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TWIN VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

TWIN VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (Minnesota) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,599,687 to it, the largest being GREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY INC ($762,401). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$910k
Funders on record
19
Grants received
$1.6M
Net assets
$3.4M
12/19 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%
01What it does

What Twin Valley Council Inc Boy Scouts of America does

Mission

It is the mission of the twin valley council inc., 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. The council serves 69 scouting units in 15 counties in south central minnesota.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The twin valley council served 800 youth in our cub scouting, scouts bsa, venturing and exploring programs and an additional 1,000 youth served in our learning for life programs with the help of 409 adult volunteers throughout in 15 counties in south central minnesota. In 2024 scouts earned 701 merit badges, 704 youth and 566 adults participated in our council sponsored camping and outdoor programs. Twenty eight scouts earned the rank of eagle scout providing 2,739 hours of service through their eagle scout projects, 159 scouts bsa advanced in rank and 209 cub scouts advanced in rank. 2,474 people used camp norseland and cedar point. We have 1,079 reservations at camp cuyuna's family camp.

    $952,600 spentof which $4,654 as grants$160,852 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $952,600.

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 ($1.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($4.3M)2018 Revenue 88 ($1.1M) Expenses 85 ($1.0M) Net assets 94 ($4.0M)2019 Revenue 86 ($1.0M) Expenses 87 ($1.0M) Net assets 100 ($4.3M)2020 Revenue 80 ($963k) Expenses 81 ($953k) Net assets 102 ($4.4M)2021 Revenue 117 ($1.4M) Expenses 92 ($1.1M) Net assets 109 ($4.7M)2022 Revenue 88 ($1.1M) Expenses 158 ($1.9M) Net assets 80 ($3.4M)2023 Revenue 90 ($1.1M) Expenses 103 ($1.2M) Net assets 79 ($3.4M)2024 Revenue 76 ($910k) Expenses 91 ($1.1M) Net assets 79 ($3.4M)
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Revenue (76)Expenses (91)Net assets (79)

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 $4.8M to $3.6M (−24%).

$4.5M
$4.2M
$4.4M
$4.5M
$4.8M
$3.6M
$3.5M
$3.5M
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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: 2020 11% · 2021 18% · 2022 0%. 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.

$22k
’17
$51k
’18
$17k
’19
$9k
’20
$325k
’21
−$803k
’22
−$127k
’23
−$167k
’24
3.0
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.

Chief executive

Raymond W Brauer

Scout executive/CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed3028282831292626
Joined·+2+2+2+6+4+0+2
No longer listed·4223632
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $111k → $162k.

4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 TWIN VALLEY 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

TWIN VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

69% 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 TWIN VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

48%
largest funder
82%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 78% · 2019 39% · 2020 61% · 2021 57% · 2022 41% · 2023 58% — 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

58% of TWIN VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

97% of TWIN VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN
OH
NJ
MO
DE
TX

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

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’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $128k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like TWIN VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 3%Fundraising 8%

Governance

25
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

56%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds TWIN VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA?
TWIN VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (Minnesota) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,599,687 to it, the largest being GREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY INC ($762,401). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TWIN VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA have?
IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,599,687 in grants to TWIN VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TWIN VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA?
GREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $762,401 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TWIN VALLEY 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 Minnesota. 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 19 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