Star Council Report

Please access the November 1, 2025 Star Council Status report with the link below. The emboldened council numbers are the 64 councils who achieved the Star Council Award for the 2024-2025 fraternal year.

Criteria for the 2025-2026 Star Council Award.

• Membership Quotas 6% Net Growth. Minimum of Five – Maximum of Fifteen new members, based on total membership.
• The Founders Award (Insurance). All council must participate in at least TWO Fraternal Benefit Programs, live or on line. SUM ATTENDEES OF TWO OR MORE SEMINARS: Minimum of TEN members or Member-Eligible attendees for councils less than 100 members. Minimum of FOURTEEN members or Member Eligible for councils with 100 or more members. Grand Knight must submit Form 11077 on-line on Supreme website.
• Columbian Award Application SP7. Supreme Council is requiring 16 activity reports. Four activities or credits in each of the Faith in Action categories (Faith, Family, Community, Life). Sponsoring a “Featured” activity will count as two report credits.
  Columbian award Application must be submitted by June 30, 2026.
• Safe Environment Certification. No new changes. Remember: Grand Knight is prohibited from serving more than two council chairman positions. (Grand Knight, General Program Chairman, Family Activities Chairman and Community Activity Chairman.) All chairmen are required to have a personnel email address; not a generic address, like grandknight15999@aol.com.
• NEW REQUIREMENT: Form 185 Report of Officers. Supreme has added the submission of Form 185 to the Star Council Award Requirements. Form must be submitted by July 1, 2025.
• Form 365 Service Program Personnel Report. Form must be submitted by July 1, 2025. Supreme Council will use the emails for the Grand Knight, General Program Director, Council Community Director and Council Family Director in order to forward safe environment on-line training.
• Form 1728 Fraternal Survey Must be submitted by January 31, 2026.

  Supreme Council and Ohio State Council Records show the following as of November 1:

• 94 councils (25% of active councils) have not submitted Form 365.
• 28 councils (8% of active councils) have not submitted Form 185.
• 194 councils (53% of active councils) have not recruited a new member this fraternal year. 17 councils have recruited a total of 466 new members. There are 6 councils who have achieved their Supreme growth quota.
• #1295 Audit. The Audit Status column will show the last audit submitted for those councils who are late with current audit. As of this report, 86 councils (23% of active councils) have not been credited with submitting their current audit.
• Founders Award: There are 11 councils that has been credited with 2 Fraternal Benefit Events and achieving minimum participation quota. It is still early in the fraternal year. Please schedule a FBE or promote a Supreme streaming FBE.
• Remember: Supreme will accept a participant who registers and views a webinar, without the Grand Knight reporting on a Form 11077. However, if a council presents a “watch party” where several participants viewed the webinar or attend a FBE seminar, then the Grand Knight is required to submit a 11077 with all the participant’s Names, (Membership Number if they are brother knights), Emails and Phone Numbers.
• Safe Environment: 92 councils (25% of active councils) have been certified as compliant. Remember your compliant status is good for three years.
• State Program Points. The list shows the current state program points awarded as of this report. 349 councils (95% of active councils) have received points. Remember, the Administrative Points have been added to the count. The maximum points for each of the four Faith in Action categories is 100. (20 for each of the four activities plus 20 for the specific Honoree of the Year.) There is a minimum of 200 points for Growth. (20 points for each of the five growth activities, plus 100 points for Supreme Growth as of May 1, 2026.) And the Administrative point maximum is 200. (25 for each of the eight administrative requirements.) 800 points is required to “max” the We are Called” State Program Contest. (400 for FIA Activities, 200 for Growth and 200 for Administrative). Please read the State Program Activity Manual for more information).
• 2025-2026 S.O.S. Campaign No current data available as the 2025-2026 campaign is just beginning. State SOS Chairman and Imm Past State Deputy Jeff Kiliany reminds all councils that the campaign concludes on March 15, 2026.
• Fraternal Survey Form 1728. No report. Form is due January 31, 2026.
• State Per Capita. There are 79 councils (21%) still owing per capita. Please submit soon.
• Columbian Award Application SP-7. No report. Form is due June 30, 2026.
• Super Cash Bonanza Tickets. Report column lists 2025 final tickets per council.
• 2025 Convention Attendance. 144 councils had delegates seated for the 2025 State Convention in Cleveland.
• 2025 Matching Funds. Campaign Chairman Tony Offenberger report that he has received $28,540 from 101 councils as of this report. Get your donation in soon so it can be “matched” with the $25,000 available thru the Ohio Charity Foundation.
• 2025 Measure Up. 145 councils (38% of active councils) submitted $271,078 for this year’s campaign. Please send in your checks soon. A little over a third of our councils have donated to the Order’s “flagship” charity!
• Council EFF Director: Council COR Evangelization and Faith Formation (EFF) Director Registered. We will monitor councils that have registered an EFF director registered with Supreme. Having an EFF Director is an important step is instituting the COR Meeting Initiative in all councils in Ohio. Currently there are 66 councils who have registered an EFF Director with Supreme.
• Council Growth Quota The column next to the May 1 Membership number will list the council’s Supreme Growth quota for the fraternal year for each council.

  Please contact me if you have any questions. My email is girtken@sssnet.com and my phone number is 330-608-1729.