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Northern Lights Council
Scouting Today for Tomorrow's Youth
Endowing Scouting's Future
We can support the Vision
How to Help Your Council - For Generations to Come
The Northern Lights Council, Boy Scouts of America has an Endowment Fund that was founded to provide a source of permanent financial support for future generations. Gifts benefit all facets of the program including support to traditional youth membership, adult leader training, youth outreach, children with disabilities, the Scout Service Centers, and camping facilities. The money in the Endowment Trust Fund is carefully invested. The Council has a volunteer investment committee that has developed an investment strategy and monitors fund performance. The purpose of an endowment fund is to never spend the principal of the fund.
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Scouting Heritage Society
The Scouting Heritage Society has been established, to recognize those who believe in preserving the tradition and values of Scouting, as well as perpetuating its future for generations to come. The Heritage Society is a program to recognize those who include Scouting in their estate planning or make outright gifts to the Endowment Fund of the Northern Lights Council, Boy Scouts of America. |
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You may qualify for membership in the Heritage Society by:
- Making outright gifts of cash, securities, stock, land, antiques, art, real estate, insurance, copyrights, oil rights to the Endowment Fund of the Northern Lights Council, Boy Scouts of America.
- Making a new or revising an exiting will directing a percentage, fixed amount, or a contingency statement directing an eventual gift to the Endowment Fund of the Northern Lights Council, Boy Scouts of America.
- Naming the Endowment Fund of the Northern Lights Council, Boy Scouts of America, as a primary or second beneficiary of a new or existing life insurance policy.
- Creating a Charitable Remainder Interest or an Annuity Trust, a Pooled Life Income Agreement, a Charitable Gift Annuity, a Short-Term Trust, a Life Estate or bank deposit that eventually directs all or a portion of the principal to the Endowment Fund of the Northern Lights Council, Boy Scouts of America
Gifts to the Northern Lights Council’s Endowment Fund may be directed for general purposes or designated as restricted gifts for special purposes. There are many ways a gift can be made that will provide the greatest possible tax advantages. In addition, a planned gift can help achieve financial and estate planning objectives.
If you qualify for membership in the Heritage Society, please let us know. If not, we hope you will accept this invitation to join.
Write us, print this form Heritage Society Applicatuon and mail to:
Connie Koehmstedt, Development Director, Northern Lights Council, BSA, 301 South 7th Street, Fargo, ND 58103 or telephone (701)293-5011 or Toll Free 1-877-293-5011.
e-mail: ckoehmstedt@nlcbsa.org.
Please remember Scouting in your will and help us teach that "Character Counts" to all young people in the Northern Lights Council.
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James E. West Fellowship
The James E. West Fellowship Award is bestowed on all individuals who donate at least $1,000 to the Endowment Fund of the Northern Lights Council. This contribution must be in addition to the annual gift to the Council’s Friends of Scouting Campaign.
Organizations or individuals may contribute an award in honor of someone – a Scoutmaster, an Eagle Scout, a Silver Beaver recipient, Council President, District Chairman, or in memory of a departed loved one, business associate or a special Scouter. |
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The James E. West (named after the first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America) Fellows are recognized in several ways. Their name is added to a plaque kept in the Council Service Center. James E. West Fellows receive a certificate in a handsome presentation folder, a special lapel pin and a knot to be worn on your Scout uniform . . . all of these available only to West Fellows. You will also be invited to attend special receptions and functions for those who hold this fellowship.
Please contact the Council Service Center if you have questions about the James E. West Fellowship Award or if you would like an application. Your Endowment gift today will ensure the Scouting future for countless youth in the Northern Lights Council.
The James E. West Fellowship. A great way to help Scouting's future.
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THE 1910 SOCIETY
To qualify for this prestigious recognition, an individual, company or organization must donate $25,000 or more to the Council's Endowment Fund. Pledges are acceptable, but must be honored within five years of the date of the pledge. Recognition will be given for gifts of cash, stocks, bonds, and trusts, and other assets that can easily be converted to cash. |
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The levels of gifts to the 1910 Society are named after the early founders of the Boy Scouts of America and include:
- Ernest Thompson Seton Member -- $ 25,000
- Daniel Carter Beard Member -- $100,000
- Theodore Roosevelt Member -- $500,000
- Waite Phillips Member -- $1,000,000
The recognition for the 1910 Society members include a leather bound edition of the Boy Scout Handbook, distinctive lapel pin, and parchment certificate. While the revenue goes to the Council, the recognition comes for the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
1910 Society Members automatically become members of the
Northern Lights Council Heritage Society.
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The Founders Circle
Recognition now for endowment gifts later.
An individual may qualify for The Founders Circle by making a deferred charitable gift for the benefit of a local Council endowment fund of the donor's choice. To qualify, the gift must have a minimum value of $100,000. The gift may take the form of : charitable bequests in a will or codicil, charitiable trusts, gift annuities, life insurance, retirement plan designation, and other deferred gifts approved by the local Council. |
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There are four levels of recognition available to those who seek membership in The Founders Circle. Membership for each level is indicated by the appropriate lapel pin and on the certificate. Although this gift goes to the Northern Lights Council, it is a nationally recognized award. The levels are:
- Bronze -- $100,000 minimum gift
- Silver -- $250,000 minimum gift
- Gold -- $500,000 minimum gift
- Platinum -- $1,000,000 gift and up
All Founders Circle Members automatically become members of the
Northern Lights Council Heritage Society |
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