page_title: South Florida Council
section_title: Organization
hierarchical_section_title: South Florida Council / Organization
caption_attribution_description: South Florida Council office
context_page_description: The South Florida Council is a 501 organization chartered by the Boy Scouts of America to serve Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties in South Florida. As of 2018 the South Florida Council had a membership of more than 43,000 youth and adults.
context_section_description: The Council's headquarters are located in Miami Lakes and are named after a former council president, Thomas L. Tatham. He was a prominent attorney and land developer in Florida who was active in Scouting, both as a youth and Council leader. In 1995, Tatham donated $2.5 million to the Council. As of 2017, almost 90% of the non-profit's revenues were allocated to its programs and Charity Navigator gave it a 100 percent rating that year for "accountability and transparency".
  The council is divided into nine districts:
  Buccaneer District serves Monroe County.
  Fireball District serves Medley, Miami Lakes, Miami Springs, Hialeah, Hialeah Gardens and Virginia Gardens.
  Hurricane District serves south-central Miami-Dade County.
  Lighthouse District serves Coconut Creek, Coral Springs, Deerfield Beach, Hillsboro Beach, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Lauderdale Lakes, Lauderhill, Lighthouse Point, Margate, North Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Parkland, Pompano Beach, Sea Ranch Lakes and Tamarac.
  Pine Island District serves Broward County in the area between Oakland Park Boulevard and Griffin Road.
  Biscayne Bay District serves Aventura, Bay Harbor Islands, Biscayne Park, Miami Beach, Miami Shores, El Portal, Norland, North Bay Village, North Miami, North Miami Beach, Ojus, Opa-Locka, Sunny Isles Beach and Surfside.
  Seminole District serves southern Broward County.
  Tequesta District serves Central Miami-Dade County.
  Thunderbird District serves Cutler Bay, Goulds, Homestead, Leisure City, Naranja, Perrine, and South Miami Heights, Florida
  In 2003, the Council became embroiled in controversy when the United Way of Miami-Date discontinued its $480,400 annual funding apportionment, representing approximately 20% of the Council's total budget. The issue arose over demands that the Scout program include sexual orientation training for its members. The United Way Miami-Dade's CEO, Harve Mogul, said of its decision, "The fact that they're doing business in a diverse community carries with it a responsibility to that diverse community". The South Florida Council Executive at the time, Jeff Herrmann, told a reporter that, "Sex education and sexual orientation are not part of our program, and we're unwilling to make them part of our program".
caption: Thomas L. Tatham council office
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