Boy Scouts of America 560 Middle Tennessee

What it reported doing in 2025

Our youth participate in exciting indoor/outdoor activities for young men and women (ages 5-21). They are under the guidance of trained adult volunteers, who help them develop the life skills they need to become future leaders and active citizens in their communities. These skills include interdependence, ethical decisions making, conflict resolution, self-esteem, literacy skills, values system, personal growth, leadership development, sexual responsibility, positive peer relationships, service to others, mentoring skills, drug awareness education, teamwork, fitness, positive teen-adult relationships, school-to-work skills, emergency preparedness, character education, and many more.in 2025, the middle Tennessee council, 9,537 scouts participated in programs at one of the council's four camps. Scouts earned 9,766 merit badges as they learned skills, sports, crafts, science, trades, business, and explored future careers that reflect their building interests. Throughout our program's community service is an important step, it's over 30,020 community service hours by tiger cubs, cub scouts, boy scouts, ventures and learning for life participants were tracked.our council provides service to 37 counties and fort campbell and hundreds of communities in the state of Tennessee. Scouting nationwide totals are close to five million members, with over one million adult volunteers. Scouting is national and international. Currently we have over 10,072 youth, 3,753 youth protection trained adult volunteers, and 370 cub scout packs, scouts bsa troops, stem scout labs, explorer posts and venturing crews in our council. Any youth or leader is eligible to join the scouting program if they are willing to subscribe to the bsa's declaration of religious principle, the policies and bylaws of the boy scouts of america, and the age grade joining requirements.our council is an IRS section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization funded by many different sources. These sources provide needed income to support the scouting program in the 37 counties of middle Tennessee. Our college-educated and trained professional staff manages over 3,753 volunteers annually to provide leadership development, operation of council facilities and needed specialized programs estimated at a cost of $575 per youth. We receive income from ten areas: annual friends of scouting campaign, project sales, special events, sales of supplies, corporations and foundations, product sales, activities, outdoor educational environmental facilities, united way, and investments.council expenses from our annual budget can be broken down as follows: program service hours 88%; management and general hours 9%; fundraising hours 3%. These percentages are based upon time studies conducted on our staff. An audit is held each year as required and is reviewed and approved by our council volunteer executive board as part of our policy of solid fiscal management practices. An annual council charter review is also held every three years with volunteers that review leadership, finance, growth, stewardship, marketing, administration and program through a document of 84 questions.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: $31.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 3.8%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.62; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 13.6%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings