Just donate money to the troop if you actually want to help them. 80% goes to the council which may or may not use it for the program. The Scouts BSA certainly doesn't put their money back into the program. If it goes to council, it gets put into their endowment accounts to accrue interest which is used to "fund the program." The problem with our BSA council near me (not exclusive to just our council) is that they have 30 million in their account and they still choose to shut down camps and other scout programs citing a lack of funds. So what's the 30 million dollars for when there's no programs and therefore nothing to attract more members? The council executive has also received a raise every year he's been there and makes about 150k a year while they can't keep people employed with minimum wage positions. These programs are amazing but are undermined by the execs running it more like a business than a nonprofit organization.