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UPS cuts future funding to Boy Scouts
United Parcel Service Inc. will not give future funding to the Boy Scouts of America until gay Scouts and leaders are allowed in the organization, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLADD) reported Monday.
Atlanta-based UPS (NYSE: UPS) gave $150,000 to the Boy Scouts in 2010.
Eagle Scout Zach Wahls, founder of Scouts for Equality, began a campaign on Change.org to pressure Boy Scout corporate donors just after Intel Corp.(NASDAQ: INTC) halted its support for BSA.
?UPS showed true bravery today in standing with the 80,000 Americans, including thousands of Scouts and Scout leaders, who oppose the Boy Scouts? hurtful anti-gay policy,? Wahls said in a statement. ?That bravery is what Scouting is all about,. Corporate America gets it better than most: policies that discriminate aren?t simply wrong, they?re bad for business and they?re hurting the Scouting community.?
GLAAD said UPS told it that under revised guidelines, organizations that are unable to attest to having a policy or practices that align with The UPS Foundation?s non-discrimination policy will no longer be considered eligible for funding.
UPS confirmed to Atlanta Business Chronicle the policy change refers only to new grant requests and there are no current pending requests from the Boy Scouts. The halting of funding is not retroactive, the shipping giant emphasized.And according to UPS' website:
?The UPS Foundation seeks to support organizations that are in alignment with our focus areas, guidelines, and non-discrimination policy. UPS and The UPS Foundation do not discriminate against any person or organization with regard to categories protected by applicable law, as well as other categories protected by UPS and The UPS Foundation in our own policies. These include, but are not limited to race, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or military status, pregnancy, age and religion.?
And for those of you who don't remember how amazing Zach Wahls is:
Re: UPS cuts future funding to Boy Scouts
UPS is going to be waiting a long time before they can start supporting the Boy Scouts again.
I doubt they're going to change their position on teh geighs anytime soon.