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Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America
Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America (Michigan) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,438,915 to it, the largest being NATIONAL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION ($907,940). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 72
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $55M
What Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America does
Mission
The mission of 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 Scout Law.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
MCC offers seven different camping experiences across Michigan. Cole Canoe Base offers 1,489 acres of wilderness where Scouts can go on a hike and canoe across the Rifle River. Scouts can opt to go horseback riding at the D-Bar-A Scout Ranch. The Gerber Scout Reservation provides a dynamic Scouting experience. Camp Rotary offers premier target ranges, climbing and rappelling, waterfront activities, with a camaraderie-building atmosphere. Camp Teetonkah is home to the oldest Scout campsite in the country. Scouts can also travel to Mackinaw City where they will learn sailboat handling, steering, navigation, marine safety and crusing techniques. Adventure Point Day Camp offers a climbing wall, zipline, obstacle course, and archery.
$10,624,221 spentof which $1,497 as grants$2,850,232 earned by the program83% of program spendingAnyone from ages 5 through 20 can join the following groups, Cub Scouts (Youth Grades K-5), Scouts BSA (Youth 11-17 Years Old), Ventures (Co-Ed 14-20 Years Old), Sea Scouts (Co-Ed 14-20 Years Old), and Explorers (Co-Ed 10-20 Years Old). Scouts participate in a variety of activities such as outdoor activities, community service, selling popcorn, pinewood derby racing and so much more all while making new friends and earning merit badges.
$1,966,787 spentof which $200,358 as grants$692,532 earned by the program15% of program spendingCharter & National Service Fee.
$228,844 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,819,852.
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 2021 to 2022, from $71M to $58M (−18%).
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 20% · 2023 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Donald Shepard
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $479k → $638k.
28 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 funders by total. 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
Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
86% 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 Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 33% · 2019 29% · 2020 21% · 2021 24% · 2022 21% · 2023 25% — broadly stable.
“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
40% of Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
71% of Michigan Crossroads 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 $1.3M that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M 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 Michigan Crossroads 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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
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 15 related entities
- Boy Scout Trust Fund Southwest Michigan Council #270 · exempt
- Boy Scouts of America Chief Okemos Council #271 · exempt
- Boy Scouts of America 265 Lake Huron Area Council · exempt
- Boy Scouts of America 264 Tall Pine Council · exempt
- Boy Scouts of America 274 Scenic Trails Council · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America?
- Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America (Michigan) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,438,915 to it, the largest being NATIONAL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION ($907,940). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America have?
- IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $4,438,915 in grants to Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America?
- NATIONAL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $907,940 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Michigan Crossroads 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 Michigan. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 72 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