Charity profile · Historical source record

Boy Scouts of America, Blackhawk Area Council

EIN 36-2169127Human Services Illinois Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Serving scouts in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America, Blackhawk Area Council is to positively change lives of those we serve with membership opportunities in quality programs of character and leadership development. The Boy Scouts of America is the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training. The Blackhawk Area Council creates the best scouting in America with trained adult and youth leaders providing quality program and membership opportunities. Scouting strengthens families and connects youth to the communities in which they live. The Council provides Scouting services to over 15,000 youth in twelve counties of northern Illinois and parts of southern Wisconsin.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.08Overall score
out of 100

89.38Financial score
out of 100

77.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,461,042

Total expenses · USD$2,304,214

Program expenses

$2,048,446.25 recorded amount

88.9%

Fundraising expenses

$149,773.91 recorded amount

6.5%

Administrative expenses

$103,689.63 recorded amount

4.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Don Kinney
Recorded compensation: $104,053.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.51%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Boy Scouts of America, Blackhawk Area Council
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	77.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	The mission of the Boy Scouts of America, Blackhawk Area Council is to positively change lives of those we serve with membership opportunities in quality programs of character and leadership development. The Boy Scouts of America is the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training. The Blackhawk Area Council creates the best scouting in America with trained adult and youth leaders providing quality program and membership opportunities. Scouting strengthens families and connects youth to the communities in which they live. The Council provides Scouting services to over 15,000 youth in twelve counties of northern Illinois and parts of southern Wisconsin.
`ein` EIN	36-2169127
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2304214.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.045
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.065
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.889
`fscore` Financial score	89.38
`leader` Recorded leader	Don Kinney
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	104053.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0451
`motto` Tagline	Serving scouts in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin
`name` Charity name	Boy Scouts of America, Blackhawk Area Council
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2461042.0
`score` Overall score	82.08
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2048446.246
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	149773.91
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	103689.62999999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-2169127
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.