Re: Corporate or other Grants
John Pannell (PANNELLJ@DELPHI.COM)
Fri, 5 Apr 1996 14:01:20 -0500
First, I have to reiterate... before a unit approaches any corporate entity
to apply for grants first CHECK WITH YOUR COUNCIL. Not only are there
byzantine rules covering this, you will also step on your DE's and council's
feet (BIG TIME!) should it later come to light that the company's FOS
donation was reduced because of their gift to your unit.
Ed Darrell wrote:
>...Despite the fact that our sponsoring organization clearly qualifies,
>there are rules in Scouting that require that this grant NOT go to the unit
>-- it can only go to the council, which cannot then send it to the unit.
In my former unit we had two companies that through employee benefits
similar to what Ed Darrell described make substantial donations to our
troop.
Roche Biomedical will give $1000 to Scouting units their employees
volunteer with subject to an time requirement and that their child NOT be in
the unit.
AT&T will also donate money to units, where, I believe, four or more
employees donate time.
In both cases, the money went to the troop, not the council. Although, I
suspect they may have violated the warning of my first paragraph by not
letting the DE know of this source of funds.
YiS,
John Pannell
Unit Commissioner, Three Fires Council, IL
I used to be a buffalo... (SR-92, working ticket)
...but I will always be an Eagle (1981)
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