Suwannee River Area Council Boy Scouts of America

Our youth participate in exciting indoor/outdoor activities for boys and girls (ages 5-20). They are under the guidance of trained adult volunteers, who help them develop the life skills they need to become future leaders and active citizens in their communities. These skills include interdependence, ethical decision making, conflict resolution, self-esteem, literacy development, sexual responsibility, positive peer relationships, service to others, mentoring skills, drug awareness education, teamwork, fitness, positive teen-adult relationships, school-to-work skills, emergency preparedness, character education, and many more. Our Council is an irc section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization funded by many different sources. These sources provide needed income to support the counties, communities, youth, and leaders that we serve full time. Our college- educated and trained professional staff manages our many volunteers annually to provide leadership development, operation of Council facilities and needed specialized programs. We receive income from six areas: annual friends of scouting campaign, project sales, retail store, activities, outdoor eduactional environmental facilities, and investments. Council expenses from our annual budget can be broken down as follows: 88.09% to program expenses; 9.98% to administration expenses and 1.93% to fundraising. These percentages are based upon bi-annual time studies conducted on our staff. An audit is held each year, requested by our Council volunteer executive board as part of our policy of solid fiscal management practices.