Northwest Suburban Council Operating Finances


	Click to Join Here Search our sites Districts Blackhawk Pathfinder Signal Hill North Woods Scout Reach Exploring/LFL Click here for... What's Hot Membership Finances Fund Raising Venturing Activities Council Info Photo Gallery Online Forms Office Phone List		Northwest Suburban Council Finances Operating: All of the daily activities of the Council are handled through the Operating Fund. Running a successful Scouting program in the Northwest Suburbs is neither an easy nor inexpensive process. Servicing over 15,000 youth and 5,000 adult volunteers, we are the largest program of any type in our communities in terms of people served annually. The NWSC provides organizational; administrative; volunteer coordination, training, guidance and support; camp operations; and programming support. Although almost all of the programming is delivered by volunteers. Professional employees work in one of three areas: council operations to oversee, coordinate, and manage all activities; district staff to coordinate directly with volunteers in each of the geographic sub-divisions of our Council; and Service Center administrative staff (and seasonal camp staff). In 2004 the NWSC recognized a surplus in Operations of $1,000 after recognizing $2.1 million of revenue and $2.1 million of expenses. *Revenue generation is the single largest challenge the NWSC faces.* Time and energy spent in this area pulls critical resources (professional and volunteer time) from key mission areas: programming for youth and recruiting to service more youth in our communities. *Currently, the Four major revenue sources for the NWSC are:* FOS – Friends of Scouting – requests to Scouting families, units, and the community at large for annual donations. Camping & Activities – various programs, including the use of Napowan & Lakota for summer camp, help generate cash flow to cover the expenses of those activities as well as professional staff and overhead related to those functions. Product Sales – popcorn and wreath sales are critical to the survival of our Council. Special Events – each year each of the Districts and our Council run a number of activities to raise funds (Golf Outing, Distinguished Citizen Banquet, Sporting Events, etc.). Today, NWSC is essentially a “self-funded” not-for-profit. In the past, a significant portion of funding for our traditional scouting program came from United Way, at one point reaching 20%. Today we still welcome and thank United Way for its support, however the dollars now received are a small percent of our overall budget and are restricted to use for non-traditional programs. Since the NWSC does not charge dues (all fees received for registration go to the Boy Scouts of America –National Council; nothing is kept by NWSC) every unit and every participant, must try to carry their fair share of the burden in the areas of FOS, Camping, and Product Sales. Every Pack, Troop, Crew, Learning for Life and Scoutreach Unit must realize they each benefit from the overall activities and operations of the Scouting program within our community and must do their best to keep our Council viable and strong. FOS – not everyone can give at the same level, but we hope everyone could give at the level they could afford. Camping – summer camp is an important part of the Scouting experience. We hope our Boy Scouts, Troops, and Crews will attend our own Camp Napowan; and that our Cub Scouts and Packs will attend our Day Camp and/or Resident Camp. This helps to keep the camping revenues local in support of our own Council. Product Sales – every unit should try to find a way to participate in some manner and at some level in Popcorn and/or Wreath sales. Moving forward, one of the major goals is to generate sufficient surplus funds annually (revenues in excess of expenses) to maintain our facilities so they can be enjoyed not only by our current Scouts, but for future generations to come.

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