Radio Scouting Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 834513134
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Winter Garden, FL, USA
- Phone
- 4074964496
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $88,602
- Expenses
- $78,565
- Assets
- $32,553
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kenneth Lyons (President)
- Nicholas Butler (Vice President)
- Jason McDonald (N4RSI Club President)
- Billy Netherland (KB5SA Club President)
People named in this filing
- Dean DeLong (Secretary)
- Larry Schnaudigel (Treasurer)
- Kenneth Lyons (President)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Radio Scouting, Inc. It shall be our purpose to further the exchange of information and cooperation between the public and scouting, to promote radio knowledge, youth activities, fraternalism, individual operating efficiency, and to conduct programs and activities as to advance the general interest and welfare of Amateur Radio and Scouting in the community. WB4SA is the amateur radio station and club of the Boy Scouts of America, Central Florida Council. KB5SA is the amateur radio station and club for scouting in Northwest Louisiana. N4RSI is the amateur radio station and club for scouting in Tampa, Florida, GTBAC. We are helping support Radio Scouting STEM programs for W1PTG Pilipinas Testing Group & DX1MC Radio Scouting Philippines - Manila Council through a one-time unusual grant from ARDC. With one director on-site to personally mange that STEM education project.
What it reported doing in 2023
WB4SA Provide monthly/quarterly STEM classes and demonstrations at scouting events in Florida. This is the main group for Central Florida Council and provides STEM education to over 10,000 youth each year. from a pool of 26k council youth. Nearly 8,000 youth participate in our JOTA weekends every October. Several dozen Radio Merit Badges awarded nearly every quarter. We are currently working to get a permanent STEM building at camp 4A so that we can offer even more education in more fields, including weather, astronomy, electronics, 3D printing.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.7%; rating input score 89
- 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: 11.3%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 26; 26th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $79K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.