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WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $854,287 to it, the largest being HTC TTEE BOY SCOUT TRUST FUND FBO WCC 8370000 ($471,855). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.5M
Funders on record
25
Grants received
$854k
Net assets
$5.3M
15/25 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Washington Crossing Council Boy Scouts of America does

Mission

To serve others by helping instill values in young people and in other ways, to prepare them to make ethical choices during their lifetime in achieving their full potential.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Scoutingcub scouts - family and community-centered approach to learning citizenship, compassion, courage through service projects, ceremonies, games and other activities promoting character development and physical fitness. Scouts bsa - with the scout oath and scout law as guides, and the support of parents and religious and neighborhood organizations, scouts develop an awareness and appreciation of their role in the community and become well-rounded young men and women through the advancement of the program. Scouts progress in rank through achievements, gain additional knowledge and responsibilities, and earn merit badges that assist with education and career selections, life long career or hobbies, service to the community, and the development of future leaders for businesses, our community and our country. In 2023, 5,009 youth members were served by the council. In addition, 55,386 service hours were contributed by youth, leaders and families in 2023, including 2,531 adult volunteers.

    $1,411,785 spentof which $1,770 as grants$816,592 earned by the program
    58% of program spending
  2. Camping:provides experience to help young men and women, ages 11-20, become mature, responsible, caring adults. Young teens learn leadership skills and participate in challenging outdoor activities including having access to boy scout camping properties, recognition program and youth protection training. In 2023, 5,961 scouts had a camping experience.

    $1,017,594 spentof which $14,313 as grants$1,170,202 earned by the program
    42% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,429,379.

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 ($2.9M) Expenses 100 ($3.0M) Net assets 100 ($5.6M)2018 Revenue 104 ($3.0M) Expenses 95 ($2.8M) Net assets 99 ($5.6M)2019 Revenue 88 ($2.6M) Expenses 89 ($2.7M) Net assets 106 ($6.0M)2020 Revenue 32 ($939k) Expenses 53 ($1.6M) Net assets 101 ($5.7M)2021 Revenue 122 ($3.6M) Expenses 83 ($2.5M) Net assets 116 ($6.5M)2022 Revenue 84 ($2.5M) Expenses 84 ($2.5M) Net assets 85 ($4.8M)2023 Revenue 101 ($2.9M) Expenses 90 ($2.7M) Net assets 91 ($5.1M)2024 Revenue 87 ($2.5M) Expenses 83 ($2.5M) Net assets 94 ($5.3M)
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Revenue (87)Expenses (83)Net assets (94)

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 $7.3M to $6.0M (−17%).

$6.2M
$6.0M
$6.6M
$6.7M
$7.3M
$6.0M
$6.2M
$6.0M
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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: 2021 12%. 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 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$54k
’17
$207k
’18
−$83k
’19
−$639k
’20
$1.1M
’21
−$54k
’22
$265k
’23
$79k
’24
4.0
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

Magne G Gundersen

Scout executive/CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed6565675860616561
Joined·+7+11+4+5+10+6+3
No longer listed·79133927
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 8 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $101k → $35k.

6 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 24 of 25 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

WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

89% 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 WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

55%
largest funder
75%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 58% · 2019 60% · 2020 49% · 2021 55% · 2022 72% · 2023 28% — 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

42% of WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

85% of WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

WI
NY
PA
NJ
CT
MO
VA
NC

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL 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 Pennsylvania

Nationally

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 5%Fundraising 7%

Governance

60
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

86%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

PA
NJ

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Questions and answers

Who funds WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA?
WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $854,287 to it, the largest being HTC TTEE BOY SCOUT TRUST FUND FBO WCC 8370000 ($471,855). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA have?
IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $854,287 in grants to WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA?
HTC TTEE BOY SCOUT TRUST FUND FBO WCC 8370000 is the largest funder on record, with $471,855 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 25 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