World Support
The Boy Scouts of America and its International Division
have created several avenues of financial support of the world Scouting
movement. Those avenues include the following:
The World Friendship Fund of the BSA offers a
practical Good Turn opportunity for BSA youth members and leaders. Cash
contributions are used to assist Scouting through the World Organization
of the Scout Movement and through national Scout associations in developing
countries. Tax-deductible contributions can be from individuals, units,
camp, and training course groups. Unit participation in the World Friendship
Fund offers a unique annual service project to benefit brother Scouts
around the world.
Click here to download World Friendship Fund donation form [pdf]
The United States Fund for International Scouting (USFIS), within the
National Boy Scouts of America Foundation, provides
the opportunity for substantial support of World Scouting by individual
business, corporate, and foundation grants. This fund is administered by
an appointed committee of the BSA International Committee. The National
Boy Scouts of America Foundation has full tax privileges and is not a
private foundation.
Provision is made for trust and endowed instruments as well as current
support of special Scouting projects around the world. Grant proposals from
Scout associations around the world are received and reviewed for disposition
by a volunteer committee.
The Baden-Powell World Fellowship
(http://www.scout.org/en/about_scouting/fundraising/world_scout_foundation/ways_to_help/b_p_fellowship) is a major program
of the World Scout Foundation to establish an endowment fund for ongoing
support of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and the United States
Fund for International Scouting. Membership is open to individual men and
women throughout the world. Each member receives a special medallion,
certificate, and lapel pin in recognition.
Order of the Condor
(http://www.interamfoundation.org) is an endowment recognition program
of the InterAmerican Scout Foundation for individuals. Income from the fund is
used to help support work of the InterAmerican Region of the World Organization
of the Scout Movement. The region serves member Scouting associations of all
nations in the Western Hemisphere.
Details on any of these programs are available by contacting the
International Division.