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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 614 GRAND COLUMBIA COUNCIL

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 614 GRAND COLUMBIA COUNCIL (Washington) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $803,786 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NCW ($432,525). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2023
$540k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$804k
Net assets
$0
3/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 34%
01What it does

What Boy Scouts of America 614 Grand Columbia Council does

Mission

Scouting is designed to pursue the aims of character development, citizenship training and personal fitness through adventures in the out-of-doors.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Program

  1. Traditional scouting - in the bsa, scouting is considered to be one movement with three main programs: cub scouting is the largest of the three programs, available to boys from first to fifth grade or 7 to 11 1/2 years. The program is designed to pursue the aims of character development, citizenship training, and personal fitness. Cub scouting is divided into age-based levels of tiger cubs, wolf cubs, bear cubs, and webelos scouts. Boy scouting is the flagship program of the bsa for boys ages 10 to 18. It uses outdoor activities such as camping, aquatics and hiking to achieve the aims of character, citizenship, and personal fitness training. Varsity scouting is a sub-division of boy scouting available to boys ages 14 to 18; it adds a program of high adventure and sporting activities. The order of the arrow is the boy scouting national honor society for experienced campers, based on native american traditions and is dedicated to the ideal of cheerful service and brotherhood. Venturing is a program for young men and women 14 (and who have completed 8th grade) through 20 years of age. Venturing's purpose is to provide positive experiences to help young people mature and to prepare…

    $77,919 spentof which $315 as grants$20,375 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $77,919.

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 ($1.4M) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets 100 ($3.8M)2018 Revenue 89 ($1.3M) Expenses 82 ($1.1M) Net assets 101 ($3.8M)2019 Revenue 69 ($980k) Expenses 74 ($996k) Net assets 103 ($3.9M)2020 Revenue 27 ($381k) Expenses 58 ($786k) Net assets 95 ($3.6M)2021 Revenue 53 ($764k) Expenses 41 ($551k) Net assets 95 ($3.5M)2022 Revenue 19 ($266k) Expenses 32 ($433k) Net assets 87 ($3.3M)2023 Revenue 38 ($540k) Expenses 7 ($88k) Net assets 0 ($0)
2017201820192020202120222023
Revenue (38)Expenses (7)Net assets (0)

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 $3.4M to $0 (−100%).

$4.6M
$3.9M
$3.9M
$3.7M
$3.8M
$3.4M
$0
2017201820192020202120222023
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 17% · 2021 8% · 2022 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$83k
’17
$172k
’18
−$16k
’19
−$404k
’20
$213k
’21
−$168k
’22
$452k
’23
2.8
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.

2017201820192020202120222023
Listed40462327232222
Joined·+7+4+12+8+0+0
No longer listed·12781210
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $65k → $165k.

5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 614 GRAND COLUMBIA COUNCIL’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

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 614 GRAND COLUMBIA COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% 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 614 GRAND COLUMBIA COUNCIL.

54%
largest funder
93%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 65% · 2019 62% · 2020 77% · 2021 95% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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

29% of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 614 GRAND COLUMBIA COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

61% of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 614 GRAND COLUMBIA COUNCIL's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $316k that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from Washington funders.

WA
VA
TX

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
Washington out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $488k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 7%Fundraising 5%

Governance

21
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

92%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 614 GRAND COLUMBIA COUNCIL?
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 614 GRAND COLUMBIA COUNCIL (Washington) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $803,786 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NCW ($432,525). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 614 GRAND COLUMBIA COUNCIL have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $803,786 in grants to BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 614 GRAND COLUMBIA COUNCIL, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 614 GRAND COLUMBIA COUNCIL?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NCW is the largest funder on record, with $432,525 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 614 GRAND COLUMBIA COUNCIL find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 9 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