BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

O410

Classification

1200

Street

4775 CENTENNIAL BLVD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (EIN 22-1576300). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2025

• OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES - CUB SCOUTING DAY CAMPS: ONE-TO-THREE DAY PROGRAM WITH DAYLIGHT AND EARLY EVENING ACTIVITIES, WITH NO OVERNIGHT ACTIVITIES. RESIDENT CAMPS: AT LEAST TWO NIGHTS OF CAMPING WITH A DEVELOPED THEME OF ADVENTURE AND EXCITEMENT HELD AT A COUNCIL FACILITY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF TRAINED LEADERSHIP. COUNCIL-ORGANIZED FAMILY CAMPS: OVERNIGHT CAMPING INVOLVING MORE THAN ONE PACK AND HELD AT A COUNCIL APPROVED FACILITY WITH THE COUNCIL OR DISTRICT PROVIDING STAFFING, FOOD SERVICE, HOUSING, AND PROGRAM. PACK CAMPING: OVERNIGHT CAMPING INVOLVING MORE THAN ONE FAMILY FROM A SINGLE PACK, FOCUSED ON AGE-APPROPRIATE CUB SCOUT ACTIVITIES, CONDUCTED AT COUNCIL-APPROVED LOCATIONS, AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BASIC ADULT SCOUTS. BSA AND VENTURING: CAMP ALEXANDER IS NEARLY 350 ACRES IN THE VICINITY OF ELEVEN-MILE CANYON AND OFFERS YEAR-ROUND OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES FOR A WIDE RANGE OF SCOUTING GROUPS. NEARLY 7,000 PEOPLE VISIT AND PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS AT CAMP ALEXANDER ON A YEARLY BASIS. SCOUTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN A WIDE RANGE OF OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES INCLUDING SWIMMING IN THE POOL, BOATING IN THE LAKE, SHOOTING SPORTS, MOUNTAIN BIKING, HIKING, OUTDOOR SKILLS, NATURE STUDY, BEGINNING CAMPING SKILLS, AND ROCK CLIMBING. CAMPOREES: CAMPING WITH OTHER TROOPS, INVOLVING COMPETITION USING SCOUTING SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE. SUMMER CAMPS - WEEKLONG CAMPS WITH TROOPS LEARNING OUTDOOR SKILLS. SCOUTING SHOWS - GALA EVENTS DEMONSTRATING TO THE PUBLIC HOW SCOUTING SERVES YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $1,520,640 · Revenue $1,753,429

