The Walt Disney Company will end its support for the Boy Scouts of America in 2015 because of the organization's membership policy that bans gay leaders, CNN reports.

Disney's VoluntEARS program, through which Disney employees can convert volunteer hours to cash donations for the charities of their choice, will no longer allow employees to direct funds to the Boy Scouts, the entertainment conglomerate told CNN. Disney does not directly support the national BSA organization or local councils.

According to Disney's charitable giving guidelines, organizations that "discriminate in the provision of services unlawfully or in a manner inconsistent with Disney's policies on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, marital status, mental or physical ability, or sexual orientation" are ineligible to receive funds. While BSA voted last May to allow openly gay youths to join its ranks starting this year, it maintains its ban on gay adult leaders.

Disney's decision "carries a unique weight," said Deena Fidas, director of workplace equality for the Human Rights Campaign. "When you think about brands that exemplify childhood, you think of Disney, and with them dissociating with BSA, it speaks volumes of where we are with the views we want to send to young people."