Transatlantic Council Boy Scouts of America Inc #802

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
980000121
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
APO, AE, USA
Phone
3227179836
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,693,200
Expenses
$1,690,291
Assets
$1,369,660
Liabilities
$301,923

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

Leadership & pay

38 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Joshua Dick (Scout Executive/CEO)
  • Dan Coberly (Council President)
  • Katrin Galeano (Vice President Communications)
  • Steven Sutton (Vice president Int'l Affairs)
  • Joseph Schram (Vice president Development)
  • Michael Marro (Vice President Membership)

Highest reported compensation

  • Joshua Dick (Scout Executive/CEO): $255,426 total reported compensation
  • John Erskine (Assistant Scout Executive): $118,926 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 scouting america 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.

What it reported doing in 2025

TRANSATLANTIC COUNCIL (The Council or TAC) SERVES OVER 4100 YOUTH AND 1,200 volunteers ACTIVE IN CUB SCOUTING, SCOUTS BSA and VENTURING scouting programs. TAC SUPPORTS US MILITARY AND EXPATRIATE FAMILIES LIVING OVERSEAS IN EUROPE, AFRICA, the MIDDLE EAST, AND CENTRAL ASIA. The council's partnerships with local chartered organizations deliver these scouting programs, engaging U.S. MILITARY COMMANDS, INTERNATIONAL AND AMERICAN SCHOOLS, AND LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. UNique CAMP EXPERIENCES are normally offered through the programs of CAMP ALPINE IN KANDERSTEG, SWITZERLAND; CAMP AVANTURA IN SAVUDRIJA, Croatia; AND CAMP KENYA in Sagana, KENYA. YOUTH MEMBERS ALSO EXPERIENCE HIGH ADVENTURE programs AT THE PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH IN NEW MEXICO, the SUMMIT BECHTEL RESERVE IN WEST VIRGINIA, the NORTHERN TIER IN northern MINNESOTA northwest ontario and Northeast manitoba, and the FLORIDA SEA BASE IN the Florida keys, As well as the national and WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREES. The council is administratively subdivided into SIX DISTRICTS that coordinate and provide ADULT leader TRAINING, SCOUT CAMPOREES, CUB SCOUT DAY CAMPS, ORDER OF THE ARROW EVENTS and other activities. As a founding member of Intercamp, the Council collaborates with nine or more other Scout associations each year to conduct a weekend activity over the the Whitsun weekend. This international program develops cultural goodwill and friendship - guided by scouting principles that support teamwork and understanding. Training opportunities provided by the Council include Scouters Annual conference, Wood badge training for adults, national camping school for key camp leaders and national youth leadership training. The council periodically hosts a signature Normandy Camporee, which provides recognition and reflection about the 1944 D-Day landings as messengers of peace. Since its inception in 1994, over 40,000 youth and leaders from Scouting America and European scouting associations have taken part in this event. In recognition of the council's efforts, the republic of France has designated the council as "custodians of Omaha Beach".

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 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.7%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 97.4%; rating input score 97; 28th 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: 0.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.7% of revenue deployed · 83.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 37 of 38 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $255K · 38 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.