2024 Annual Membership Fee Update
2024 Membership Fee (Effective May 1, 2024)
Effective May 1, 2024, the BSA will eliminate the $25 one-time joining fee for new program participants in Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing, and Sea Scouting.
- $85/Yr for Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, Venturing and Sea Scouting participants ($5 increase)
- $65/yr for all adult volunteers ($5 increase)
- $30/yr for Scoutreach (No change in fee)
- $25/yr for Merit Badge Counselors (No change in fee. This is only for Merit Badge Counselors not already registered as leaders)
- $50/yr for Exploring participants Youth & Adults (No change in fee)
- $100/yr unit renewal/affiliation fee (No change in fee)
- $15/yr for Scout Life magazine (no change in fee)
New Membership and Unit Renewal Process
Individual Registration Renewal:
August 2023, all BSA registrations changed to a 12-month membership cycle. Both youth and adults who newly registered after July 31, 2023, paid the full annual membership fee and will renew their membership on the anniversary date of joining Scouts.
Each registered member of the BSA will receive an email notice with a registration renewal link beginning 60 days before the anniversary date they joined Scouting. The link will direct them to my.scouting.org to renew.
Unit leaders will receive a copy of the renewal email and the unit will approve the membership renewal.
Registration Renewal Instructions
Registration Renewal Unit Pays:
In my.scouting.org under Organization Manager, the unit will need to select the Unit Pay option.
The Unit Key 3 are notified each month about which members are due to renew that month. The unit can choose not to renew a member (opt-out). The unit can also change the Scout’s Life subscription settings for each person.
Unit Pay Member Renewal Instructions
Unit Renewal (recharter)
When the unit is ready to renew their unit (recharter), this can be found in my.scouting.org under Organization Manager. This process renews the unit only, not any members.
