Most councils have more than one individual membership category. Each council sets its own dues and benefits policies. Councils generally also have higher level memberships for individuals and families. There may be three to five levels for individual members, each associated with higher level benefits. Individuals need to consult each local council about the deductibility of local dues as benefits provided directly in return for dues vary from council to council.
Most councils also charge event fees at each of their programs.
Event fees are generally geared to covering the costs of the particular occasion, covering such things as facilities rental fees, meal costs, publicity, speaker's costs, or reception costs. There is usually a higher event fee for non-members than members. Back to top Corporate Memberships Most councils have corporate memberships. These memberships essentially are annual sums that corporations provide to councils for general support. The councils collectively have more than 2,500 corporations as members.