Friends of Lake Oswego Scouting

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872956858
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lake Oswego, OR, USA
Phone
5035239516
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Boy Scouts of America

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,391
Expenses
$51,104
Assets
$147,486
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ryan Seely (President)

People named in this filing

  • William Abadie (Secretary)
  • Ryan Seely (President)
  • Brett Dodson (Officer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary purpose of the organization is to sponsor, organize, and manage one or more Boy Scouts of America (BSA) troops and cub dens and using such troops and cub dens for the purpose of teaching and promoting the principals of BSA to area youth. Such principals focus on character development, citizenship training, and mental and physical fitness.

What it reported doing in 2025

The programs of the organization serve to teach area youth skills and leadership focused on citizenship, character development, fitness, and life skills. These goals are accomplished by facilitating the attendance of participating youth at official camps put on by the Boy Scouts of America organization and local counsels, as well as directly organizing smaller weekend campouts and activities and evening meetings focused on these skills.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.9%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -33.1%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.89; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -33% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.