Hawk Mountain Council Inc Boy Scouts of America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231352047
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Reading, PA, USA
Phone
6109263406
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,273,959
Expenses
$2,204,632
Assets
$5,435,925
Liabilities
$1,489,247

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

Leadership & pay

34 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSEPH HARTZ (PRESIDENT)
  • JERRY BLECKER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JEFFREY EUCLIDE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MATTHEW HENSINGER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • THOMAS E KAUFFMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRENDEN VAN BUREN (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • A DAVIS FOX (SCOUT EXECUTIVE THRU DEC 2025): $139,166 total reported compensation
  • DUANE CROUSE (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $120,709 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of the boy scouts of america is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law.

What it reported doing in 2025

In the bsa, there is one program - scouting. We served a total youth population of 6,307 in 2025: 96 youth earned the rank of eagle scout; 3,732 merit badges and 1,347 rank advancements earned; 150,000 hours of community service performed by our youth members and adult volunteers; 80,000 pounds of food was collected for the local food bank. In 2025, the council had 304 female youth registered in cub scouts, scouts bsa, and venturing. See schedule o for additional information.the scouting program includes the following: cub scouting - a year-round program, has a family and community-centered approach to learning citizenship, compassion, and courage through service projects, ceremonies, games, and other activities promoting character development and physical fitness. Cub scouting consists of dens of youth based upon their grade level - kindergarten through 5th grade. Scouts bsa is the traditional scouting program for boys and girls aged 11-17 years old. Young people can participate in various outdoor activities like camping, hiking, kayaking, mountain biking, and much more. At scouts bsa, we aim to teach young people: character development, citizenship training, leadership, and mental and physical fitness. Venturing - provides experiences to help young men and women, ages 14 (or 13 with completion of the eighth grade) through 20, become mature, responsible, caring adults. Young people can learn leadership skills and participate in challenging outdoor activities, including having access to scout camping properties, a recognition program, and youth protection training. Exploring - provides an interactive, worksite-based career education program for learning for life, an affiliate of the boy scouts of america. Participants in the program are called explorers and previously explorer scouts. The program serves youth ages 14 to 20 and is co-ed.scoutreach- a program that operates as part of the scouting program and provides program activities for youth who do not have access to scouting through more traditional scouting programs. The program ensures that scouting is provided to all youth and adults regardless of color, race, religion, gender, ethnic background, disability, economic status, or citizenship.chartered organizations who partner with scouting america, may choose to establish a girl pack, a family pack that consists of girl dens and boy dens, or a boy pack. Scouts bsa, like cub scouting has options for all girl units, family units, and all boy units. This change in the scouts bsa program took place in 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.1%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.47; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.8%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.1% of revenue deployed · 86.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 32 of 32 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $139K · 34 people listed
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.