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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,025,231
Total expenses
$4,804,861
Contributions and grants received
$1,829,359
Grants paid
$1,610
Program service revenue
$919,615
Investment income
$1,528,584
Other revenue
$747,673
Total assets, end of year
$26,031,391
Total liabilities, end of year
$900,908
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$25,130,483
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,995,681
Management and general expenses
$310,736
Fundraising expenses
$498,444
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,995,681

Program services were 83.2% 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

    $20,746

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $488,687

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,319,926

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ACTIVITY REVENUE

    total $562,017 · related or exempt $562,017

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CAMPING AND ACTIVITY INCOME

    total $357,598 · related or exempt $357,598

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $213,347 · excluded $213,347

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,723,406 · other assets $2,025,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $3,314,600 · other assets $1,118,569

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $408,806 · other assets $906,431

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,315,237 · excluded $1,315,237

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $53,100

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

    $488,687

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $38,164

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $14,936 · excluded $14,936

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,388,960

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $988,599

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $400,361 · related or exempt $400,361

  • 11a · Other revenue: COUNCIL SERVICES

    total $234,229 · related or exempt $234,229

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $98,147 · excluded $98,147

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $332,376

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,610 · program services $1,610

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $392,052 · program services $189,295 · management and general $131,746 · fundraising $71,011

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,532,780 · program services $1,473,139 · management and general $4,244 · fundraising $55,397

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $196,919 · program services $155,219 · management and general $29,305 · fundraising $12,395

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $156,763 · program services $137,376 · management and general $12,458 · fundraising $6,929

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $136,585 · program services $119,806 · management and general $8,174 · fundraising $8,605

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $332 · program services $266 · management and general $33 · fundraising $33

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,426 · program services $25,941 · management and general $3,243 · fundraising $3,242

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $38,589 · fundraising $38,589

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $42,603 · management and general $42,603

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $143,567 · program services $22,343 · management and general $1,130 · fundraising $120,094

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,071 · program services $1,085 · fundraising $12,986

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $89,522 · program services $71,447 · management and general $5,202 · fundraising $12,873

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $27,319 · program services $6,292 · management and general $20,503 · fundraising $524

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $213,836 · program services $193,147 · management and general $8,018 · fundraising $12,671

  • 17 · Travel

    total $69,405 · program services $65,085 · management and general $1,061 · fundraising $3,259

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $308,202 · program services $304,662 · management and general $1,770 · fundraising $1,770

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,401 · program services $3,520 · management and general $440 · fundraising $441

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $81,542 · program services $81,542

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $588,572 · program services $574,344 · management and general $7,114 · fundraising $7,114

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $158,372 · program services $138,539 · management and general $12,231 · fundraising $7,602

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $200,662 · program services $182,496 · management and general $1,844 · fundraising $16,322

  • 24b · Other expenses: RENT & MAINTENANCE OF E

    total $160,561 · program services $77,345 · management and general $5,622 · fundraising $77,594

  • 24c · Other expenses: RECOGNITION AWARDS

    total $75,808 · program services $60,431 · management and general $179 · fundraising $15,198

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $138,362 · program services $110,751 · management and general $13,816 · fundraising $13,795

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,388,640 · end of year $1,528,185

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $125,882 · end of year $119,384

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $91,159 · end of year $207,724

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $430,295 · end of year $15,595

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $14,585 · end of year $18,642

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $102,007 · end of year $79,581

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

    $18,707,371

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

    $8,571,991

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,696,506 · end of year $10,135,380

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $9,607,036 · end of year $8,131,216

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,099,581 · end of year $5,795,684

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,415,189 · end of year $242,593

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $204,961 · end of year $124,705

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $381,672 · end of year $388,179

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $44,091 · end of year $105,041

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $51,513 · end of year $40,390

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,241,318 · end of year $12,471,337

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,216,947 · end of year $12,659,146

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IT IS THE MISSION OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TO PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE ETHICAL CHOICES OVER THEIR LIFETIME BY INSTILLING IN THEM THE VALUES OF THE SCOUT OATH AND SCOUT LAW.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE ETHICAL AND MORAL CHOICES OVER THEIR LIFETIMES.

  • THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (BSA) IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST AND MOST PROMINENT VALUES-BASED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. THE BSA PROVIDES A PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT BUILDS CHARACTER, TRAINS THEM IN THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPATING CITIZENSHIP, AND DEVELOPS PERSONAL FITNESS. FOR OVER A CENTURY, THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HAS HELPED BUILD THE FUTURE LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY BY COMBINING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND LIFELONG VALUES WITH FUN. THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA BELIEVES - AND, THROUGH OVER A CENTURY OF EXPERIENCE, KNOWS - THAT HELPING YOUTH IS A KEY TO BUILDING A MORE CONSCIENTIOUS, RESPONSIBLE, AND PRODUCTIVE SOCIETY. THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND LEARNING FOR LIFE CARRIES OUT THEIR MISSION THROUGH THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:- CUB SCOUTING IS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE FIRST THROUGH FIFTH GRADES, OR 7 TO 10 YEARS OF AGE. BOYS AND GIRLS WHO ARE OLDER THAN 10, OR WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE FIFTH GRADE, CAN NO LONGER JOIN CUB SCOUTING, BUT THEY MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN THE BOY SCOUTING. CUB SCOUTING IS A FAMILY ORIENTED PROGRAM DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF YOUNGER BOYS.- BOY SCOUTING IS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS 11 TO 17 YEARS OF AGE. BOYS ALSO MAY BECOME BOY SCOUTS IF THEY HAVE EARNED THE CUB SCOUTING ARROW OF LIGHT AWARD AND ARE AT LEAST 10 YEARS OLD OR HAVE COMPLETED THE FIFTH GRADES AND ARE AT LEAST 10 YEARS OLD. BOY SCOUTING IS DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE THE AIMS OF SCOUTING THROUGH A VIGOROUS OUTDOOR PROGRAM AND PEER GROUP LEADERSHIP WITH THE COUNSEL OF AN ADULT SCOUTMASTER.- VENTURING IS A YEAR-ROUND PROGRAM FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE 14 (AND HAVE COMPLETED THE EIGHTH GRADE) THROUGH 20 YEARS OF AGE. VENTURING PROVIDES POSITIVE EXPERIENCES THROUGH EXCITING AND MEANINGFUL YOUTH-RUN ACTIVITIES THAT HELP MEMBERS PURSUE THEIR SPECIAL INTERESTS, GROW BY TEACHING OTHERS, AND DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS.- LEARNING FOR LIFE OFFERS SEVEN PROGRAMS, K-12, DESIGNED TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO PREPARE YOUTH TO SUCCESSFULLY HANDLE THE COMPLEXITIES OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY AND TO ENHANCE THEIR SELF-CONFIDENCE, MOTIVATION, AND SELF-ESTEEM. THE SEVEN PROGRAMS FOCUS ON CHARACTER EDUCATION AND CAREER EDUCATION. LEARNING FOR LIFE PROGRAMS HELP YOUTH DEVELOP SOCIAL AND LIFE SKILLS, ASSIST IN CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, AND HELP YOUTH FORMULATE POSITIVE PERSONAL VALUES. IT PREPARES YOUTH TO MAKE ETHICAL DECISIONS THAT WILL HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THERE ARE TWO PROGRAM METHODS. WE HAVE SIX SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMS AND ONE WORKSITE-BASED PROGRAM. EXPLORING IS LEARNING FOR LIFE'S CAREER EDUCATION EIGHTH GRADE OR 15 THROUGH 20 YEARS OLD. EXPLORING'S PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE EXPERIENCES TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE MATURE AND TO PREPARE THEM TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE AND CARING ADULTS. EXPLORERS ARE READY TO INVESTIGATE THE MEANING OF INTERDEPENDENCE IN THEIR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITIES. 22,331 YOUTH ARE SERVED THROUGH CUB SCOUTING, BOY SCOUTING, VENTURING, LEARNING FOR LIFE AND EXPLORING IN 639 UNITS/GROUPS. THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE 5,407 VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK ALONGSIDE THESE YOUTH. STARTING IN 2018, FAMILIES CAN CHOOSE TO SIGN UP THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO ARE AGES 5-10 FOR CUB SCOUTS. CHARTERED ORGANIZATIONS MAY CHOOSE TO ESTABLISH A NEW GIRL PACK, ESTABLISH A PACK THAT CONSISTS OF GIRL DENS AND BOY DENS OR REMAIN AN ALL-BOY PACK. CUB SCOUT DENS WILL BE SINGLE GENDER - - ALL BOYS OR ALL GIRLS. USING THE SAME CURRICULUM AS THE BOY SCOUTING PROGRAM, SCOUTS BSA LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY 2019, ENABLING ALL ELIGIBLE YOUTH AGES 11-17, TO EARN THE EAGLE SCOUT RANK. SCOUTS BSA WILL BE SINGLE GENDER ALL-GIRL TROOPS OR ALL-BOY TROOPS. THIS UNIQUE APPROACH ALLOWS THE ORGANIZATION TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF SINGLE-GENDER MODEL WHILE ALSO MEETING THE NEEDS OF TODAY'S FAMILIES.

    Expenses $3,995,681 · Grants $1,610 · Revenue $1,554,205

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHAEL DE LOS SANTOS

    SCOUT EXECUTIVE/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $251,499
    From this org
    $218,282
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,217
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,520
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,762
    Deferred
    $7,528
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,689
    Filer's total
    $251,499
  • RAUL RIOS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JIM JEFFERY

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MIKE MCGINNIS

    SR. VP OF TOTAL FINANCIAL DEV.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MANISH KAPOOR

    SR. VP OF DISTRICT OPERATIONS (THRU 08/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JIM SEALS

    SR. VP OF FINANCE/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GARY KOEGEBOEHN

    SR. VP OF MEMBERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SCOTT SYAMKEN

    SR. VP OF OUTDOOR ADVENTURES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ALAN COMPTON

    SR. VP OF TRAINING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JAMES SCOTT JONES

    COUNCIL COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PAUL GARRO

    LEADERSHIP RESOURCE CHAIR (THRU 08/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROSALIND ALDERMAN

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 02/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AMY BURDICK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • AMAURY DE BARROS CONTI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LUIS DE LA GARZA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TED DUNNAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DR THOMAS EVANS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PATRICK FLINN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • HEATHER HARRISON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LANCE HIRSCH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TIMO HIXON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DEBORAH KNAPP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JIM LYNCH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TOBY MARTINEZ

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARK MAYS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JIM MONTGOMERY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BRETT MORGAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JAVIER SALAZAR

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JASON SCHROEDER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEVE SKINNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CHRISTOPHER SMITH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CHARLES NILS SMITH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CARLETON SPEARS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JIM SYRING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CHRIS TALLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DR JOHN THOMAS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PATRICK WALTHER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NATHAN KOKEMOR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MATTHEW SWINYARD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SEAN MAGNUSON

    DIRECTOR OF SCOUTING OPERATIONS/COO

    Total calculated
    $140,553
    From this org
    $106,017
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,536
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
SMART GOALS ARE ESTABLISHED AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR BETWEEN THE SCOUT EXECUTIVE AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT. A REVIEW IS HELD AT THE END OF THE YEAR BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THE AREA DIRECTOR, AND THE SCOUT EXECUTIVE TO CONSIDER THE SCOUT EXECUTIVE'S PERFORMANCE OF THE SMART GOALS. IF MERITED, A PAY INCREASE IS CONSIDERED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF TWO PARAMETERS: (1) THE NATIONAL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COMPENSATION STANDARDS ARE REVIEWED TO VERIFY THAT THE SCOUT EXECUTIVE'S INCREASED SALARY IS WITHIN NORMAL RANGES. (2) ALSO THEY MUST CONSIDER THE FINANCIAL ABILITY OF THE COUNCIL TO PAY THE SCOUT EXECUTIVE'S SALARY.

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
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423199349302992

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