Suwannee River Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 590624370
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Tallahassee, FL, USA
- Phone
- 8505764146
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,171,571
- Expenses
- $904,394
- Assets
- $3,348,782
- Liabilities
- $785,417
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
38 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEFF BARBACCI (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- TERRY WHITAKER (SCOUT EXECUTIVE/SECRETARY): $134,032 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Scouting america was founded in 1910 and exists today to serve others by helping instill values in young people and prepare them to make ethical choices during their lifetime and achieve their full potential. Community-based organizations receive national charters to use the scouting program as part of their own youth work in the suwannee river area council.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our youth participate in exciting indoor/outdoor activities for boys and girls (ages 5-20). They are under the guidance of trained adult volunteers, who help them develop the life skills they need to become future leaders and active citizens in their communities. These skills include interdependence, ethical decision making, conflict resolution, self-esteem, literacy development, sexual responsibility, positive peer relationships, service to others, mentoring skills, drug awareness education, teamwork, fitness, positive teen-adult relationships, school-to-work skills, emergency preparedness, character education, and many more. Our council is an irc section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization funded by many different sources. These sources provide needed income to support the counties, communities, youth, and leaders that we serve full time. Our college-educated and trained professional staff manages our many volunteers annually to provide leadership development, operation of council facilities and needed specialized programs. We receive income from six areas: annual friends of scouting campaign, project sales, retail store, activities, outdoor education, environmental facilities, and investments. Council expenses from our annual budget can be broken down as follows: 75.52% to program expenses; 17.63% to administration expenses; and 6.85% to fundraising expenses. These percentages are based upon bi-annual time studies conducted on our staff. An audit is held each year, requested by our council volunteer executive board as part of our policy of solid fiscal management practices.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 50
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 32.9%; rating input score 33
- Program expense ratio: 73.4%; rating input score 73
- Fundraising efficiency: $27.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 58.4%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.7; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 32.9% of revenue deployed · 73.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 37 of 37 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $664K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $134K · 38 people listed
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.