Boy Scouts of America

Analysis

Boy Scouts of America is a registered charity in United States, based in Utica, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1965, 61 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Boy Scouts of America reported income of $413k and spending of $435k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $446k to $413k (-7.4%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Boy Scouts of America sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include NCR of Warsaw Housing Development Fund Co Inc ($413k), Hindu Society ($414k) and Run for the Wall ($413k).

At year end it held assets of $7.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $7.3m.