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FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 INC

FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $149,292 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($101,050). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2026
$1.7M
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$149k
Net assets
$4.1M
2/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 74%
01What it does

What Friends of Boy Scout Troop 224 Inc does

Mission

Volunteer organization in support of boy scout troop 224.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Youth program services include various scout outlings (hikes, camping trips and summer camps), as well as community service projects and leadership training servicing approximately 50 boy and girl scouts age 11-17.

    $42,694 spent
    78% of program spending
  2. Recruiting/retention/training services the troop and the community by training adult leaders in outdoor education and safety classes required by bsa and providing for advancement of members of troop 224 within the bsa.

    $4,461 spent
    8% of program spending
  3. Recognition programs include costs for ceremonies honoring achievement and advancement of troop 224 members several times a year in rank advancement, service projects and recognition of recipients of the bsa eagle scout rank.

    $7,862 spent
    14% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $55,017.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($66k) Expenses 100 ($29k) Net assets 100 ($289k)2020 Revenue 108 ($71k) Expenses 238 ($69k) Net assets 101 ($291k)2021 Revenue 143 ($94k) Expenses 88 ($26k) Net assets 125 ($360k)2022 Revenue 289 ($191k) Expenses 230 ($67k) Net assets 168 ($485k)2023 Revenue 1693 ($1.1M) Expenses 278 ($80k) Net assets 620 ($1.8M)2024 Revenue 1428 ($945k) Expenses 213 ($62k) Net assets 834 ($2.4M)2025 Revenue 228 ($151k) Expenses 257 ($74k) Net assets 861 ($2.5M)2026 Revenue 2503 ($1.7M) Expenses 245 ($71k) Net assets 1410 ($4.1M)
'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Revenue (2503)Expenses (245)Net assets (1410)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 2025 to 2026, from $2.5M to $4.1M (+64%).

$325k
$311k
$373k
$528k
$1.8M
$2.4M
$2.5M
$4.1M
'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

91% of FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$37k
’19
$2k
’20
$69k
’21
$125k
’22
$1.0M
’23
$883k
’24
$77k
’25
$1.6M
’26
439
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.

20222023202420252026
Listed66669
Joined·+0+0+0+3
No longer listed·0000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $91 → $1k.

5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 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

FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

96% 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 FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 INC.

68%
largest funder
91%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 72% · 2023 95% — 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.

Where its funders are

96% of FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 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 $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.

RI
TX

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

’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $144k 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

Against its field

FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 14 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin96% · outside the comparable range
Months of reserve438.5mo · outside the comparable range
Revenue growth (annualized)58% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026

Organizations like FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 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 California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 22%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

96%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 INC?
FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $149,292 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($101,050). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $149,292 in grants to FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $101,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF BOY SCOUT TROOP 224 INC 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 FY2026 (financials across 2019–2026), and the filings of 7 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