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BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC

BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC (Illinois) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,457,020 to it, the largest being HARRY AND DOROTHY ESPENSCHEID CHAR ($396,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.7M
Funders on record
25
Grants received
$1.5M
Net assets
$12M
16/25 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What Blackhawk Area Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc does

Mission

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.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Comprehensive youth development - boy scouts of america programs are designed to teach youth social skills and to develop personal physical fitness through individual and group activities including camping. Over 4,000 youths were served during the current year.

    $1,684,943 spentof which $45,881 as grants$576,201 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,684,943.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.0M) Expenses 100 ($2.5M) Net assets 100 ($11M)2018 Revenue 81 ($2.4M) Expenses 93 ($2.3M) Net assets 93 ($11M)2019 Revenue 76 ($2.2M) Expenses 98 ($2.5M) Net assets 99 ($11M)2020 Revenue 53 ($1.6M) Expenses 63 ($1.6M) Net assets 100 ($11M)2021 Revenue 90 ($2.7M) Expenses 69 ($1.7M) Net assets 95 ($11M)2022 Revenue 76 ($2.3M) Expenses 76 ($1.9M) Net assets 89 ($10M)2023 Revenue 82 ($2.4M) Expenses 90 ($2.2M) Net assets 97 ($11M)2024 Revenue 93 ($2.7M) Expenses 82 ($2.1M) Net assets 106 ($12M)
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Revenue (93)Expenses (82)Net assets (106)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $13M to $12M (−11%).

$12M
$11M
$12M
$12M
$13M
$12M
$12M
$13M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 12% · 2021 8% · 2023 0% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$451k
’17
$74k
’18
−$224k
’19
−$25k
’20
$937k
’21
$364k
’22
$167k
’23
$684k
’24
5.6
months of
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.

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Listed6976757062586355
Joined·+13+11+70+13+12+6+1
No longer listed·61275211619
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $100k → $139k.

8 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

68% 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 BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC.

27%
largest funder
67%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 50% · 2019 44% · 2020 70% · 2021 73% · 2022 70% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.

“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

31% of BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

95% of BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL
WI
NY
NJ
VA
NC
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $705k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC

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 Illinois

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 9%Fundraising 11%

Governance

54
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

73%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

IL
WI

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • United for Youth · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC?
BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC (Illinois) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,457,020 to it, the largest being HARRY AND DOROTHY ESPENSCHEID CHAR ($396,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC have?
IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,457,020 in grants to BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC?
HARRY AND DOROTHY ESPENSCHEID CHAR is the largest funder on record, with $396,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 25 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