Boy Scouts of America

Analysis

Boy Scouts of America is a registered charity in United States, based in Metairie, LA. 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 $194k and spending of $433k, spending 223% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $301k to $194k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tahlequah Elderly Housing Inc ($194k), Robertson County Historical Society ($194k) and St Andrews Hospital and Nursing Home Foundation Inc ($194k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $33k, net assets of $3.6m.