Suffolk County Council Boy Scouts of America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
111631834
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Farmingville, NY, USA
Phone
6319247000
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,843,454
Expenses
$2,523,442
Assets
$1,817,405
Liabilities
$633,390

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

53 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LOUIS P SCOTTI (PRESIDENT)
  • FRANK ALBARELLA JR (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW CALEV (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TIMOHTY EAGAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DON GHEE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TIM GREEN (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RYAN DIBERNARDO (SCOUT EXECUTIVE/CEO (TERMED 10/31)): $264,922 total reported compensation
  • JAMES GRIMALDI (ASSISTANT SCOUT EXECUTIVE): $154,683 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 mission 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 2024

To offer suffolk county youth and adults quality programs that include: club scouting, boy scouting, venturing and learning for life. Cub scouting is a program for young men ages 7 to 10. Cub scouting uses specific methods to achieve scouting and aims to help boys build character, train in the responsibilities of citizenship and personal fitness. Boy scouting is for young men ages 11 to 18. Boy scouting is a values based outdoor program designed to teach character, citizenship and fitness to the youth members. Venturing is for young men and women ages 14 (age 13 if completed 8th grade) to 21. Venturing provides experiences to help young people mature and become responsible, caring adults. Learning for life is a program to enable young people to become responsible individuals by teaching positive character traits, career development, leadership and life skills, so they can make ethical choices and achieve their full potential.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.3%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th 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: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.3%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.3% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 44 of 44 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $265K · 53 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.
  • 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 13/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.