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The
WAGGGS website lists
145 member
organizations or
countries that are
members of WAGGGS.
There are 121 Full
Members
countries/organizations
and 24 Associate
Members
countries/organizations.
Detailed information
on each member
country is provided
under the
Our World tab
of
the WAGGGS website.
This information
includes the
country’s member
status (Full or
Associate), a census
or count of the
number of GG/GS in
that country (as of
a certain date),
developments,
programs, and
events. The
WAGGGS Members
document is a
summary list of all
member countries,
and the number of
GG/GS in that
country as of a
certain date. In
total, as shown on
the WAGGGS Members
document, there are
8,136,955 GG/GS
associated with the
121 Full Member
countries. Based on
the number of GG/GS,
the United States is
the largest member
of WAGGGS (GSUSA
website), (Leader
Magazine)
& (CEO
of External Affairs)
with 3,578,760 girls
or approximately 44%
of the total GG/GS
in WAGGGS. The
United States is
almost three times
larger than the next
largest country,
India with 1,305,028
girls or
approximately 16% of
the total. The top
four countries
(U.S., India,
Philippines, and
U.K.) make up
approximately 76% of
the WAGGGS Full
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44%
of WAGGGS girl
members are from
GSUSA
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3.6 million
of WAGGGS girl
members are from
GSUSA
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The country with
the next highest
girl membership
in WAGGGS is
India
with
approximately
1.3 million or
16% members
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US, India,
Philippines,
and
UK (4
countries) make
up approximately
76% of WAGGGS
membership.
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The remaining
117 full
member countries
of the 121 full
member countries
make up the
remaining 24% of
girl members of
WAGGGS.
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As stated in
WAGGGS’
Policy on Finance
(page 10, section
5.1), (WAGGGS’s
Policy on Finance
document) each
member country or
organization pays an
annual membership
fee or
“quota”, as
it’s referred to in
their financial
statements, to
WAGGGS
“at a rate applied
to the membership
figures of each
WAGGGS Organization
from the census
figures.”
Membership
fees or
“quota” paid
by GSUSA to WAGGGS
from 2006 to 2009
were as follows:
The above
amounts are located
in GSUSA’s tax
return for those
years.
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This is further
explained as
“World
Association of
Girl Guides and
Girl Scouts”:
$1,817,343 in
the “Payments to
Affiliates
Schedule” on
page 28.
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After
2007, the format of
the tax return was
changed and the line
item “Payments to
affiliates” was
moved. In GSUSA’s
2008 and 2009 tax
returns, the
Membership fees or
“quota” are located
on page 10, Part IX,
line 21; however, no
detailed supporting
schedule “Payments
to affiliates” is
provided. Despite
the lack of a
supporting schedule,
it is very likely
that this amount
(Payments to
affiliates), as in
previous years,
still represents
membership fees or
“quota” paid to
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As stated on page
31 and 35 of WAGGGS’
Report and Financial
Statements for the
year ended December
31, 2008 (2008
Report and Financial
Statements) the
total membership
fees or “Quota” (as
it is referred to in
the report) income
was 1,669,000
Euros.
Using the 2008
average exchange
rate:·
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1 Euro = $1.47
US Dollars
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Multiply the
“Quota” in Euros
and $1.39 US
Dollars
(1,669,000 x
$1.47 =
$2,453,000)
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1,669,000 Euros
= $2,453,000 US
Dollars
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WAGGGS total
income from
membership fee
in 2008 was
$2,453,000
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As stated on page
17 and 31 of WAGGGS’
Report and Financial
Statements for the
year ended December
31, 2009 (2009
Report and Financial
Statements) the
total membership
fees or “Quota” (as
it is referred to in
the report) income
was 1,657,000 Euros.
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Using the 2009
average exchange
rate:
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1 Euro = $1.39 US
Dollars
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Multiply the “Quota”
in Euros and $1.39
US Dollars
(1,657,000 x $1.39 =
$2,303,230)
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1,657,000 Euros =
$2,303,230 US
Dollars
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WAGGGS total income
from membership fee
in 2009 was
$2,303,230
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- 63% of
WAGGGS
membership fees
came from GSUSA
in 2008
- 64% of
WAGGGS
membership fees
came from GSUSA
in 2009
Please also note
the GSUSA is a
“Founder Member
of WAGGGS.”
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