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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,659,315
Total expenses
$4,727,546
Contributions and grants received
$2,055,022
Grants paid
$64,137
Program service revenue
$943,379
Investment income
$264,377
Other revenue
$1,396,537
Total assets, end of year
$16,259,462
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,045,591
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,213,871
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,866,337
Management and general expenses
$474,690
Fundraising expenses
$386,519
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,866,337

Program services were 81.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $33,963

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $69,556

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,951,503

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CAMPING REVENUE

    total $805,061 · related or exempt $805,061

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ACTIVITY REVENUE

    total $138,318 · related or exempt $138,318

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $264,377 · related or exempt $264,377

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $81,987

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $81,987

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $81,987 · related or exempt $81,987

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $69,556

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $11,828

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$11,828 · excluded -$11,828

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $973,326

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $630,836

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $342,490 · related or exempt $342,490

  • 11a · Other revenue: OIL & GAS REVENUE

    total $105,927 · related or exempt $105,927

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS

    total $877,961 · related or exempt $877,961

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $983,888

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $64,137 · program services $64,137

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $210,000 · program services $156,450 · management and general $30,870 · fundraising $22,680

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,717,998 · program services $1,279,773 · management and general $252,273 · fundraising $185,952

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $439,094 · program services $320,186 · management and general $68,462 · fundraising $50,446

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $145,009 · program services $109,416 · management and general $20,493 · fundraising $15,100

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $70,224 · program services $61,037 · management and general $4,792 · fundraising $4,395

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $20,529 · program services $10,337 · management and general $6,096 · fundraising $4,096

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $35,074 · program services $31,019 · management and general $1,110 · fundraising $2,945

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $362,463 · program services $350,534 · management and general $2,776 · fundraising $9,153

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $546,751 · program services $493,969 · management and general $24,661 · fundraising $28,121

  • 17 · Travel

    total $126,429 · program services $94,475 · management and general $18,812 · fundraising $13,142

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $19,880 · program services $12,768 · management and general $2,247 · fundraising $4,865

  • 20 · Interest

    total $26,900 · program services $18,023 · management and general $5,111 · fundraising $3,766

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $431,778 · program services $410,111 · management and general $12,475 · fundraising $9,192

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $181,119 · program services $170,746 · management and general $5,972 · fundraising $4,401

  • 24a · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $9,738 · program services $6,682 · management and general $1,642 · fundraising $1,414

  • 24b · Other expenses: RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

    total $73,472 · program services $66,996 · management and general $318 · fundraising $6,158

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $54,094 · program services $43,767 · management and general $5,946 · fundraising $4,381

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $37,338 · program services $29,118 · management and general $4,733 · fundraising $3,487

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $155,519 · program services $136,793 · management and general $5,901 · fundraising $12,825

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,726,499 · end of year $847,808

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $687,192 · end of year $767,686

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $96,436 · end of year $34,240

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $124,707 · end of year $176,984

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $27,399 · end of year $32,348

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $22,280,314

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $12,851,759

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,923,438 · end of year $9,428,555

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $3,506,535 · end of year $4,605,869

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $365,972 · end of year $365,972

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $34,636 · end of year $21,772

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $45,401 · end of year $29,781

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $767,368 · end of year $743,564

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $328,671 · end of year $250,474

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,407,257 · end of year $12,331,597

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,874,845 · end of year $2,882,274

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE ETHICAL DECISIONS OVER THEIR LIFETIMES BY INSTILLING IN THEM THE VALUES OF THE SCOUT OATH AND LAW.

  • The Natural State Council, Scouts of America offers the Cub Scout program to families with boys and girls ages 5 through 10 years old seeking fun, social, and character development with families in their local neighborhoods. Cub Scouts is a family program with an emphasis on building and supporting the family unit. The Cub Scout Program is hosted within local neighborhoods, through a partner organization. All of the scouts are separated into age-appropriate groups by their grade level where they will work on different adventures and electives to achieve their next rank. Activities could include Arts & Crafts, Citizenship, Good Manners, Physical Fitness, Swimming, Hiking, and of course, the Pinewood Derby Race Scouts will typically have an outdoor adventure each month in addition to their typical den and pack meetings.

    Expenses $3,866,337 · Grants $64,137

  • The Natural State Council, Scouts of America offers the Scouts BSA program to young men and women ages 10 through 17 years old seeking fun, outdoor enrichment with peers of similar interests, yet different backgrounds. Utilizing our goal-oriented, values-based, team-focused activities, our scouts are encouraged to accomplish a variety of engaging and hands on achievements which support the positive character attributes which define the foundation of our flagship program, the Scout Oath and Law. Activities could include Camping, Fishing, Mountain Biking, Hiking, White Water Rafting, Rock Climbing, Shooting Sports, Aquatics Activities, Merit Badge Programs, High Adventure and more. Typically, a Scouts BSA Troop will go on a 3-day campout once a month. Separate High Adventure opportunities are also offered to older scouts through our Venturing BSA and Sea Scout Programs. The overall program is supported by parents, religious, and neighborhood organizations and promis

  • The Natural State Council, Scouts of America is proud to offer programs at the Gus Blass Scout Reservation located in Damascus, Arkansas. The 3200 acre property is home to a residential long term campground, a state-of-the-art Scout Training Center and Dormitory Building, and several Short Term Camping Areas, nestled just south of the Ozark Mountain range. Our Camp property provides local scout units with summer camp opportunities, scout rank advancement sessions, short term-camporees, cub scout family weekends, wilderness first aid training and a chance to reconnect with the outdoors. Gus Blass Scout Reservation has a top-notch Shooting Sports area, a beautiful lake for Aquatics activities, a mid-sized rock wall, full service Dining Facility, a grassroots STEM lab, and hundreds of scout memories.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Shanna Richardson

    SCOUT EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $210,000
    From this org
    $210,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $210,000
  • William Swaim

    Total calculated
    $108,802
    From this org
    $108,802
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ray Dillon

    COUNCIL FOS CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Larry Furrer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Cullen

    PAST COUNCIL PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr James Hendren

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KURT BENDER Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gail Boeckman

    ACTIVITIES CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr David Briscoe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hunter Babin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sue Bender

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Jenkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Hill

    FOOTHILLS DISTRICT CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jim Fowler

    INVESTMENT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gordon Silaski

    VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shawn Johnson

    VICE PRESIDENT - OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steve Kinzler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Hughes

    TALENT MANAGEMENT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Shetron

    WHITE RIVER DISTRICT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jackie Harris

    SARACEN DISTRICT CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Don Rowlett

    OUACHITA DISTRICT CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dennie Ashley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BOB LARGENT Jr

    OZARK DISTRICT CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rt Hughen

    RAZORBACK DISTRICT CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chris Millard

    BUTTERFIELD TRAIL DISTRICT CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diana Ashley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Teri Henningsen

    COUNCIL COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Don Greenland III III

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Judge Rita Gruber

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brock Martin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randy Zook

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joan Miller

    CORNERSTONE DISTRICT CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sam Byrd

    CAMPING CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jack Gooding

    GOVERNANCE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andy Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Hernandez

    VICE PRESIDENT - MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jack Truesdell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Hartz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Nauman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Blake Baston

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rep French Hill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Rodgers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Richardson

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Aaron Brock

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony Sitz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Harrell

    VICE PRESIDENT - ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Chuck Hiller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Phillips

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel Feild

    EXPLORING CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Parker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Warren

    DIVERSITY CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tom Knight

    PINNACLE DISTRICT CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bill Byrd

    RISK MANAGEMENT CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Jan Church Jackson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lee Hastings IV

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vicki Hatter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ted Hiegel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Hope

    VICE PRESIDENT - MEMBERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mike Benefield

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phil Sawyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelby Shroff

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lindsey Partlow-Smith

    CROWLEYS RIDGE DISTRICT CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Greg Burrows

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cie Cochran

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Billie Dadger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Dawson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Douglas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pepe Estrada

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pepito Estrada

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Al Fischer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Fisher

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Fitz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diana Gonzales-Worthen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamie Green

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Becky Guy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rush Harding

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joanna Kuhn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Everett Long

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Long

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacob Lynn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David McGill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Nasarenko

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JD Neeley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Robert Olive

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Prothero

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Shields

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randy Simpson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Wessels

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan West

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Youngblood

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Looney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jack Butt

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Josh Reed

    VICE PRESIDENT - FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shawn Walker

    VICE PRESIDENT - MEMBERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bob Christiansen

    VICE PRESIDENT - PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gary Henningsen

    VICE PRESIDENT - PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502889349301800

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