Scouting America Sequoia Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
941156255
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Fresno, CA, USA
Phone
5593202100
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,051,539
Expenses
$2,952,182
Assets
$12,476,877
Liabilities
$777,489

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD SCHNEIDER (PRESIDENT)
  • JAN PERKINS (VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • RICHARD EGAN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • TIM THOMTON (CEO/SCOUT EXECUTIVE)

Highest reported compensation

  • TIM THOMTON (CEO/SCOUT EXECUTIVE): $188,033 total reported compensation
  • DOUGLAS AUBUSHON (FACILITIES COORDINATOR): $118,624 total reported compensation
  • KARIN CHAO (DEV. DIRECTOR): $112,420 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 scouting america, sequoia council 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. This mission is accomplished by promoting the ability of boys, girls, and young men and women to do things for themselves and others, training them in leadership, scoutcraft, patriotism, courage, using the educational methods and programs which or promulgated and made available to the local council by the national council, boy scouts of america. No church or religious organization holding a valid charter shall be required to accept as adult leaders any person whose espoused personal beliefs are in conflict with the religious organization's principles.

What it reported doing in 2025

Summer camping program: operation of long-term camping facilities for scouts and day camps for cub scouts. During 2025, the council served over 2,100 youth at camp chawanakee and over 2,600 campers through multiple camp and leadership training opportunities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 70% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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: 88
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.5%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 91%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 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: 3.3%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.23; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.5% of revenue deployed · 91% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $188K · 28 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $105K reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.