Eagle Scout Project Program

The Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project is the opportunity for a Scout to demonstrate leadership of others while performing a project for the benefit of his community. This is the culmination of the Eagle Scout candidate's leadership training and requires a significant effort. The project must benefit an organization other than the BSA, but it cannot be performed for an individual or a business, cannot be solely a fund-raising project, and cannot be a commercial effort.

Northwest Scouters recognizes the importance of the Eagle Scout Service Project and has established the Eagle Scout Project Program to help promote the success of the Eagle Scout Service Projects. This Northwest Scouters program is designed to assist a Life Scout with donations and fundraising for their Eagle Scout Service Project. Many organization or individuals making donations to an Eagle Scout Service Project need a "tax deduction receipt" for the materials or funds dontated. Since many scouts do not have access to a non-profit tax number through their troop or chartered organization, Northwest Scouters is able to provide "tax deduction receipts" for approved Eagle Scout Service Projects.

As a federally recognized non-profit organization, Northwest Scouters can provide assistance to Eagle Scout Service Projects by:

• Providing tax deductible receipts for materials or monetary donations.
• Receiving donations from corporate “Matching Funds” or “Matching Hours” programs.*
• Providing Eagle Scout Service Project monetary grants.**

The following information is needed to begin the Eagle Scout Service Project registration process with Northwest Scouters. All Eagle Scout Service Projects must be registered with Northwest Scouters prior to receiving donations. Registration of an Eagle Scout Service Project can be done in conjunction with the BSA approval process.

Please email the following information to EagleProjects@nwscouters.org.

Council: ________________________________ District: _____________________________

Scout Name: ______________________________________ Troop: __________________

Description of Eagle Scout Service Project: ___________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Will you need tax deductible receipts provided: Yes / No

Have you identified companies or individuals that will need receipts? Yes / No (Please provide names and type of donations).

Have you identified companies that will provide "Matching Funds/Hours"? Yes / No (Please provide company names and individual names for matching funds.)

Are you seeking a Northwest Scouters monetary grant for your project? Yes / No

*Matching Funds and Matching Hours:
Many Corporations offer “Matching Funds” and “Matching Hours” donations. In order for Northwest Scouters to process these funds correctly we must have employee names that have submitted for these corporate programs. All corporate donations received from “Matching Funds” and “Matching Hours” are allocated to the Northwest Scouters Monetary Grant Account. Individual donations go directly towards the specified Eagle Project. Northwest Scouters is currently registered with the following corporations:

• Microsoft

**Northwest Scouters Monetary Grant Account:
Northwest Scouters has an Eagle Scout Project account that we draw from each year. This account is funded through direct donations and corporate "Matching Funds". This fund is not to be used as a "primary source" of funding for Eagle Projects but is meant to supplement existing project funding when needed. Scouts request a Northwest Scouters Monetary Grant must provide documentation demonstrating that they have exhausted other sources of funding.

Northwest Scouters is 100% volunteer and a federally registered 501c3 organization.

Questions about this program can be emailed to: EagleProjects@nwscouters.org