Southwest Florida Council Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 591150488
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Fort Myers, FL, USA
- Phone
- 2399368072
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,970,116
- Expenses
- $2,099,377
- Assets
- $13,083,319
- Liabilities
- $419,722
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
35 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- CHARLES VONDERHEID (SCOUT EXECUT): $118,554 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The corporation shall promote, within the territory covered by the charter from time to time granted it by the boy scouts of america and in accordance with the congressional charter, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the boy scouts of america, the scouting program of promoting the ability of youth to do things for themselves and others, training them in scoutcraft, and teaching them patriotism, courage, selfreliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods which are now in common use by the boy scouts of america. In achieving this purpose, emphasis shall be placed upon the educational program of the boy scouts of america and the oaths, promises, and codes of the scouting program for character development, citizenship training, and mental and physical fitness. Traditional scouting - in the bsa, scouting is considered to be one movement with three main programs: cub scouting is the largest of the three programs, available to youth from kindergarden to fifth-grade or 5 to 10 years.the p
What it reported doing in 2024
It is the mission of the southwest Florida council, inc., boy scouts of america, that it shall promote, within the territory coverered by the charter granted by the boy scouts of america and in accordance with the congressional charter, by laws, and rules and regulations of the boy scouts of america the scouting program. The southwest Florida council territory includes charlotte, collier, desoto, hendry(labelle), lee, manatee and sarasota counties. The council provides unit operation support to enable community charter partners to deliver b.s.a. Programs. The local council delivered the scouting program to 16,445 youth and 1,451 registered adult volunteers in 2023 chartered by community partners. These units included cub scout packs, scouts bsa troops, venturing crews, exploring posts and learning for life groups. Program support services include: program coordination, membership recruitment/new unit organization, camp facility operations, adult volunteer training, risk management, district/county operations, professional staff support, council service center services, scout retail shop operation, finance management and overall organizational governance.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th 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: 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: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.6%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.23; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 46 of 46 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $119K · 35 people listed
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.