WHAT IS THE INTERAMERICAN SCOUT FOUNDATION? The XII InterAmerican Scout Conference, held in Santiago, Chile in 1980 created the InterAmerican Scout Fund in order to establish a long term capital base to support Scouting in the Americas. In 1994, the Fund was converted into a separate legal entity as the InterAmerican Scout Foundation, a non-profit U.S. (Texas) corporation. The Foundation's primary purpose is to support the Scout Movement in the Americas so that a greater number of young people may benefit from the Scout program. HISTORY AND STRUCTURE The history of the InterAmerican Scout Foundation begins in the late 1970's, 15 years prior to its incorporation. In that year the InterAmerican Scout Committee (ISC), under the leadership of its chairman, Gale Johnston, recognized the need to establish a long term source of funding for the InterAmerican Scout Region. Each member of the ISC present at that meeting reportedly contributed the contents of his wallet to establish the InterAmerican Scout Fund. From its legendary beginnings until 1986 the InterAmerican Scout Fund grew slowly to a total capital of approximately $53,000. In that year, Fund committee member Peter Pessoa of Brazil proposed the creation of a planned giving program called "The Order of the Condor." Under the leadership of ISC chairman Juan Niemann of Guatemala, who also served as chairman of the InterAmerican Scout Fund, the corpus grew to over $200,000 by 1992. In that year, Raul Aguilar of the United States became chairman of the Fund. Mr. Aguilar also served as the Foundation's first president, and under his leadership the Fund / Foundation grew to over $550,000 by May 1999. As of July 2003, the foundation's corpus stands at more then US$600,000.

THE ORDER OF THE CONDOR... ...is an endowment recognition program of the InterAmerican Scout Foundation for individuals. Income from the fund is used to help support work of the InterAmerican Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. The region serves member Scouting associations of all nations in the Western Hemisphere. The Order of the Condor was established as a means of recognizing persons for generous financial support to the InterAmerican Scout Foundation. Although the Foundation is pleased to accept gifts of any size, membership in the Order of the Condor is conferred upon those who provide total support of US$1,000 or more. LEVEL OF CONTRIBUTION Grades Amount Bronze US $ 1,000.00 Silver US $ 3,000.00 Gold US $ 5,000.00 Comendador US $10,000.00 Payment Terms: The full amount of the pledge must be paid within two years. MEMBERSHIP IS UPGRADEABLE Prior contributions to the Foundation are credited if a member wishes to upgrade to a higher level. For example, a Bronze member of the Order of the Condor may upgrade to a Silver, Gold or Comendador level by contribution an additional US$2,000, US$4,000 or US$9,000, respectively. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: InterAmerican Scout Foundation P.O. Box 152079 1325 W. Walnut Hill Lane Irving, Texas 75015-2079 Telephone: 214-874-0019 email: info@interscout.org website: http://www.interamfoundation.org