Workplace Giving

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Thank you for supporting the thousands of youth and families the Cradle of Liberty Council serves throughout Philadelphia, Delaware and Montgomery Counties. Your investment in youth helps build tomorrow’s leaders and participating citizens right here in our area.

Dollars for Doers

Does your employer have a Dollars for Doers Program?

GOOD NEWS!!!

YOU CAN EARN MONEY FOR YOUR LOCAL UNIT AND THE COUNCIL!

Cradle of Liberty Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1485 Valley Forge Road, Wayne, PA 19087

Cradle of Liberty Council is pleased to announce a program that designates a portion of your workplace giving to a unit of your choice.

Volunteers/employees can designate a unit to receive a 20% Council credit for each dollar raised through their employer’s Dollars for Doers program contribution ($100 minimum).

Credits can be used for:

 National registration/charter fees

  • Council programs and camps
  • Scouting uniforms, patches, and equipment
  • Volunteer training

Dollars for Doers is essentially a matching gift program whereby a company makes a donation based on employee volunteer hours multiplied by an hourly rate. These programs are sometimes referred to by other names such as:

  • Volunteer grants
  • Dollar for hour
  • Matching time
  • Volunteer matching
  • Grants for time
  • Matching gift per hour
  • Credit per hour
  • Service credit

To learn more, please contact dollarsfordoers@colbsa.org

United Way Desinations

 

Annual campaigns such as the United Way bring communities together to focus on the most important human needs – building partnerships, forging consensus and leveraging resources to make a measurable difference.

Designating your United Way contribution to Cradle of Liberty Council is helping us to change the lives in our community. The council identification number is: 00076.

Contact your human resources department today and ask them about donating/workplace giving through the United Way.

Matching Gifts

How do you get started?

  • Contact your Human Resources Department and ask if your employer has a Matching Gifts Program.
  • Fill out and submit your employer’s designated form. Your donation will need to be paid in full at the time you make your request.
  • Cradle of Liberty Council will be notified by your employer that you have submitted a Matching Gifts request and we will verify your donation.

Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program

Cradle of Liberty Council, Boy Scouts of America is proud to announce it has been approved to receive funding through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program. Pennsylvania’s EITC Program awards TAX CREDITS to businesses that make contributions to qualified organizations such as the Cradle of Liberty Council.

 

YOUR CHOICE OF PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT!

 

Two of Cradle of Liberty Council’s programs qualify for EITC donations:

Exploring: Exploring provides professional mentors and onsite career experiences to more than 600 young men and women ages 14-21. Reputable companies throughout the Philadelphia area host Exploring groups (Posts) that meet weekly during the school year to teach young people about a particular vocation. Posts include PECO, PwC, Boeing, the Phillies and MORE!

After School: After School Programs provide positive adult mentors and traditional Scouting experiences to more than 1,200 under-resourced youth throughout the Philadelphia area.

The council staff will be working remotely and, as always, you can reach out the to helpdesk@colbsa.org.

Please stay safe!

Due to inclement weather, the Firestone Scouting Resource Center and Valley Forge Scout Shop will be closed on Tuesday, February 13, 2024.