 · As recommended by donor via platform

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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