---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 30102"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "30102"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/30102"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 301 — Big Brothers—big Sisters of America"
---

# §30102. Purposes


The purposes of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) are—

- (1) to assist individuals throughout the United States in solving their social and economic problems and in their health and educational and character development;
- (2) to promote the use, by other lay and professional agencies and workers, of the techniques of that assistance developed by the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7); and
- (3) to receive, invest, and disburse funds and hold property for the purposes of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1314.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 30102 | 36:883. | Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–870, § 3, 72 Stat. 1691; Nov. 11, 1977, Pub. L. 95–167, § 1(b), 91 Stat. 1347. |

In clause (1), the words “aid” and “of America” are omitted as unnecessary.

Clause (2) is substituted for “to promote the use of the techniques of such assistance developed by the corporation, by other lay and professional agencies and workers” for clarity.