Maryland · Nonprofit
BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (Maryland) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,553,973 to it, the largest being Way Foundation Inc ($1,500,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 64
- Grants received
- $4.6M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Baltimore Area Council #220 Boy Scouts of America does
Mission
The baltimore area council shall promote, within the territory covered by the charter from time to time granted it by the boy scouts of america and in accordance with the congressional charter, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the boy scouts of america, the scouting program of promoting the ability of youth and young adults to do things for themselves and others, training them in scoutcraft, and teaching them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods which are now in common use by the boy scouts of america.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Camping and other activities the baltimore area council owns and operates the broad creek memorial scout reservation which is used for summer camp programs as well as year round camping. The council develops and maintains camping traditions and spirit and promotes camping as a means to educate scouts. Nearly 1,000 scouts and adult volunteers attended one of our summer camp programs and nearly 23,000 scouts and adult volunteers participated in weekend camping at broad creek in 2024. The council also operates other activities throughout the year to provide an educational program for youth and young adults to build character, to train in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and to develop personal fitness. Scouting activities include trainings, day camps, s.t.e.m. Events, pinewood derby and many more. In all, over 12,000 youth and young adults and over 7,000 adult volunteers participated in the scouting program in the baltimore area in 2024.
$4,504,002 spent$1,918,530 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,504,002.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $14M to $20M (+44%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 11% · 2021 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
47% of BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kendrick Miller
CEO/sec & scout executive
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 23 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $306k → $903k.
18 of 64 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 64 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
60% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 62% · 2019 55% · 2020 58% · 2021 60% · 2022 41% · 2023 75% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
41% of BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA draws 64% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Boy Scouts of America National · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA?
- BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (Maryland) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,553,973 to it, the largest being Way Foundation Inc ($1,500,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 64 organizations giving $4,553,973 in grants to BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA?
- Way Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 64 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing