Boys & Girls Club of Lewis County

Analysis

Boys & Girls Club of Lewis County is a registered charity in United States, based in Chehalis, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Boys & Girls Club of Lewis County reported income of $679k and spending of $809k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $482k to $679k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Boys & Girls Club of Lewis County sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boys & Girls Club of the Greater West Plains Area ($679k), Codeart Inc ($679k) and St Mary Youth Soccer Inc ($679k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 18% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $79k (9.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $411k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $50k, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 46 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.