Mars Area Scouting Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882773350
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Valencia, PA, USA
Phone
7248165603
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,169
Expenses
$6,073
Assets
$22,832

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOE MYCKA (President)

People named in this filing

  • JOE MYCKA (President)
  • ERIC GILLESPIE (Secretary)
  • SCOTT MCBRIDE (Treasurer)

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 Mars Area Scouting Association is a group of concerned citizens dedicated to providing a top-quality Scouting program to operate and maintain a permanent association for the promotion, leadership, and sustainability of Scouting and Youth Leadership programs in western Pennsylvania.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Howard & Neil Croop Award was established in 2002 to offer an award to Troop 400 Scouts who achieve the rank of Eagle Scout and intend on pursuing a post-secondary education. The award is to be used to supplement the funds each scout obtains for their post-secondary education and should not be used to reduce the amounts of any other scholarship, grant, loan, or any other financial support attained independently by the recipient. The recipient may use the award funds for anything needed to further their education. The award is funded through Troop 400 fundraising and donations in conjunction with Mars Area Scouting Association. The award is limited to a $1,000 maximum award per eligible Eagle Scout.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell 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. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -45.7%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.76; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 40.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.