New York · Nonprofit
GREAT FALLS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
GREAT FALLS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $433,238 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER NIAGARA INC ($197,013). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.7M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $433k
- Net assets
- $16M
What Great Falls Council Inc Boy Scouts of America does
Mission
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 oath, promise, and code of the scouting program for character development, citizenship training, leadership, and mental and physical fitness. Making scouting training available to all boys, young men, and young women and serving organizations and community groups using the scouting program while maintaining standards and policies, protecting official badges and insignia, and reviewing and making recommendations regarding unit leadership and finances.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To promote the scouting program- the ability of youth, young men, and young women to do things for themselves and others; training them in scoutcraft, citizenship, leadership, self-esteem, and personal fitness.
$2,829,392 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,829,392.
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 $10M to $19M (+87%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 15% · 2022 12% · 2023 0% · 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. 3 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
Gary Decker
CEO & scout
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $35k → $9k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 GREAT FALLS 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
GREAT FALLS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% 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 GREAT FALLS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 86% · 2019 71% · 2020 84% · 2021 84% · 2022 33% · 2023 90% — 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 GREAT FALLS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
91% of GREAT FALLS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 GREAT FALLS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREAT FALLS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA?
- GREAT FALLS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $433,238 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER NIAGARA INC ($197,013). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREAT FALLS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $433,238 in grants to GREAT FALLS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREAT FALLS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER NIAGARA INC is the largest funder on record, with $197,013 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREAT FALLS 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 New York. 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 13 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