Texas · Public charity
National Boy Scouts of America Foundation
Scouting America Foundation financially supports the mission, values, and programs of Scouting America by promoting and soliciting gifts, grants, and matching funds from those interested in supporting Scouting, nationally and internationally, through local councils and other Scouting organizations.
- $35M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 34
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $34M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,215
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $28,725,309
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 16
- Total assets, FY2024
- $138M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations National Boy Scouts of America Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 33 | $34M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $5.7M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $2.3M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $6.7M | 12% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $3.3M | 35% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $2.5M | 31% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $2.7M | 44% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $5.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boy Scouts of America | $36,064,037 | 4 | 9% |
| Crossroads of America Council Boy Scouts of America Inc | $2,919,997 | 4 | 20% |
| The Pennsylvania Dutch Council Inc | $1,900,300 | 8 | 11% |
| Scouting America Longhorn Council | $1,431,387 | 7 | 15% |
| Grand Canyon Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $1,331,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Boy Scouts of America Mecklenburg County Council | $1,125,000 | 3 | 19% |
| Lasalle Council Inc Boy Scouts of America #165 Trust | $1,117,032 | 2 | 50% |
| Learning for Life | $1,065,676 | 1 | 18% |
| West Virginia University Foundation Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hoosier Trails Council Boy Scouts of America | $955,076 | 7 | 36% |
Show all 87 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
National Boy Scouts of America Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 83 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Boy Scouts of America · NRA Foundation Inc · BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Northeast Region Trust · Verizon Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Edward Jones Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Equitable Foundation Inc · LPL Financial Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
Compare National Boy Scouts of America Foundation with peer funders
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About National Boy Scouts of America Foundation
- How much does National Boy Scouts of America Foundation give?
- National Boy Scouts of America Foundation reported 34 itemized grants totaling $33,905,679, out of $34,709,545 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does National Boy Scouts of America Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (93%), Education (3%), Religion (1%).
- Who are National Boy Scouts of America Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Boy Scouts of America ($36M), Crossroads of America Council Boy Scouts of America Inc ($2.9M), The Pennsylvania Dutch Council Inc ($1.9M).
- Does National Boy Scouts of America Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Boy Scouts of America Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boy Scouts of America, NRA Foundation Inc, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Northeast Region Trust.
- Where is National Boy Scouts of America Foundation based?
- National Boy Scouts of America Foundation is based in TX.
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