Westside Scouters

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204201035
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
North Bend, OH, USA
Phone
5133824053
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$670,527
Expenses
$652,652
Assets
$768,601
Liabilities
$652,652

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Cherylann Bredestege (Director Treasurer)
  • Jay Robbee (GABP Scheduler)
  • Mary Anne Tankersley (scheduler for GABP)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

A club who provides assistance to families for activities that support moral, educational, spiritual and physical strength. These activities can be associated with a school or private facility. They include the Scouting program of the USA, amateur sports programs, school programs anything from sports to arts such as band and glee club. Westside Scouters pays for equipment needed and help to offset cost to travel with the team. In religious venues we support retreats and summer camps.

What it reported doing in 2025

Educational Programs for ACE Test, Campbell Co High School, Connor High School, Dater High School, EF Educational Tours, Elder High School, Excelsior Academy, Gamble Montessori, Graduate Services, Great Start Preschool, Harrison High School, Holy Cross High School, Immanuel School iof Music, McNicholas High School, Miami University, MJM Studios, Mt. St. Joseph University, Mt. Notre dame high School, Music Solutions, Northern Kentucky University, Northwest Productions, Oak Hills High School, Pendleton Co. High School, Rapdi Run Middle School, Rivers Edge, Seton High School, Shippenburg University, St. John the Baptist

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Affiliate network. The nonprofit sent 75% of its reported program spending through affiliated organizations.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.1%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 99.7%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.85; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 45% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 56.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.1% of revenue deployed · 99.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $651K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.