Girl Scouts of Kentuckys Wilderness Road Council Inc

Analysis

Girl Scouts of Kentuckys Wilderness Road Council Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lexington, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1964, 62 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Girl Scouts of Kentuckys Wilderness Road Council Inc reported income of $3.8m and spending of $3.6m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $3.3m to $3.8m (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Girl Scouts of Kentuckys Wilderness Road Council Inc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Inland Northwest ($3.8m), Boys and Girls Club of Harford County Maryland Inc ($3.8m) and Bergen Center for Child Development Inc ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% and program service revenue 4.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $126k (3.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. It paid $50k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $9.0m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $7.9m. It reported 71 employees.