• CUB SCOUTS - MOTTO: DO YOUR BESTIN CUB SCOUTING, BOYS AND GIRLS START WITH THEIR BEST RIGHT NOW SELVES AND GROW INTO THEIR VERY BEST FUTURE SELVES. IT'S FUN, HANDS-ON LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT THAT PUTS KIDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ACTION AND PREPARES THEM FOR TODAY AND LIFE. EVERY CUB SCOUT IS A MEMBER OF A CUB SCOUT PACK; PACKS ARE DIVIDED INTO DENS. EACH DEN HAS ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT BOYS OR GIRLS. ALL OF THE CUB SCOUTS IN A DEN ARE ABOUT THE SAME AGE AND LIVE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. CUB SCOUTS EARN BADGES AND AWARDS, AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR PACK. BY EARNING AWARDS, CUB SCOUTS LEARN NEW SKILLS. CUB SCOUTING IS FUN WITH A PURPOSE. THE AIM OF CUB SCOUTING IS TO HELP ITS MEMBERS GROW INTO GOOD CITIZENS WHO ARE STRONG IN CHARACTER AND PERSONALLY FIT.2025 TOTAL CUB SCOUTS (UNAUDITED): 1,039 CUB SCOUTS, 43 CUB SCOUT PACKS, 380 CUB SCOUT LEADERSSCOUTS BSA - MOTTO: BE PREPARED SLOGAN: DO A GOOD TURN DAILYSCOUTS BSA IS A YEAR-ROUND PROGRAM FOR YOUTH 11-17 YEARS OLD THAT PROVIDES FUN, ADVENTURE, LEARNING, CHALLENGE, AND RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THEM BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES. IN SCOUTS BSA, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN GO PLACES, TEST THEMSELVES, AND HAVE ONE-OF-A-KIND ADVENTURES THAT CAN'T BE FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE. SCOUTS PLAN AND CARRY OUT ACTIVITIES WITH THOUGHTFUL GUIDANCE FROM THEIR SCOUTMASTER AND OTHER ADULT LEADERS. GOOD YOUTH LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION, AND TEAMWORK ENABLE THEM TO ACHIEVE GOALS THEY HAVE SET FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR PATROL OR SQUAD, AND THEIR TROOP OR TEAM. LEARNING BY DOING IS A HALLMARK OF OUTDOOR EDUCATION. UNIT MEETINGS OFFER INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE USED ON OUTDOOR ADVENTURES EACH MONTH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. A LEADER MAY DESCRIBE AND DEMONSTRATE A SCOUTING SKILL AT A MEETING, BUT THE WAY SCOUTS TRULY LEARN OUTDOOR SKILLS IS TO DO IT THEMSELVES ON A TROOP OUTING. SCOUTING USES THE PATROL METHOD TO TEACH SKILLS AND VALUES. SCOUTS ELECT THEIR OWN PATROL LEADER AND THEY LEARN QUICKLY THAT BY WORKING TOGETHER AND SHARING DUTIES, THE PATROL CAN ACCOMPLISH FAR MORE THAN ANY OF ITS MEMBERS COULD DO ALONE. THE PATROL SUCCEEDS WHEN EVERY MEMBER OF THE PATROL SUCCEEDS, AND SCOUTS LEARN THAT GOOD TEAMWORK IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS. SERVICE TO OTHERS AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP IS LEARNED THROUGH SUCH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AS CONSERVATION PROJECTS, COLLECTING FOOD, BUILDING TRAILS AND SHELTERS, AND CONDUCTING COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY LIVING. THROUGH HELPING OTHER PEOPLE, SCOUTS LEARN TO APPRECIATE HOW THEY CAN SHARE THEMSELVES AND THEIR BLESSINGS WITH THOSE IN NEED. BY GIVING SERVICE TO BENEFIT OTHERS, SCOUTS GAIN A SENSE OF PERSONAL SATISFACTION.2025 SCOUTS BSA (UNAUDITED): 1,020 SCOUTS BSA MEMBERS, 65 SCOUTS BSA TROOPS, 690 SCOUTS BSA LEADERSVENTURINGRECOGNITION - RECOGNITION COMES THROUGH THE VENTURING ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM AND THROUGH THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF A YOUTH'S COMPETENCE AND ABILITY BY PEERS AND ADULTS. THE IDEALS - VENTURERS ARE EXPECTED TO KNOW AND LIVE BY THE VENTURING OATH AND CODE. THEY PROMISE TO BE FAITHFUL IN RELIGIOUS DUTIES, TREASURE THEIR AMERICAN HERITAGE, HELP OTHERS, AND SEEK TRUTH AND FAIRNESS.HIGH ADVENTURE - VENTURING'S EMPHASIS ON HIGH ADVENTURE HELPS PROVIDE TEAMBUILDING OPPORTUNITIES, NEW MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES, PRACTICAL LEADERSHIP APPLICATION, AND LIFELONG MEMORIES TO YOUNG ADULTS.TEACHING OTHERS - ALL OF THE VENTURING AWARDS REQUIRE VENTURERS TO TEACH WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED TO OTHERS. WHEN THEY TEACH OTHERS OFTEN, VENTURERS ARE BETTER ABLE TO RETAIN THE SKILL OR KNOWLEDGE TAUGHT, THEY GAIN CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITY TO SPEAK AND RELATE TO OTHERS, AND THEY ACQUIRE SKILLS THAT CAN BENEFIT THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES AS A HOBBY OR OCCUPATION. VENTURING CREWS CAN SPECIALIZE IN A VARIETY OF AVOCATION OR HOBBY INTERESTS.2025 PARTICIPATION (UNAUDITED): 55 VENTURERS, 10 VENTURING CREWS 42 VENTURING LEADERSEXPLORING - EXPLORING IS A WORKSITE-BASED PROGRAM. IT IS PART OF LEARNING FOR LIFE'S CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE FOURTEEN (AND HAVE COMPLETED THE EIGHTH GRADE) THROUGH TWENTY YEARS OLD. EXPLORING'S PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE EXPERIENCES THAT 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. EXPLORING IS BASED ON A UNIQUE AND DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUTH AND THE ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS INITIATE A SPECIFIC EXPLORER POST BY MATCHING THEIR PEOPLE AND PROGRAM RESOURCES TO THE INTERESTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE RESULT IS A PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES THAT HELPS YOUTH PURSUE THEIR SPECIAL INTERESTS, GROW, AND DEVELOP. EXPLORING PROGRAMS ARE BASED ON FIVE AREAS OF EMPHASIS: CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, LIFE SKILLS, CITIZENSHIP, CHARACTER EDUCATION, AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE.2025 PARTICIPATION (UNAUDITED): 2 EXPLORERS, 1 EXPLORER POST, 4 EXPLORING LEADERSSCOUTREACH - SCOUTREACH IS A PROGRAM THAT DELIVERS THE TRADITIONAL CUB SCOUT, BOY SCOUT, AND VENTURING PROGRAMS TO THE MOST AT-RISK NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION. THE COUNCIL PROVIDES LEADERS AND UNDERWRITES THE COSTS OF REGISTRATION, HANDBOOKS, UNIFORMS, PROGRAM SUPPLIES, AND CAMPING PROGRAMS, SO THAT THE BENEFITS OF SCOUTING REACH THE YOUTH THAT NEED THEM MOST.

  Expenses $1,244,160 · Grants $2,690 · Revenue $457,089

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $3,097,493

  Expenses

  $2,970,390

  Contributions

  $727,586

  Grants paid

  $2,690

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,826,384

  Expenses

  $2,798,225

  Contributions

  $440,136

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,047,410

  Expenses

  $2,900,970

  Contributions

  $428,485

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,486,161

  Expenses

  $2,396,131

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,927,149

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $900,932

  Expenses

  $1,434,783

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,407,841

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,550,352

  Expenses

  $2,563,965

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,038,264

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,549,847

  Expenses

  $2,507,450

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,103,002

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,785,497

  Expenses

  $2,553,935

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,189,044

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,051,383

  Expenses

  $2,363,264

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,074,839

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,655,205

  Expenses

  $2,488,952

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,264,362

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,746,001

  Expenses

  $2,475,865

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,312,355

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,703,218

  Expenses

  $2,701,214

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,038,699

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,667,583

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,045,199

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• WOODFORD MANUFACTURING CHARITIES INC

  $26,049

  2023 · Charitable Purpose of the Organization

• WOODFORD MANUFACTURING CHARITIES INC

  $25,198

  2022 · Charitable Purpose of the Organization

• WOODFORD MANUFACTURING CHARITIES INC

  $23,816

  2024 · Charitable Purpose of the Organization

• WOODFORD MANUFACTURING CHARITIES INC

  $22,620

  2025 · CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $18,507

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $15,618

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $0

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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