Amount per scout in Troop account?

[Second Class 49]

With the discussions of huge amounts of money disappearing, and troops with less than $500 dollars, what is your "amount per boy" that you budget for each year?

 

In our budget, a new scout pays 1/2 price dues for the first year, and we give them back 95% of that in the first week in neckerchiefs, handbook, slide, patches, etc.

 

Our costs "per scout" run about $100 per year, and that is with us subsidizing some of the gas/transportation costs. We have little remaining at the end of the year in carryover.

 

We don't have camperships nor do we pay for NYLT or Wood Badge. We try to keeps costs down for our families, as we have many many sets of brothers monthly camping costs can get expensive.

[ScouterAdam 11]

Cubmaster here, but we have ISA's too.

 

50% of what the Scout earns from any fundraiser (Popcorn/Wreaths) goes to the ISA. The other half goes to the Pack.

Dues for us is: $145. $95 if your Webelos II since your leaving in Q2 generally.

$45 is due upon Join Night each year. It pays for:

Fees:$15 for Registration, $12 for Boyslife (We don't give the option, they just get it.

School Gym Rental $18

December $100 is due for rest of year. If raised by fundraising, it's applied to ISA/Dues.

 

Each Den gets $$ for the year. Den's use it as they wish.

Pack pays for PWD & AOL/Crossover and other worthy Pack events from the %50.

 

If a Scout has any $$ leftover at the end of the School Year, it stays with him. If he leaves Scouting, money stays. If Scout transfers to another Scout Unit (Crossover/Transfer) and that receiving Unit has same system, they get money directly. No Scout will ever get $$ sent directly to them. It was earned/received as a part of Scouting/fundraising. Due to IRS/501 3c rules, a Scout is not an employee of the Unit.

 

So, that money is absorbed by the Unit and used for camperships, software, flags, books, or other needed items the Committee deems nesscary. (Notice I put Camperships first...Scouts comes first. No Scout will ever be denied. Also if the parent can volunteer, they are requested to do so. If single parent who works all the time, and cannot help out, we will understand.)

[qwazse 4344]

As much as the scout brings in fundraising, less budgeted expenses. E.g., our big fundraiser is a spaghetti dinner (on the 31st, if you're in Pittsburgh then, PM me). The boys get $2 for every pre-sold ticket, they work shifts at the dinner, and the remaining revenue less expenses and what we think the troop will need in the following year is divided by the total number of shifts worked and allocated to each scout account accordingly.

 

Nearly all the boys use the funds earned to offset camp fees, after that we encourage them to "gear up" so they are prepared for any outing we do. As a result we see a lot of hand-me-down gear floating around. if a boy transfers, we try our beat to roll that forward.

 

needless to say, not a lot accumulates in individual scout accounts.

[qwazse 4344]

As much as the scout brings in fundraising, less budgeted expenses. E.g., our big fundraiser is a spaghetti dinner (on the 31st, if you're in Pittsburgh then, PM me). The boys get $2 for every pre-sold ticket, they work shifts at the dinner, and the remaining revenue less expenses and what we think the troop will need in the following year is divided by the total number of shifts worked and allocated to each scout account accordingly.

 

Nearly all the boys use the funds earned to offset camp fees, after that we encourage them to "gear up" so they are prepared for any outing we do. As a result we see a lot of hand-me-down gear floating around. if a boy transfers, we try our beat to roll that forward.

 

needless to say, not a lot accumulates in individual scout accounts.