What % of the profit from a box of Girl Scout cookies actually goes back to the troop/girls?

If it is correct, it is shameful. Asked by Tulip_is_gone 47 months ago Similar questions: profit box Girl Scout cookies back troop girls Sports & Recreation > Outdoors.

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It's really more than 50%, some of which stays with the individual troop; some supports the local council. I’m a Girl Scout volunteer and was a troop leader from 1994-2007. I know that my troop kept approximately $0.45 to $.50 per box sold (price of a box went from $3 to $3.50 over the years) - that would be approximately 15% of the money we collected.In addition, a larger percentage of the money collected went to our local council.

(My local council's website seems to be down just at the moment (drat! ), so I can't give exact percentages, sorry.) These funds directly benefit the girls by supporting the programs and events offered to the girls, maintaining and improving our campgrounds, and providing training and materials for leaders and other adult volunteers, etc. Etc. According to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America website, approximately 70% of the proceeds stays in the local Girl Scout council to provide a portion of the resources needed to support Girl Scouting in that area, including a portion that goes directly to the troop/group selling the cookies.

The balance goes directly to the baker to pay for the cookies. So, significantly more than half of the $$ you pay for those yummy cookies is returned to the girls, either directly to their troop or to the local council that supports their troop. To me, that's something we Girl scouts can be very proud of!

Sources: GS Cookies FAQs at girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/faqs.asp .

You are in the ballpark. I’ve been a leader for well over 10 years and find it incredible the low amount the troops receive for the amount of work they actually put into selling/delivering the cookes. I believe the national average is 50 cents per box, around 14%.

The council which they are managed by gets a little over $2 a box, which leaves about $1 going to GSUSA Headquaters. (this is based on the council near me, they keep around 70% of the money raised) That money goes to pay (the part that council keeps) for insurance on each and every child and adult participant, helps pay for grants for camp, administrative costs, pays for memberships for children that don't have the funds to be a member and it can help fund camps. The GSUSA cut goes for administrative costs.(so they say) It's hard at times doing all the work and then realizing how much just goes out of the troop's hands.

We try to look on the positive side because we have seen the money put to use in our district, but not alot! The price of a box of cookies was based on what our council charges per box. Remember, no troop can charge above an amount dictated by council, while you are looking at the form, check the price on the form to make sure you aren't being overcharged.

If you find that you have, please report this to the council that manages that troop. I'd love to say that I've never seen it happen, but I have. Sources: many year selling cookies CAK's Recommendations ...More Than Cookies (A Cookbook By the Northwest Georgia Girl Scout Council) Used from: $3.00 don't forget, you can freeze them!.

Yes, it is extremely small... And is usually tied to what volume of boxes the troop sells. Same for the boys and their popcorn. What bothers me a bit is the hype they put on it for the little girls so that especially if they are young, they tie a bit of self worth to their cookie sales.

The parents will up this as well if they drag the cookie order sheet into work and get a bit aggressive about it. When the cookie-pushers arise in my office seasonally, I'll buy 1 box per pusher and leave them in the break room for others to partake. It buys me 'protection'!

I usually ask if I can make a donation instead of buy cookies when they come to my door. And if the kid turns up her nose and looks upset, I'll buy a box and tell them to keep it. I don't need more cookies in my house!

It's a great racket for the Girl Scout Association uppity-ups. Sources: soap box .

If it is so, your right, it is shameful..... I have two boys in Cub Scouts. Before Christmas we sold PopCorn. Up to 70% of the money sold went back right into Cub Scouts.

Knowing how much is going back to Girl Scout, I think I will not buy anymore, and just give the girls the money I would have spent on the cookies! .

I am a Girl Scout troop leader. This year, our troop is receiving 60 to 73 cents each box. I know it does not sound like much, but after a break down it is a very fair amount.

That is the amount directly back to the troop. The rest goes to the local council, the baker, shipping, packaging and other incidental costs. Also, the money from the cookie sales goes to buy the prizes that are given to the girls who sell.

And also to scholarships and community service projects to offset the cost of joining girl scouts. The price of the cookies in our area is still 3.50 per box.

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