Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
540505874
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Winchester, VA, USA
Phone
5406622551
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,972,236
Expenses
$1,972,820
Assets
$7,428,443
Liabilities
$1,088,147

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

Leadership & pay

54 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILLIAM JOYCE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JASON STEDMAN (COUNCIL PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • THOMAS LABAYEWSKI (SCOUT EXECUTIVE/SECRETARY): $98,068 total reported compensation
  • WILLIAM JOYCE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $65,881 total reported compensation
  • ROBERT SPENCE (COUNCIL COMMISSIONER): $6,500 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Shenandoah area council, scouting americas mission is t0 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 is achieved through programs focused on character development, citizenship training, personal fitness, and leadership, aimed at developing the leaders of tomorrow.

What it reported doing in 2025

The shenandoah area council includes three counties in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, (morgan, berkeley, and jefferson), six counties in the northern shenandoah valley of Virginia (frederick, clarke, shenandoah, warren, rappahannock, and page), two counties in Pennsylvania (fulton and franklin), and one county in Maryland (Washington). The council headquarters is in winchester, Virginia and a secondary scout shop is located in hagerstown, Maryland. In 2025, the shenandoah area council served, 2,000 youth and 1,200 adult members. The council operates two camp properties that are used year-round.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 69% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.7%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 12; 12th 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.1%; rating input score 92; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.77; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.7% of revenue deployed · 80.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 35 of 38 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $98K · 54 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 12/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.