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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $806,331 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($333,556). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $806k
- Net assets
- $8.3M
What Boy Scouts of America Golden Empire Council does
Mission
The boy scouts of america has one mission, which extends to all local councils: "the corporation 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 boys and young men and women 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.
Programs
Boy scouts of america, golden empire council serves young men and women throughout 16 northern california counties. The scouting program includes the following: lion scouts-a fun introduction to the scouting program for kindergarten-age youth eager to get going! Lions do adventures with their adult partners and other lions every month. This program introduces youth and their families to scouting and the outdoors as it builds a foundation of character. A lion den is part of the cub scout pack. Tiger cubs-one-year, family-oriented program for a group of teams, each consisting of a first-grade (or 7-year-old) boy or girl and an adult partner (usually a parent). A tiger den is part of the cub scout pack. Cub scouting-family-and community-centered approach to learning citizenship, compassion, and courage through service projects, ceremonies,games, and other activities promoting character development and physical fitness. Boy scouting-with the scout oath and scout law as guides, and the support of parents and religious and neighborhood organizations, scouts develop an awareness and appreciation of their role in their community and become well-rounded young men through the advancement of…
$2,510,447 spent$921,504 earned by the program90% of program spendingGolden empire council operates three summer camps offering cub scouts and boy scouts education, responsible fun and adventure.
$294,292 spentof which $56,694 as grants$418,534 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,804,739.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $8.2M to $9.7M (+17%).
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 14% · 2021 16% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
James Rhodes-Dreyer
Scout executive & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $6k → $58k.
11 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 GOLDEN EMPIRE 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 GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 44% · 2019 29% · 2020 64% · 2021 74% · 2022 74% · 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
46% of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
94% of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GOLDEN EMPIRE 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 $45k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $762k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Organizations like BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
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
- Golden Empire Council - Boy Scouts of America Trust Fund · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL?
- BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $806,331 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($333,556). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% 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 GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $806,331 in grants to BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $333,556 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GOLDEN EMPIRE COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 21 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