New York · Nonprofit
Girl Rising
Girl Rising (New York) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,752,185 to it, the largest being HP FOUNDATION ($2,563,000). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 69
- Grants received
- $9.8M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Girl Rising does
Mission
To use the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education. Through media creation, educational tools and programs, and direct support of local organizations, Girl Rising ignites change so that girls everywhere can learn, rise and thrive.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Girl Rising's flagship education program, RISE, delivered in partnership with innovative community-based organizations, equips young people - especially girls - with essential life skills to thrive. Through engaging, collaborative activities, our programs nurture confidence, critical thinking, financial and digital literacy, and gender equity awareness. The programs use storytelling to amplify youth voices and foster a strong sense of identity. Recognizing that girls thrive in supportive environments, our programs engage parents, educators, and community leaders to create lasting support for girls' education. The expected outcomes are higher school retention, reduced early marriages, and empowered youth ready to shape their futures and challenge harmful social norms. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)
$1,201,112 spentof which $74,269 as grants55% of program spendingFuture rising fellowship is a leadership development program for young adults (age 17-25) working in their local communities on environmental and gender justice. Each year, Girl Rising conducts an extensive global search for the most promising participants and supports them at a critical juncture in their lives and careers. Future rising's storytelling creates change in three spheres: individuals (fellows build critical skills, voice, agency and hone their mission), communities (storytelling galvanizes communities, builds social cohesion, helps address difficult gendered norms) and society (future rising fellows access halls of power and have shared important local stories with influencer audiences at unga, un water, ecosoc, cop 26, 27 and 28, aspen ideas, cop 40 and more.)long term, fellows become part of a dynamic network with opportunities for further professional development and amplification of their local work and global advocacy.
$378,509 spentof which $44,300 as grants17% of program spendingThe Girl Rising global education fund (gr-gef) is a six-year venture philanthropy fund (2019-2024) through which we seek out, invest in, and join forces with local leaders who have innovative, culturally relevant ideas on how to advance gender equity and education quality for girls and boys living in poverty. We first introduced this model in india and kenya, and then expanded the fund to include grantees in guatemala. With gef funding and resources, organizations led by strong social entrepreneurs have new opportunities to grow and create positive change in their communities, reaching 5,901,856 adolescents and 266,844 educators in india, and 141 teachers and 1,500 adolescents in kenya.
$293,098 spentof which $160,000 as grants13% of program spendingCommunications and movement building: Girl Rising leads impactful in-person events and global social media campaigns to raise awareness about the barriers to girls' education, including climate change, gender bias, displacement, and gender-based violence. We also highlight the human right to education and the powerful ripple effects of investing in girls' education. Our campaigns feature data from trusted sources such as un agencies and share compelling stories of girls in our programs, effectively amplifying the message and mobilizing support worldwide.
$327,199 spent15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,199,918.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.8M to $1.6M (−43%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
107% of Girl Rising’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Christina Lowery
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Meg Porfido
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 27 funders, grant income rose $10k → $2.3M.
22 of 69 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Girl Rising’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 69 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Girl Rising has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
46% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Girl Rising.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 93% · 2019 30% · 2020 44% · 2021 15% · 2022 49% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
36% of Girl Rising's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Girl Rising draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Girl Rising's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 27 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Girl Rising
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Girl Rising: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Girl Rising?
- Girl Rising (New York) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,752,185 to it, the largest being HP FOUNDATION ($2,563,000). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Girl Rising have?
- IRS filings report 69 organizations giving $9,752,185 in grants to Girl Rising, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Girl Rising?
- HP FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,563,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Girl Rising find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 69 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing