What do you do with the money you get for Girl Scout cookies?

Answer 1

Once a cookie sale ends in one Girl Scout council, cookies which are left are sent to another council for their cookie sale. Unopened cases at the end of all sales are returned to the cookie baking companies. The Girl Scout council has to pay for any cookies they keep, so it would not be a wise use of funds to keep a lot of cookies instead of sending them back to the cookie bakers.

The cookie baking companies are also able to plan so that they aren't left with a lot of extra cookies. Girl Scout councils are able to contact the companies to request any cookies which are left.

Councils may keep Girl Scout cookies on hand or may request more from the cookie companies for a variety of reasons. If someone calls and says they did not receive their cookie order, the council will try to find out what happened, and may decide to replace the cookie order. They might also use the cookies for gifts, such as giving boxes to the delegates to the council's delegate assembly.

Answer 2

Approximately 30% of the money received for Girl Scout cookies goes to the company which bakes the cookies. Of that, GSUSA receives a royalty from the cookie bakers for use of the trademarks and licensing.

The remaining 70% of the money received for Girl Scout cookies goes to the Girl Scout council whose board of directors determines how the money will be used and how much money each troop keeps.

The money is used by the council for many things, for example: cookie incentives, camps, adult volunteer training, events, program resources, sales tax (in some states, non-profit organizations are not exempt from state sales taxes), and much more.

The money kept by each troop is used for troop activities, such as attending events, earning badges, and travel.

Answer 3

When there is too much girl scout cookies, people give them away or they can keep them and do what they want with them.

Answer 4

Eat it and bake a nother cookie