Make sure your Cheddar Up or Square accounts are set up correctly. This will prevent you from personally receiving a 1099-K form. If you use another vendor, please ensure they are set up correctly as well. Remember, you should never use your own personal accounts to collect or manage Girl Scout funds or transactions. This […]
Girl Scouts of Northern California is a nonprofit, and donations to GSNorCal must benefit our collective mission and not provide a private benefit to a specific individual girl. Pass-through donations for troops must go into the troop treasury and be used for the benefit of all girls in the troop. If the troop has decided, […]
The Troop Finance Tracking Workbook (Google Sheets | Excel), is a great tool that helps troops keep track of their income and expenses, year-round. In preparation for the annual Troop Finance Report (TFR) deadline, troops can easily review the information entered on the finance tracking sheet, ensure that everything is accounted for and balanced, then input the information […]
All changes made to GS NorCal troop bank accounts must be reviewed and approved by our council prior to being made. Use this change of signers request form to add, change, or remove a signer on the troop account. Submit the form and wait for Council’s follow up via email with detailed directions, next steps […]
Whether your troop has graduated/aged out, merged, or decided not to continue, you need to fill out the annual troop finance report along with the disbanded troop form. Disbanded Troop Form | Online Form Troop Finance Report | Online Form If your troop has funds remaining, review the Disbanding, Merging, Bridging, or Splitting Troops (PDF) for additional financial guidance […]
Troop Banking Each Troop must open a checking account. Savings accounts are permitted on a case-by-case basis, but troops may not use GSNORCAL tax ID to for credit/debt purposes. The form below is for requests to open a Girl Scout troop bank account or change signers. Please do not go directly to a financial institution […]
Retail GSNorCal Fun Patches
GSNorCal Programs| Activity Ideas & Resources Take a peek at what programs council is offering this year! GSNorCal Fun Patches Girl Scout Activity Ideas Here are some activities you can either incorporate into meetings or events, or you can just do them for fun! Program Toolkits Want to host a program with minimal planning? Here […]
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Fingerprinting is required for all adult volunteers with direct contact or supervision of children, for more than 16 hours per month or 32+ hours per year, in compliance with state law AB506. Every adult volunteer should take steps to complete fingerprinting, please do so as soon as possible. This service is mandatory, currently free to […]
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