Chartered organizations of the Boy Scouts of America explained

All Boy Scouts of America units are owned and operated by chartered organizations. Of the units (Boy Scout troops, Cub Scout packs and Venturing crews)and youth members in 2010:

65% of all youth members are chartered to faith-based organizations
23.5% of all youth members are chartered to civic organizations
11.5% of all youth members are chartered to educational organizations

Each unit is chartered by a local branch of an organization, not at the national level. The following tables combine all chartering organizations that fall into a religious denomination or national organization.

The following table lists chartered organizations (originally divided into faith-based groups, civic groups, then educational groups) by number of registered youth:

2013 Chartered Organizations associated with the Boy Scouts of America^[1]
Name of Organization	Total Units	% Total Units	Total Youth	% Total Youth



Parent-teacher groups other than PTAs

Lutheran churches
Private schools
Baptist churches
Groups of citizens



Business and industry

Unnamed community organizations





Fire departments
Kiwanis International

Unnamed churches
Community centres

Nonprofit agencies

Athletic booster clubs
Playgrounds, recreation centers
Chamber of commerce, business associations
Homeowner associations


Evangelical/independent churches




Jewish synagogues and centers

This table gives more information about which type of units are sponsored by which Chartered Organizations, but is more out of date than total units/total youth table:

BSA traditional Scouting membership as of December 2007 — top 25 chartered organizations
Organization	Packs	Cub youth	Troops	Scout youth	Crews	Vtr youth	Total units	Total youth
	9959	135115	18726	199141	8028	66473	36713	400729
	5307	232758	5201	125989	1187	9673	11695	368420
	4617	189985	3878	97185	905	10141	9400	297311
Parent-teacher groups other than PTA	3911	162534	874	21527	340	8671	5125	192732
Groups of citizens	2454	85060	1249	24297	1035	20159	4738	129516
	2114	69296	1969	33813	350	3467	4433	106576
	1875	71680	1888	46834	436	3710	4199	122224
	1531	68556	1893	53031	408	3514	3832	125101
Business and industry	1432	42328	931	17298	1096	13712	3459	73338
Private schools	1568	46883	698	15171	804	30458	3070	92512
	1248	45762	1220	23023	311	4130	2779	72915
	1288	48539	1224	24174	190	1996	2702	74709
Other community organizations	922	30192	680	14671	814	16421	2416	61284
Parent-Teacher Associations	1779	73075	330	6336	41	971	2150	80382
	725	17521	509	9268	211	4444	1445	31233
	625	27061	618	15570	179	3225	1422	45856
	607	21636	583	11499	217	1889	1407	35024
	565	24039	653	16224	119	966	1337	41229
	551	24167	608	17261	161	1666	1320	43094
	571	21648	584	12038	131	1027	1286	34713
Source: Boy Scouts of America Membership Report^[2]

Notes and References

Web site: Chartered Organizations and the Boy Scouts of America . Boy Scouts of America . March 2014 .
Web site: Boy Scouts of America Membership Report – 2007 . January 7, 2008 . PDF . P.R.A.Y. . May 22, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528182132/http://www.praypub.org/pdf_docs/BSA_Membership_Report_2007.pdf . May 28, 2008 . dead .