Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating
To prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the value of the scout oath and law.
Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating at a glance
- Total assets
- $4,331,870
- +1.5% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,961,489
- -12.8% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $8,575
- -91.5% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $2,012,173
- -3.8% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 2 grants of 2 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $561 (2020) to $199K (2024). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $199K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council - Trust Fund Waukesha, WI | Transfer for Endowment Fund | $199,240 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,331,870 | $1,961,489 | $2,012,173 | — | — | $8,575 |
| 2024 | $4,269,598 | $2,250,227 | $2,091,705 | $199,240 | 1 | $101,384 |
| 2023 | $4,066,547 | $2,564,967 | $1,963,047 | — | — | $81,648 |
| 2022 | $3,344,021 | $2,164,757 | $2,056,483 | $182,599 | 1 | $51,441 |
| 2021 | $3,548,040 | $2,046,992 | $2,105,668 | — | — | $145,668 |
| 2020 | $3,361,104 | $1,789,377 | $1,753,176 | $561 | Total only | $118,038 |
| 2019 | $3,388,267 | $2,181,358 | $1,844,879 | — | — | $106,613 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating
Based on IRS filings
Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in Waukesha, WI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.3M in total assets. Net investment income was $9K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating is led by Michael Garvey, President on every filing since 2024; 2 of 49 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Michael Garvey
President
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Schwartz
Scout Executive
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$149K (2019) → $183K (2025)
Connie Jadowski
Assistant Scout Executive
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$109K (2022) → $115K (2025)
Anthony Consiglio
Executive Vice President
Member → Executive Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brett Miller
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brian Nelson
Vice President Marketing
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Craig Schiefelbein
Immediate Past President
Vice President → President, 2023
President → Immediate Past President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dan Hart
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dave Bahl Sr.
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dave Peterson
Legal Council
Immediate Past President & Legal Counsel → Immediate Past President & Legal Council, 2021
Immediate Past President & Legal Council → Legal Council, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dean Danner
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jack Riesch
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Murray
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jean Guzzetta
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Kowal
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey Packee
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeffry Brigman
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Beres
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joe Zidanic
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathlene Sisson
Member
Vice President Membership → Member, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Keith Henderson
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kurt Stanich
Vice President Membership
Member → Vice President Membership, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leo Lesch
Member
Executive Vice President → Immediate Past President, 2023
Immediate Past President → Member, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matt Vick
Member
Council Commissioner → Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Schmeling
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ralph Kinney
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rich Ward
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tom Curl
Vice President Strategic
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tom Wright
Member
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bruce Prange
Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dave Becker
Member
Vice President Fund Developmemt → Member, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dave Dellagnese
Vice President Program
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joe Schmidt
Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Rzeznik
Council Commissioner
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nick Ciesinski
Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ryan Rethwisch
Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Higbee
Vice President Administrator & Governor
Member → Vice President Administrator & Governor, 2023
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Diane McGeen
Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Garrett Brigman
Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jesse Wilder
Vice President Fund Development
Member → Vice President Fund Development, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laura Cruse
Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shaun McNamee
Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chadwick Deluka
Vice President Finance
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris Matheny
Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Harry Farchmin
Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Harry Mattox
Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathy Boyd
Vice President Operations
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shawn Faessler
Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Miller
Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (35)
- Former: Larry Winkelhake (2019–2024) — Member
- Former: Lucien Van Elsen (2019–2024) — Member
- Former: Marianne Stone (2019–2024) — Member
- Former: Mark Matthiesen (2019–2024) — Member
- Former: Tom Hochuli (2019–2024) — Member
- Former: Trudy Malone (2019–2024) — Member
- Former: Jeff Schmid (2020–2024) — Member
- Former: Laurie Stein (2020–2024) — Member
- Former: Cathy Priem (2019–2023) — Member
- Former: Frederick Sitzberger (2019–2023) — Member
- Former: John Borden (2019–2023) — Member
- Former: Keith Eineke (2019–2023) — Member
- Former: Mike Garvey (2019–2023) — Executive Vice President
- Former: Andrew Paprocki (2020–2023) — Vice President Operations
- Former: Amar Kothapalli (2019–2022) — Member
- Former: Chad Deluka (2019–2022) — Vice President Finance
- Former: Don Reinicker (2019–2022) — Member
- Former: Nate Zastrow (2020–2022) — Member
- Former: Connie Bielinski (2020–2021) — Assistant Scout Executive
- Former: Eric Hill (2019–2020) — Member
- Former: Geoff Blaesing (2019–2020) — Member
- Former: Ginny Murphy (2019–2020) — Member
- Former: Greg Nebel (2019–2020) — Vice President Program
- Former: Jim Murray Jr. (2019–2020) — Member
- Former: Jim Swiderski (2019–2020) — Member
- Former: Joseph Pieper (2019–2020) — Member
- Former: Paul Hoefle (2019–2020) — Member
- Former: Tom Balistreri (2019–2020) — Member
- Former: Bill Kitzhaber (2019) — Member
- Former: Carl Schultz (2019) — Member
- Former: David Becker (2019) — Member
- Former: Jeff Noard (2019) — Member
- Former: Jeff Solie (2019) — Member
- Former: Joseph Schmidt (2019) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Keith Baisden (2019) — Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $183K, to Paul Schwartz (Scout Executive). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating
How large is Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating?
Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating reported $4.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.0M.
What is Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating?
Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in Waukesha, WI. It holds $4.3M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating operate?
Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating has awarded grants in Wisconsin.
What is Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating's EIN?
Boy Scouts of America Potawatomi Area Council-Operating's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-0806342. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 28, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 23, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 8, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 5, 2026)
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