BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

O410

Classification

1200

Street

2134 NICHOLASVILLE RD STE 3

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 · 2024

• THE BLUE GRASS COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SERVES 55 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL, SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. ANNUALLY, MORE THAN 10,000 YOUTH WILL BE SERVED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THOUSANDS OF REGISTERED ADULT VOLUNTEER LEADERS AND A SMALL STAFF. THE GOAL OF THE BOY SCOUTS IS TO TRAIN YOUTH IN A RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-RELIANCE THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN A WIDE RANGE OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND, AT OLDER AGE LEVELS, CAREER ORIENTED PROGRAMS, ALL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.THE CUB SCOUT PROGRAM IS A HANDS-ON, LEARN-BY-DOING, FAMILY-FOCUSED PROGRAM. CUB SCOUTS IS STRUCTURED TO ACTIVELY INVOLVE PARENTS IN TEACHING THEIR SONS VALUES, SKILLS AND CITIZENSHIP. THE PROGRAM IS FOR BOYS FROM FIRST THROUGH FIFTH GRADE. IN FAMILY, SMALL AND LARGE GROUP ACTIVITIES, BOYS WORK AT LEARNING NEW SKILLS AND INFORMATION TO EARN BADGES, BELT LOOPS AND RANK ADVANCEMENTS. EACH BADGE HAS ELEMENTS OF TEACHING/LEARNING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. THE BOY SCOUT PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO BE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR YOUTH (11-18) WHICH BUILDS CHARACTER, CITIZENSHIP AND PREPARES BOYS FOR LIFE. YOUTH INVESTIGATE SELF-CHOSEN FIELDS OF INTEREST INCLUDING VOCATIONAL AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES WITH QUALIFIED COUNSELORS IN THE SUBJECTS. THROUGH USE OF THE "PATROL METHOD" YOUTH LEARN LEADERSHIP AND DECISION MAKING SKILLS. THE LESSONS FROM THE INDIVIDUAL, SMALL AND LARGE GROUP WORK, AND MERIT BADGE EFFORTS ARE TESTED AND PRACTICED THROUGH SCOUTING AND LIFE EXPERIENCES. PLANNING, GOAL SETTING, LEARNING, AND FOLLOW-THROUGH ARE CRITICAL ELEMENTS AS YOUTH EARN MERIT BADGES AND RANK ADVANCEMENTS. THE VENTURING PROGRAM IS AN EFFECTIVE COED YOUNG-ADULT (14-20) PROGRAM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE CHARACTER, CITIZENSHIP, AND FITNESS. VENTURERS EXERCISE LEADERSHIP, CITIZENSHIP, FITNESS, AND SOCIAL SKILLS THROUGH OUTDOOR HIGH-ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ENDEAVORS. VENTURING PROVIDES A VARIETY OF CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES TO TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE THE REAL-WORLD MEANING OF VALUES, ETHICAL DECISION MAKING, AND LIFE SKILLS.THE BLUE GRASS COUNCIL IS A 501C(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FUNDED WITH SUPPORT FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES. ANNUAL GIVING (FRIENDS OF SCOUTING) IS A CRITICAL SOURCE OF INCOME. GIFTS ARE RECEIVED FROM INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESS, SOME CIVIC CLUBS AND PARENTS. PRODUCT SALE (POPCORN AND CAMP CARDS) IS ALSO A VERY SIGNIFICANT FUNDING SOURCE. OTHER SIGNIFICANT SOURCES OF REVENUE INCLUDE CAMPING AND ACTIVITY FEES, SCOUT SHOP REVENUE, UNITED WAY SUPPORT AND SPECIAL EVENTS INCLUDING BRAVE THE BLUE AND THE SPORTING CLAYS CLASSIC. THE COUNCIL ALSO RECEIVES SOME INCOME FROM FOUNDATIONS, LEGACIES AND BEQUESTS AND OUR SMALL ENDOWMENT. THE COUNCIL ESTIMATES IT COSTS $200 FOR EVERY SCOUT IT SERVES.

  Expenses $854,002 · Grants $16,818 · Revenue $193,446

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $825,496

  Expenses

  $1,079,033

  Contributions

  $506,867

  Grants paid

  $16,818

• 2024

  Revenue

  $826,496

  Expenses

  $1,079,142

  Contributions

  $507,867

  Grants paid

  $16,818

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,023,999

  Expenses

  $1,179,169

  Contributions

  $622,915

  Grants paid

  $23,135

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,023,999

  Expenses

  $1,196,066

  Contributions

  $622,915

  Grants paid

  $23,135

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,012,617

  Expenses

  $1,099,449

  Contributions

  $550,774

  Grants paid

  $21,304

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

  $1,344,541

  Expenses

  $1,307,708

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,428,278

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $985,511

  Expenses

  $1,194,364

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,326,407

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,296,706

  Expenses

  $1,524,521

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,596,343

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,306,114

  Expenses

  $1,550,152

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,743,732

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,616,567

  Expenses

  $1,615,040

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,064,160

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,487,488

  Expenses

  $1,509,401

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,920,085

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,516,832

  Expenses

  $1,546,923

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,990,562

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,614,762

  Expenses

  $1,883,974

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,255,410

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,955,341

  Expenses

  $2,136,953

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,420,814

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,936,756

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,490,722

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

• UNITED WAY OF THE BLUEGRASS INC

  $36,500

  2022 · LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

• UNITED WAY OF THE BLUEGRASS INC

  $20,000

  2023 · LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

• BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $14,997

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• HONORABLE ORDER OF KENTUCKY COLONELS INC

  $14,500

  2023 · a HVAC system

• UNITED WAY OF THE BLUEGRASS INC

  $14,400

  2024 · LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

• BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $12,427

  2022 · TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $0

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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