re: So the Boy Scouts is now kids standing outside stores asking for money

Except that it is unclear by the wording that OP is using "Boy Scouts" as a collective noun, as opposed to a plural number of individual Boy Scouts. If anything, it seems more reasonable to interpret as the latter.

To illustrate the point using a different example, "So the Little Leaguers are now kids standing...". As the object of the comparison (kids) is a plural noun, you would likely assume that the subject is also a plural noun. OP could have written this better for a collective noun with, "So the Boy Scouts is now a group of kids standing..."

To wrap up, I have no idea why I wasted my time on this when there are wings to eat, beers to drink, and football to watch.

ETA: good day, sir