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ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (California) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,461,078 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($838,450). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $39M
What Orange County Council 039 Boy Scouts of America does
Mission
It is the mission of the boy scouts of america to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law. It is the mission of the orange county council, inc. Bsa (continued on sch. O)to serve an ever increasing number of youth by marshaling the community resources to develop tomorrow's leaders today through adventure and fun activities that instill values and teach life skills.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Activities: this represents a wide variety of activities and events including district events such as camporee, camporall, training for adult leaders and adult leader recognition dinner. Additionally, council sponsored events and activities are included such as univeristy of scouting, commissioner college, venturing activities, day of service, high adventure training, national youth leadership training, rowing competitions, woodbadge, scout-o-rama, eagle scout recognition and council annual dinner.
$4,159,070 spentof which $9,443 as grants$516,504 earned by the program37% of program spendingCamping: this represents events and activities at schoepe scout reservation at lost valley, oso lake, newport sea base and the irvine ranch outdoor education center. Thousands of youth and adults use our facilities year round while spending time in the outdoors and learning lifelong skills. Spending time in the outdoors is a key tool to delivering the program that allows youth to have positive experiences with adult mentors. Our facilities provide a unique and safe atmosphere for our youth.
$4,159,070 spent$5,685,473 earned by the program37% of program spendingDay camps: the council conducts a cub scout day camp in three different areas of the county. More than 600 first-fifth graders attend this week-long activity with their parents and leaders which are held at city of county park facilities. Scouts are able to play games, make crafts, and learn the saftey rules and skills to shoot archery and bb guns. Day camp for many is the highlight of their scouting year. Hundreds of volunteers help make this program possible.
$2,360,553 spent$65,940 earned by the program21% of program spendingRevenue includes council program fees, council insurance fees, trading post, vendor rebates
$562,037 spent$920,707 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,240,730.
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 2017 to 2018, from $60M to $54M (−10%).
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 0% · 2018 1% · 2020 20% · 2021 23% · 2023 3% · 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. 6 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.
Board chair
William Baker
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $201k → $324k.
11 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $8k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Horizons). These are real filings, and they are not money ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA raised.
From the IRS filings of ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% 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
82% 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 ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 43% · 2019 36% · 2020 44% · 2021 36% · 2022 38% · 2023 33% — 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
33% of ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
66% of ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 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 $829k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M 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.
Government funding ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $647k on record.
- Department of Defense$647k
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 ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 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 California
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
75%
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 ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA?
- ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (California) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,461,078 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($838,450). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $2,461,078 in grants to ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $838,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL 039 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 33 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