Old Hickory Council Inc Boy Scouts of America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
560529985
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Winstonsalem, NC, USA
Phone
3367602900
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,308,897
Expenses
$3,171,042
Assets
$5,652,191
Liabilities
$259,424

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

Leadership & pay

50 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KENNETH CARLSON (COUNCIL PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID BARKSDALE (COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JACOB ANDREW ARMSTRONG (SCOUT EXECUTIVE): $225,597 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 scout law.

What it reported doing in 2025

Traditional scouting: the old hickory council, bsa provides program support, facilities, organized activities, and other related services for scouting in eight counties of northwest North Carolina. Total registered youth in traditional scouting, cub scouts, venturers and explorers in 2025 was approximately 2,487. Year-round programs are provided to boys and girls ages 6-20. All aspects of the program focus on citizenship, character and fitness. Approximately 5,008 scouts and leaders from all over the southeast and the old hickory council area participated in summer camp 2025 at camp raven knob. 99 scouts earned the rank of eagle scout in 2025. Scouts provided over 18,208 hours of community service throughout the councils northwest nc territory. Scouts collected 40,996 lbs. Of food during the annual scouting for food drive to help feed hungry families throughout the eight-county area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 63% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.1%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 90.1%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: Limited

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: 4.2%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.1% of revenue deployed · 90.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 50 of 50 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $226K · 50 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.