A charter organization is a community group - often a religious, civic, fraternal, educational, or other organization - that sponsors a Scouting unit, such as a Cub Scout pack, Boy Scout troop, or Venturing crew. The Boy Scouts of America issues a charter to each chartered organization, allowing them to use Scouting as part of their youth program. Our chartered organization is the First United Methodist Church.

An entity chartered by a national scout organization to operate a unit of the movement.

an entity, often times a church, civic club, PTA/PTO, or community center to name a few, that agrees to sponsor Scouting as one of its outreach activities to the community as a whole