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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,139,421
Total expenses
$6,186,675
Contributions and grants received
$2,626,872
Grants paid
$73,928
Program service revenue
$1,657,034
Investment income
$431,843
Other revenue
$423,672
Total assets, end of year
$11,508,168
Total liabilities, end of year
$453,096
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,055,072
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,996,886
Management and general expenses
$426,701
Fundraising expenses
$763,088
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,996,886

Program services were 80.8% 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

    $14,821

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,020,173

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,591,878

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $85,140

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CAMPING

    total $1,152,098 · related or exempt $1,123,654 · unrelated business $28,444

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ACTIVITIES

    total $504,936 · related or exempt $504,936

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $393,329 · excluded $393,329

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $381,274 · other assets $15,500

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

    securities $358,260 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $23,014 · other assets $15,500

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $38,514 · excluded $38,514

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,322,671

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

    $1,020,173

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,076,532

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $246,139 · excluded $246,139

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $58,424

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,040

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $56,384 · excluded $56,384

  • 11a · Other revenue: PARTICIPANT INSURANCE FEES

    total $65,342 · excluded $65,342

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $49,255 · unrelated business $6,942 · excluded $42,313

  • 11c · Other revenue: LICENSE PLATE REVENUE

    total $6,552 · excluded $6,552

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $121,149

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $73,928 · program services $73,928

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $406,448 · program services $328,976 · management and general $25,222 · fundraising $52,250

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,133,698 · program services $1,728,114 · management and general $132,042 · fundraising $273,542

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $512,834 · program services $412,167 · management and general $32,773 · fundraising $67,894

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $185,864 · program services $147,311 · management and general $12,551 · fundraising $26,002

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,600 · management and general $38,600

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $133,250 · fundraising $133,250

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,195 · management and general $1,195

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $75,029 · program services $52,424 · management and general $4,235 · fundraising $18,370

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $68,120 · program services $46,124 · management and general $732 · fundraising $21,264

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $663,690 · program services $633,771 · management and general $3,496 · fundraising $26,423

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $437,798 · program services $408,859 · management and general $9,385 · fundraising $19,554

  • 17 · Travel

    total $131,564 · program services $107,882 · management and general $6,401 · fundraising $17,281

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $197,648 · program services $195,327 · management and general $756 · fundraising $1,565

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $590,704 · program services $543,260 · management and general $15,446 · fundraising $31,998

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $114,314 · program services $92,093 · management and general $6,919 · fundraising $15,302

  • 24a · Other expenses: ROCOGNITION OF YOUTH, V

    total $147,195 · program services $134,176 · management and general $304 · fundraising $12,715

  • 24b · Other expenses: PAYMENTS TO AFFILIATED

    total $126,715 · management and general $126,715

  • 24c · Other expenses: RENTAL AND MAINTENANCE

    total $77,919 · program services $46,433 · management and general $3,860 · fundraising $27,626

  • 24d · Other expenses: EMPLOYEE RELATED EXPENS

    total $15,383 · program services $12,019 · management and general $1,095 · fundraising $2,269

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $54,779 · program services $34,022 · management and general $4,974 · fundraising $15,783

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,231,159 · end of year $370,755

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,042,616 · end of year $163,447

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $485,616 · end of year $392,644

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $44,228 · end of year $89,938

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $47,972 · end of year $70,615

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $96,822 · end of year $158,345

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

    $34,208,279

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

    $24,102,154

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,132,732 · end of year $10,106,125

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $346,949 · end of year $148,011

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $8,288

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $395,205 · end of year $197,186

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $329,269 · end of year $142,164

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $663,739 · end of year $113,746

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,492,357 · end of year $10,398,312

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,547,524 · end of year $656,760

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO DEVELOP YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE EXCEPTIONALLY PREPARED TO LEAD, IN THEIR OWN WAY, TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES, PROFESSIONS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFETIME.

  • CAMPINGTHE DAN BEARD COUNCIL PROVIDES CAMPING AND YEAR-ROUND OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING AT THE DAN BEARD SCOUT RESERVATION IN CINCINNATI, OH AND CAMP MICHAELS IN UNION, KY. THE COUNCIL OFFERS CAMPING PROGRAMS THAT RANGE FROM OVERNIGHT TO ONE WEEK IN LENGTH AND DAY CAMP PROGRAMS. THEIR PURPOSE IS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, PHYSICAL FITNESS, LIFE SKILLS INSTRUCTIONS AND INSTILLING THE VALUES OF THE SCOUT OATH AND LAW.

