Council Relations

I can't tell you whether this is feasible or even acceptable, but that parent is making an unusual presumption. Of all the points of the Scout Law, I best personify "thrifty" (wife can confirm). My penny-pinching brain would never devise a rebate system where I make a "donation" to a legitimate company match program only to turn around and expect that amount rebated to personal slush fund without first consulting the other parties. I'm sorry this puts you in such a difficult position.

The best benefit a scout could have is lots of buddies being able to afford to join the troop. We’d use windfalls like this to offset registration or camp fees. You could even recognize that a particular weekend was thanks to the efforts of the family and their corporate matching program.

When distributing equalized there are some dangers based on how much and to how many. At any time if 30% of net income (annual) benefits any 1 individual it violates the inurement rules (Wendy L Parker Rehabilitation Foundation INC v C.I.R). If an excess of 8% of gross revenue (annual) goes to member benefits it violates personal gain versus non-profit mission rules (Spokane Motorcycle Club V US 222 F. Supp 151 ).    There are a bunch of other cases that touch on smaller amounts but you're dealing with a big dollar item so these 2 are the most probable court cases that define IRS rules that you need to be weary of.

That was supposed to be done before the end of Oct '24. Did he say anything about what delayed/is delaying that action?

I know national has term limits for district and council chairs. There was a situation in my council where a chair refused to step down/aside and claimed there were no rules against it. National stepped in and told the chair to step down per policy or get banned from being a registered adult. That was a few years ago, might have changed, but doubt it considering that district and council committee training still reference term limits for chairs.