Greater Los Angeles Area Council Boy Scouts of America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
951643982
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
2134134400
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,109,840
Expenses
$8,881,471
Assets
$49,554,176
Liabilities
$1,013,731

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

43 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE ROTHANS (COUNCIL PRESIDENT & CHAIRMAN)
  • STEWART C CUSHMAN (VICE PRESIDENT, CAMPING & PROPERTIES)
  • WILLIAM S JAMESON (VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT)
  • ERIC ARENTSEN (VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRICT OPERATIONS)
  • JOHN E ORSWELL (VICE PRESIDENT, EXPLORING)
  • STEVEN M CRAIG (VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAM)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT KURKJIAN (SCOUT EXECUTIVE/CEO/SECRETARY): $362,169 total reported compensation
  • SUZETTE E MAJOR (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & BUSINESS OPERATIONS): $166,639 total reported compensation
  • MARICELA GONZALEZ (ASSISTANT SCOUT EXECUTIVE): $124,474 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Greater la scouting provides unmatched leadership development and character building opportunities for all youth ages five to 21 via transformational outdoor activities and nationally recognized programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, greater los angeles scouting empowered more than 12,000 girls and boys ages 5-20 through america's premier youth leadership and character development program. Our unmatched outdoor adventures, camps, and programs provided transformative experiences that shape tomorrow's leaders. By fostering meaningful connections among youth, parents, and community organizations, scouting helps young people build strong values and essential life skills. Operating four camp facilities, we introduce thousands each year to the wonders of the great outdoors, instilling self-confidence, pride in personal achievement, and a lifelong love of adventure.

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 95% 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.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.8%; rating input score 100; 37th 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; 66th 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.2%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.58; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 79.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 37 of 37 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $362K · 43 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $390K reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.