To serve others by helping to instill values in young people, preparing them to make ethical choices over their lifetimes, and to achieve their full potential.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 1,437 volunteers and 65 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $263K a year · 13% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$156K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$671K
17% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 17% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
43
of 43 voting members
Looks good: 43 of 43 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.7M
+5% vs prior year
Spent
$1.8M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$3.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.7M
FY2024▲ +5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$2.7M
Expenses
$1.8M
FY2024▼ -14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$3.8M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$1.8M
Net assets
$3.2M
FY2024▲ +41%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$3.2M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 1965.

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Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $1.6M Management & general 3% · $47K Fundraising 11% · $202K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

45 people listed on the 990; $156K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Scout Executive
$83,818Pt VII · Sec A
Scout Executive
$72,415Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
VP - Endowment
$0Pt VII · Sec A
VP - Membership
$0Pt VII · Sec A
VP - Program
$0Pt VII · Sec A
VP - Finance
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
John S Feick—$142,230$137,995$139,438$127,245
John Feick Retired$83,818————
Travis Rubelee$72,415————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Prepares youth for the future through outdoor adventure programs, career exploration, and character-building activities that teach ethical decision-making.

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3 programs · $1.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

This program for boys and girls begins with lion cubs in kindergarten and ends with webelos scouts at the end of 5TH grade. The program provides each cub scout with the adult family role models needed to give scouts a values-packed program that will pull families closer together rather than apart.

$893Kprogram expense
02

This is a program for boys and girls ages 11-18 years of age. The program provides an exciting, fun-filled and challenging outdoor high adventure program that will place our young people in positive situations, giving them a significant alternative in which to spend their time and energy.

$557Kprogram expense
03

Venturing/Career Exploring

Venturing is a challenging outdoor alternative youth development program made up of young men and women who have completed the 8TH grade and are between the ages of 13 and 21. Exploring is a worksite-based program geared to help young men and women 14-20 years of age to locate and explore a potential lifelong career.

$106Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 20 grants · $596K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$14,790
Unitemized GrantFY2024$11,829
Unitemized GrantFY2024$3,759
Unitemized GrantFY2024$578
Unitemized GrantFY2023$26,790
Unitemized GrantFY2023$8,184
Unitemized GrantFY2023$6,016
Unitemized GrantFY2023$277
Unitemized GrantFY2022$62,676
Unitemized GrantFY2022$15,067
Unitemized GrantFY2022$6,969
Unitemized GrantFY2022$2,710
Unitemized GrantFY2022$25
Unitemized GrantFY2021$50,186
Unitemized GrantFY2021$12,630
Unitemized GrantFY2021$2,557
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$403K
Investment incomeLn 3$343K
Money outPt IX
$1.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.6M
Managementcol C$47K
Fundraisingcol D$202K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$369K
Total assetsLn 16$3.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$671K
PeoplePt VI, VII
45
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a43
IndependentVI 1b43
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$3K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$27K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$403K
Investment incomeLn 3$343K
Other incomeLn 4–11$284K
Gains on assetsLn 7$7K
Total revenueLn 12$2.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$369K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$369K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.4M
Total assetsLn 16$3.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$671K
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 565
VolunteersI 61,437
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$401K$369K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.4M$3.4M
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M$3.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M$671K
Net assetsLn 32$2.3M$3.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$31K$31K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$194K$161K$8K$25K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$533K$465K$16K$52K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$50K$43K$2K$5K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$85K$70K$4K$12K
Payroll taxesLn 10$68K$60K$2K$6K
Management feesLn 11a$33K$33K
Accounting feesLn 11c$73K$57K$4K$12K
Office expensesLn 13$27K$21K$502$5K
OccupancyLn 16$106K$94K$2K$10K
TravelLn 17$50K$42K$1K$7K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$9K$7K$87$2K
InterestLn 20$29K$24K$1K$4K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$43K$43K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$162K$149K$3K$10K
InsuranceLn 23$65K$59K$1K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$249K$200K$3K$46K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.8M$1.6M$47K$202K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $2.7M$1.8M$934K$3.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.6M$2.1M$508K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.7M$2.0M−$350K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.9M$3.8M−$1.9M$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.4M$1.8M−$485K$4.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,739,113 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,373,820$1,709,277
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $375,873$402,522
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $522,011$342,955
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $335,779$284,359
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,607,483$2,739,113
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $41,267$30,956
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $977,164$928,618
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,081,539$845,564
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,099,970$1,805,138
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $507,513$933,975
Part VI · Governance 43 of 43 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body43
VI-1b Independent voting members43
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,739,113 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $258,651 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$10,412
VIII-1c Fundraising events$26,814
VIII-1d Related organizations$1,529,249
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$142,802
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$2,920
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,709,277
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $402,522$402,522
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $336,305$336,305
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $6,650$6,650
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $25,708$25,708
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $667,823 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $362,013$2,739,113
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,805,138 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $30,956$30,956
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $160,620 · Management $7,740 · Fundraising $25,157$193,517
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $464,723 · Management $15,974 · Fundraising $51,913$532,610
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $42,651 · Management $1,619 · Fundraising $5,262$49,532
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $69,549 · Management $3,690 · Fundraising $11,993$85,232
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $59,558 · Management $1,922 · Fundraising $6,247$67,727
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $33,006$33,006
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $57,172 · Management $3,648 · Fundraising $11,853$72,673
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $20,893 · Management $502 · Fundraising $5,449$26,844
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $93,614 · Management $2,045 · Fundraising $10,279$105,938
IX-17 TravelPrograms $42,493 · Management $1,364 · Fundraising $6,538$50,395
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $6,590 · Management $87 · Fundraising $2,362$9,039
IX-20 InterestPrograms $24,041 · Management $1,159 · Fundraising $3,766$28,966
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $42,672$42,672
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $148,701 · Management $3,094 · Fundraising $10,054$161,849
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $59,126 · Management $1,487 · Fundraising $4,834$65,447
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $200,223 · Management $2,699 · Fundraising $45,813$248,735
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,556,588 · Management $47,030 · Fundraising $201,520$1,805,138
Part X · Balance sheet $3,871,619 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $400,618$369,201
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,900$36,875
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,768$83
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $20,640$25,716
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $24,251$24,248
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,379,125$3,415,496
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,830,302$3,871,619
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $50,955$61,760
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $13,648$2,105
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,563,160$670,502
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,864,421$2,889,300
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $402,721$311,817
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,267,142$3,201,117
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,830,302$3,871,619
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,201,117 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,739,113
XI-2 Total expenses$1,805,138
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$933,975
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,267,142
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,201,117

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