    Expenses $2,291,703 · Grants $13,777 · Revenue $1,123,654

  • COUNCIL & DISTRICT ACTIVITIES THE COUNCIL HOLDS ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHICH INCLUDE LEADERSHIP & INSTRUCTOR TRAINING, VENTURING & EXPLORING EVENTS, HIGH ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES, RECOGNITION EVENTS AND ADVANCEMENT PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, EACH DISTRICT HAS EVENTS FOR THE MEMBERSHIP WITHIN ITS GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDRIES. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE BANQUETS, PINEWOOD DERBY COMPETITIONS AND CAMPOREES.

    Expenses $2,221,273 · Grants $5,180 · Revenue $504,936

  • SCOUTREACH IN ADDITION TO TRADITIONAL SCOUTING PROGRAMS, SCOUTREACH PROGRAMS ARE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES IN THE TRI-STATE AREA. THESE OUTREACH PROGRAMS BRING SCOUTING TO YOUTH THAT OTHERWISE MAY NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE. PROGRAM MANAGERS ARE SUBSIDIZED BY THE COUNCIL TO COORDINATE PROGRAMS FOR IN-SCHOOL AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS FOCUS ON BASIC SCOUTING SKILLS AND RANK ADVANCEMENT AND ALSO INCLUDES A WEEK LONG DAY CAMP PROGRAM CALLED CHALLENGE CAMP.

    Expenses $483,910 · Grants $54,971

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Taylor

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.5 related
  • Doug Siebenburgen

    COUNCIL COMMISSIONER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.5 related
  • Steve Bestard

    PROPERTIES CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.5 related
  • Amy Gath

    MEMBERSHIP CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dave Harman

    PROGRAM CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.5 related
  • Charles Hertlein Jr

    ADMINISTRATIVE CHAIR & COUNCIL ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.5 related
  • Irv Kieback

    FIELD SERVICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.5 related
  • Mike Lakin

    DEVELOPMENT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.5 related
  • Michael Sims

    FINANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.5 related
  • Douglas Bolton

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.5 related
  • Joseph Waller

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.5 related
  • Steve Weigand

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 0.5 related
  • Douglas Adams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Jon Beeson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Charles Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Troy Brodie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • David Bruno

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Andy Butler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Chris Elma

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Donald Feldmann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Brian Foster

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Eric Gardner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Stephanie Gaither

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Jeffrey Geeding

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Tim Glover

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • George Glover

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Rob Goering

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Aric Hassel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Marion Haynes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Alan Henning

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Mark Holcomb

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Christopher Houser

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Mark Ihrig

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Matt Jessup

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Tara Johnson-Noem

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Matt King

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Steve Korach

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • William Krausen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Keith Lawrence

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Bryce Lenox

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Michael Mattingly

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Beryl Love

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Robert McDonald

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Laura Mitchell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Megan Ossenbeck

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Chris Patterson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Mark Pomeroy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Michael Prager

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Ashwin Ramprasad

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Robert Reifsnyder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Brent Rippe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Mike Schneider

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Matt Scherocman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • John Scott

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Mike Sewell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Harold Shevers Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Rick Seibold

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Edgar Smith Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Greg Sojka

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Kate Stechschulte

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Jonathan Towner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Andra Ward

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Susan Whitman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Phil Wickler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Richard Wiggers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Benjamin Willingham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Jason Wolz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Craig Young

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Andrew V Zahn

    CEO/COUNCIL SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $262,988
    From this org
    $243,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,850
    Hours/week
    55 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,638
    Bonus
    $17,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,850
    Filer's total
    $262,988
  • Suzanne Carr

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $143,460
    From this org
    $129,076
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,384
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related
  • Edward Rauen

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $143,819
    From this org
    $128,901
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,918
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related
  • Rachel Ennis

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $123,924
    From this org
    $105,432
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,492
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related
  • Lawerence Norman

    DIRECTOR OF FIELD SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $129,261
    From this org
    $105,563
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,698
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

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)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3
THE COUNCIL USES AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF FOUR VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBERS. COMPARABLE DATA WAS USED BY THE COMMITTEE UTILIZING INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL BSA HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. DOCUMENTATION OF THE MEETINGS AND DECISIONS REGARDING COMPENSATION WAS COMPLETED AND SIGNED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403049349302800

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