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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $896,284 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ($770,950). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$1.3M
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$896k
Net assets
$1.8M
5/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 31%
01What it does

What Boy Scouts of America Western Massachusetts Council Inc does

Mission

The mission of the boy scouts of america 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.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Camping revenue- the council provides summer camp programs for scouts, bsa and cub scouts (resident and day camp) as well as year-round camping for over 100 scouting units and registered families at their reservation in western massachusetts. Over 1,800 youth participants are served.

    $166,006 spent$417,673 earned by the program
    12% of program spending
  2. Activity revenue - the council provides leadership and organization for activities throughout the year which promote citizenship, service to others and fun.

    $1,210,500 spentof which $15,730 as grants$133,018 earned by the program
    88% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,376,506.

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 ($1.4M) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 100 ($2.0M)2018 Revenue 153 ($2.1M) Expenses 96 ($1.3M) Net assets 135 ($2.6M)2019 Revenue 104 ($1.4M) Expenses 99 ($1.3M) Net assets 131 ($2.6M)2020 Revenue 50 ($686k) Expenses 70 ($946k) Net assets 122 ($2.4M)2021 Revenue 121 ($1.6M) Expenses 88 ($1.2M) Net assets 110 ($2.2M)2022 Revenue 129 ($1.8M) Expenses 109 ($1.5M) Net assets 111 ($2.2M)2023 Revenue 126 ($1.7M) Expenses 125 ($1.7M) Net assets 113 ($2.2M)2024 Revenue 95 ($1.3M) Expenses 121 ($1.6M) Net assets 92 ($1.8M)
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Revenue (95)Expenses (121)Net assets (92)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 2020 to 2021, from $3.1M to $3.7M (+20%).

$2.7M
$2.9M
$3.0M
$3.1M
$3.7M
$3.5M
$3.4M
$2.9M
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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

48% of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,035 orgs

Surplus & reserves

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

$6k
’17
$780k
’18
$76k
’19
−$260k
’20
$443k
’21
$282k
’22
$25k
’23
−$347k
’24
0.7
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

Gary Savignano

Scout exec/CEO until 10/2024

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed3131323137374032
Joined·+2+6+8+8+0+4+9
No longer listed·25920117
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $48k → $529k.

4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL 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

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

98% 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 WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC.

86%
largest funder
95%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 100% · 2019 64% · 2020 59% · 2021 65% · 2022 71% · 2023 98% — 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

50% of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC'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

91% of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC'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 $80k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA
RI
TX

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

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Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $816k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $896k to it.

Operating margin−27% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 8%Fundraising 8%

Governance

31
board members
97%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

75%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC?
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $896,284 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ($770,950). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% 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 WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $896,284 in grants to BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS is the largest funder on record, with $770,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 10 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