Boy Scouts of America Gulf Ridge Council Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
590624406
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2015
Location
Tampa, FL, USA
Phone
8138722691
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,865,346
Expenses
$3,159,308
Assets
$8,757,074
Liabilities
$560,363

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

78 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSE E VALIENTE (COUNCIL PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT F GILES (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • MARK ROSE (VICE PRESIDENT - OPERATIONS)
  • NICK DIGIROLAMO (VICE PRESIDENT - PROGRAMS)
  • GEORGE MITCHELL (VICE PRESIDENT - NATIONAL INITIATIVES)
  • BENSON PORTER (VICE PRESIDENT - MEMBERSHIP)

Highest reported compensation

  • GEORGE MCGOVERN (SCOUT EXECUTIVE): $271,451 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We provide activities to help instill values in over 27,000 young people in eight counties and to prepare them to make ethical choices during their lifetime to achieve their full potential.

What it reported doing in 2015

Traditional programs- cub scouting, boy scouting and venturing.cub scouts serves boys 1st through 5th grades- age appropriate weekly activities that teach teamwork, help develop confidence, new skills and stress individual achievement. Boy scouts- boys age 11- 18 years of age. Teaches leadership, citizenship, outdoor skills, mental and physical fitness, problem solving and service to others. Venturing- program for young adults, both male and female aged 14-20. Teaches leadership, ethical decision making, conflict resolution and provides high adventure outdoor activities. We also provide special programming for low income youth from at risk neighborhoods through programs with the tampa housing authority, redlands christian migrant association (rcma), and title i schools in hillsborough and polk counties.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st 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; 65th 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: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.77; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.6%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 77 of 77 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $271K · 78 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2011 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.