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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$954,455
Total expenses
$929,937
Contributions and grants received
$478,866
Grants paid
$19,460
Program service revenue
$360,927
Investment income
$30,010
Other revenue
$84,652
Total assets, end of year
$2,047,376
Total liabilities, end of year
$838,217
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,209,159
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$700,294
Management and general expenses
$164,133
Fundraising expenses
$65,510
Program service expenses (Part III)
$700,294

Program services were 75.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $231,060

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $20,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $227,806

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $61,247

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ACTIVITY REVENUE

    total $152,417 · related or exempt $152,417

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ANNUAL SCOUT FEES

    total $108,540 · related or exempt $108,540

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CAMPING REVENUE

    total $99,970 · related or exempt $99,970

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,758 · excluded $14,758

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $67,660

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $77,970

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$10,310

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$10,310 · unrelated business -$10,310

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $155,454

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

    securities $136,321 · other assets $3,881

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $19,133 · other assets -$3,881

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $15,252 · excluded $15,252

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $20,316

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

    $231,060

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $23,902

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$3,586 · excluded -$3,586

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $267,261

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $192,113

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $75,148 · excluded $75,148

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $23,400 · related or exempt $23,400

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $23,400

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $19,460 · program services $19,460

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $126,875 · program services $95,156 · management and general $21,569 · fundraising $10,150

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $251,123 · program services $188,342 · management and general $42,691 · fundraising $20,090

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $33,055 · program services $24,792 · management and general $5,619 · fundraising $2,644

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $41,778 · program services $31,333 · management and general $7,102 · fundraising $3,343

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,414 · program services $21,311 · management and general $4,830 · fundraising $2,273

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,510 · program services $1,132 · management and general $257 · fundraising $121

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $41,975 · program services $31,481 · management and general $7,136 · fundraising $3,358

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $13,482 · management and general $13,482

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $26,561 · program services $19,921 · management and general $4,515 · fundraising $2,125

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $58,018 · program services $45,913 · management and general $10,406 · fundraising $1,699

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $55,954 · program services $39,961 · management and general $10,875 · fundraising $5,118

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,305 · program services $25,756 · management and general $5,838 · fundraising $2,711

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $76,247 · program services $72,422 · management and general $3,825

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $11,341 · program services $11,341

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $44,840 · program services $25,937 · management and general $12,854 · fundraising $6,049

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,573 · program services $5,703 · management and general $3,992 · fundraising $1,878

  • 24a · Other expenses: RECOGNITION AWARD

    total $23,847 · program services $18,148 · management and general $4,114 · fundraising $1,585

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $18,671 · program services $14,003 · management and general $3,174 · fundraising $1,494

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAIN

    total $10,908 · program services $8,182 · management and general $1,854 · fundraising $872

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $313,205 · end of year $230,177

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $20,890 · end of year $21,476

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $58,063 · end of year $86,600

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,324 · end of year $1,103

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $64,800 · end of year $67,066

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $30,944 · end of year $12,337

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

    $2,845,308

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

    $1,760,078

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $958,326 · end of year $1,085,230

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $620,346 · end of year $543,387

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $34,477 · end of year $44,881

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $214,986 · end of year $134,481

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $682,773 · end of year $658,855

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$362,314 · end of year -$236,689

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,499,976 · end of year $1,445,848

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WAS FOUNDED IN 1910 AND EXISTS TODAY TO SERVE OTHERS BY HELPING INSTILL VALUES IN YOUNG PEOPLE AND PREPARE THEM TO MAKE ETHICAL CHOICES DURING THEIR LIFETIME AND ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE NATIONAL CHARTERS TO USE THE SCOUTING PROGRAM AS PART OF THEIR OWN YOUTH WORK IN THE SUWANNEE RIVER AREA COUNCIL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA IS TO SERVE OTHERS BY HELPING TO INSTILL VALUE IN YOUNG PEOPLE AND PREPARE THEM TO MAKE ETHICAL CHOICES OVER THEIR LIFETIME IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THESE VALUES ARE BASED ON THE AIMS OF SCOUTING: TO DEVELOP GOOD CHARACTER, BUILD GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND TRAIN OUR YOUTH TO BE PERSONALLY FIT.

  • A. OUR YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN EXCITING INDOOR/OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS (AGES 5-20). THEY ARE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF TRAINED ADULT VOLUNTEERS, WHO HELP THEM DEVELOP THE LIFE SKILLS THEY NEED TO BECOME FUTURE LEADERS AND ACTIVE CITIZENS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THESE SKILLS INCLUDE INTERDEPENDENCE, ETHICAL DECISION MAKING, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, SELF-ESTEEM, LITERACY DEVELOPMENT, SEXUAL RESPONSIBILITY, POSITIVE PEER RELATIONSHIPS, SERVICE TO OTHERS, MENTORING SKILLS, DRUG AWARENESS EDUCATION, TEAMWORK, FITNESS, POSITIVE TEEN-ADULT RELATIONSHIPS, SCHOOL-TO-WORK SKILLS, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, CHARACTER EDUCATION, AND MANY MORE. OUR COUNCIL IS AN IRC SECTION 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FUNDED BY MANY DIFFERENT SOURCES. THESE SOURCES PROVIDE NEEDED INCOME TO SUPPORT THE COUNTIES, COMMUNITIES, YOUTH, AND LEADERS THAT WE SERVE FULL TIME. OUR COLLEGE-EDUCATED AND TRAINED PROFESSIONAL STAFF MANAGES OUR MANY VOLUNTEERS ANNUALLY TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, OPERATION OF COUNCIL FACILITIES AND NEEDED SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS. WE RECEIVE INCOME FROM SIX AREAS: ANNUAL FRIENDS OF SCOUTING CAMPAIGN, PROJECT SALES, RETAIL STORE, ACTIVITIES, OUTDOOR EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES, AND INVESTMENTS. COUNCIL EXPENSES FROM OUR ANNUAL BUDGET CAN BE BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS: 75.31% TO PROGRAM EXPENSES; 17.65% TO ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES; AND 7.04% TO FUNDRAISING EXPENSES. THESE PERCENTAGES ARE BASED UPON BI-ANNUAL TIME STUDIES CONDUCTED ON OUR STAFF. AN AUDIT IS HELD EACH YEAR, REQUESTED BY OUR COUNCIL VOLUNTEER EXECUTIVE BOARD AS PART OF OUR POLICY OF SOLID FISCAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.

    Expenses $700,294 · Grants $19,460 · Revenue $384,327

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeff Barbacci

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allen Blay

    EXECUTIVE VP/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Boyle

    VP PROPERTIES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Cushing

    VP PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gallop Franklin II

    VP DIVERSITY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Griffin

    VP MARKETING & COMMUNICATI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Norman Horton

    VP STRATEGIC PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liza McFadden

    VP FUND DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Moore

    VP MEMBERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dale Austin

    COUNCIL COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Kubiak

    NESA/ALUMNI/NATIONAL REP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Allman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aiko Austin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Baldino

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Beasley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hubert Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Bush

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kent Edmunds

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Graham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Higgins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Large

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walt McNeil

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Morris Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Pate

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Curtis Richardson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phil Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Stephens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terry Whitaker

    SCOUT EXECUTIVE/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $126,875
    From this org
    $121,858
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,017
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432929349300508

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