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GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (Wisconsin) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $370,792 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($98,550). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$1.7M
Funders on record
22
Grants received
$371k
Net assets
$7.2M
14/22 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Glacier's Edge Council Inc Boy Scouts of America does

Mission

To promote, within the territory covered by the charter from time to time granted to 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. In achieving this purpose, emphasis shall be placed upon the educational program of the boy scouts of america and the oaths, promises, and codes of the scouting program for character development, citizenship training, and mental and physical fitness.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The scouting for youth members program is designed to achieve objectives in character development, citizen training, and mental and physical fitness. Each year a youth summer camp is held. Young people spend a week earning badges and having fun. Badges range from stem studies to archery and gun safety. Many camperships (grants to allow low-income youths to attend) are given out over the six weeks of camp.

    $1,519,396 spentof which $5,420 as grants$1,067,614 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,519,396.

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 ($2.4M) Expenses 100 ($2.4M) Net assets 100 ($6.0M)2018 Revenue 95 ($2.3M) Expenses 105 ($2.5M) Net assets 95 ($5.7M)2019 Revenue 100 ($2.4M) Expenses 110 ($2.6M) Net assets 93 ($5.6M)2020 Revenue 54 ($1.3M) Expenses 94 ($2.2M) Net assets 71 ($4.3M)2021 Revenue 111 ($2.6M) Expenses 79 ($1.9M) Net assets 87 ($5.2M)2022 Revenue 161 ($3.8M) Expenses 82 ($1.9M) Net assets 112 ($6.8M)2023 Revenue 77 ($1.8M) Expenses 84 ($2.0M) Net assets 117 ($7.0M)2024 Revenue 73 ($1.7M) Expenses 80 ($1.9M) Net assets 119 ($7.2M)
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Revenue (73)Expenses (80)Net assets (119)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $6.8M to $7.3M (+7%).

$6.5M
$6.6M
$6.4M
$6.5M
$6.8M
$7.3M
$7.5M
$7.6M
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2021 34% · 2022 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$24k
’17
−$197k
’18
−$206k
’19
−$928k
’20
$774k
’21
$1.9M
’22
−$131k
’23
−$147k
’24
0.5
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.

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Listed3340433223222322
Joined·+9+3+5+1+6+1+1
No longer listed·201610702
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $53k → $53k.

7 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA’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

GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

87% 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 GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

27%
largest funder
63%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 45% · 2019 91% · 2020 88% · 2021 95% · 2022 29% · 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

9% of GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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

73% of GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA'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 $101k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.

IL
WI
CT
VA
GA
FL

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

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’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $270k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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

Organizations like GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

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In Wisconsin

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 9%Fundraising 7%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

76%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

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Questions and answers

Who funds GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA?
GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (Wisconsin) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $370,792 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($98,550). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA have?
IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $370,792 in grants to GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA?
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $98,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 22 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing