North Dakota · Nonprofit
NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC
NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC (North Dakota) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,326,547 to it, the largest being MISSOURI SLOPE AREAWIDE UNITED WAY ($348,122). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Northern Lights Council of the Boy Scouts of America Inc does
Mission
The council serves others and in other ways, instills values in young people that better prepares young people to make ethical choices over their lifetime by instilling the values of the scout oath and law.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The northern lights council, boy scouts of america is a not-for-profit organization devoted to our mission of preparing young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetime by instilling in them values of the scout oath and law. This mission is implemented through five elements that encompass the foundation of scouting, leadership, achievement, character, service and outdoors. The programs of scouting include; cub scouts for boys and girls in kindergarten through the fifth grade, scouts bsa for young men and women 14 through 17 years of age, and venturing for young men and women 14 through 20 years of age. The northern lights council, b.s.a.'s most recognizable method for delivering these programs is through outdoor activities that include day camps, resident camps, council organized family camps, camporees, summer camps, national jamborees and high adventure camping. A second method for achieving the mission is through the awards and recognition youth receive from achievement of skills, participation in activities, community service and advancement within the various programs.our council provides service to 78 counties in 4 states. Currently we have 4,817 youth…
$2,286,341 spentof which $52,734 as grants$621,950 earned by the program73% of program spendingCamp operations - camps are used by scouts and adult volunteers for outdoor camping activities, training courses, conferences, and meetings. Camp is our outdoor classroom to teach skills, build character, promote good citizenship, and earn merit badges based on life lessons, skills, hobbies and occupations.
$842,034 spent$229,057 earned by the program27% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,128,375.
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 $17M to $15M (−15%).
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 28% · 2022 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 12 funders, grant income fell $351k → $97k.
7 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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
NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
48% 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 NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 40% · 2019 56% · 2020 37% · 2021 37% · 2022 40% · 2023 67% — 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
48% of NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
87% of NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC's grant income comes from North Dakota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $159k 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.
Government funding NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $215k on record.
- Department of Defense$215k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 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 North Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
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 1 related entity
- Nlc Boy Scouts of America Endowment Trust Fund · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC?
- NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC (North Dakota) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,326,547 to it, the largest being MISSOURI SLOPE AREAWIDE UNITED WAY ($348,122). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $1,326,547 in grants to NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC?
- MISSOURI SLOPE AREAWIDE UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $348,122 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Dakota. 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 32 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