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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL (Kentucky) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $329,784 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE BLUEGRASS INC ($120,431). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$826k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$330k
Net assets
$1.2M
7/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Boy Scouts of America #204 Bluegrass Council does

Mission

The mission of the boy scouts 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. Core to those is the promise to do their best, to help others and to exemplify values including being trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The blue grass council, boy scouts of america, serves 55 counties in central, southern, and eastern kentucky. Annually, more than 10,000 youth will be served through the efforts of thousands of registered adult volunteer leaders and small staff. The goal of the boy scouts is to train youths in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance through participation in a wide range of outdoor activities, educational programs, and, at older age levels, career-oriented programs, all in partnership with community organizations.the cub scout program is a hands-on, learn-by-doing, family-focused program. Cub scouts is structured to actively involve parents in teaching their sons values, skills and citizenship. The program is for youths from first through fifth grade. In family, small and large group activities, youths work at learning new skills and information to earn badges, belt loops and rank advancements. Each badge has elements of teaching/learning and community services. The boy scout program is designed to be an educational program for youth (11-18) which builds character, citizenship and prepares youths for life. Youth investigate self-chosen fields of interest,…

    $924,047 spentof which $16,818 as grants$193,446 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $924,047.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.6M) Expenses 100 ($1.6M) Net assets 100 ($2.3M)2018 Revenue 81 ($1.3M) Expenses 96 ($1.6M) Net assets 86 ($2.0M)2019 Revenue 80 ($1.3M) Expenses 94 ($1.5M) Net assets 79 ($1.8M)2020 Revenue 61 ($986k) Expenses 74 ($1.2M) Net assets 70 ($1.6M)2021 Revenue 83 ($1.3M) Expenses 81 ($1.3M) Net assets 72 ($1.7M)2022 Revenue 63 ($1.0M) Expenses 68 ($1.1M) Net assets 66 ($1.5M)2023 Revenue 63 ($1.0M) Expenses 74 ($1.2M) Net assets 60 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 51 ($826k) Expenses 67 ($1.1M) Net assets 50 ($1.2M)
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Revenue (51)Expenses (67)Net assets (50)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $3.1M to $2.7M (−10%).

$3.1M
$2.7M
$2.6M
$2.3M
$2.4M
$2.2M
$2.4M
$2.1M
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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

61% of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$2k
’17
−$244k
’18
−$228k
’19
−$209k
’20
$37k
’21
−$87k
’22
−$172k
’23
−$253k
’24
0.2
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.

Chief executive

Mike Delzotti

President/CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.

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Listed6271726565613440
Joined·+18+15+8+1+5+4+11
No longer listed·9141519315
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $67k.

3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 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

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

79% 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 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL.

37%
largest funder
66%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 69% · 2020 56% · 2021 41% · 2022 59% · 2023 55% — 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

33% of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

98% of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.

WI
PA
CT
KY
VA

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

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Kentucky out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $93k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

Against its field

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−31% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−9% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 9%Fundraising 6%

Governance

40
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

KY

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Questions and answers

Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL?
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL (Kentucky) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $329,784 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE BLUEGRASS INC ($120,431). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $329,784 in grants to BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL?
UNITED WAY OF THE BLUEGRASS INC is the largest funder on record, with $120,431 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #204 BLUEGRASS COUNCIL find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 14 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