Boy Scouts of America

Analysis

Boy Scouts of America is a registered charity in United States, based in Hurst, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type i) 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 $3.2m and spending of $175k, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.9m to $3.2m (+11%), an average of +3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Boy Scouts of America sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jewish Community Federation of Richmond ($3.2m), Community Foundation of Middlesex County Inc ($3.3m) and United Ways of Alabama ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $11.4m against liabilities of $505k, net assets of $10.9m.