Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA
GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,440,264 to it, the largest being GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ($564,336). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.1M
- Funders on record
- 82
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $21M
What Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pa does
Mission
Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, & character who make the world a better place
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Life skillsby partaking in gshpa's life skills programming, girls enhance academic skills they learn in school through topics such as: communication skills, civic engagement, financial literacy, global citizenship and healthy living. Girls have an opportunity to put everything they learn into practice by leading a project, thus earning a gold award, which is the highest award a girl scout can earn. Girls choose a project that will help fix a problem in their community or make a lasting change in their world. This program year, gshpa was proud to recognize 64 gold award recipients in an in-person ceremony in williamsport, pennsylvania. We also celebrated 173 silver award recipients and 289 bronze award recipients as they pave their way toward gold.
$3,216,802 spentof which $146,154 as grants$337,485 earned by the program39% of program spendingEntrepreneurshipgirls participated in girl scout cookie program, which allowed them to learn business skills, including budgeting, finance, marketing, planning and sales strategy. Both the cookie program as well as the fall product provide girls with a variety of entrepreneurship opportunities, including social entrepreneurship. When girls participate in the cookie program, they develop the following skills: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics. Girls created individual online store sites and built their e-commerce skills. Utilizing social media, girls and volunteers were able to reach new and expanded markets in addition to their in-person efforts.
$1,694,093 spentof which $600 as grants$5,752,946 earned by the program21% of program spendingOutdoor programoutdoor educational programs and activities offer a key pathway for girl scout participation. These experiences are offered at the council's four camps and offsite with approved program partners. Girls can choose from different themes and focus areas, including environmental or outdoor education.through progressive outdoor programs for girls of all ages, they experience nature, build skills, and take action in their communities as environmental stewards. More than 3,200 girl scouts took advantage of outdoor programming this year across all four of our camp properties, as well as destination and overseas trips. The outdoor experiences benefit girls' physical and mental health, and produce the following outcomes: outdoor competence, outdoor confidence, outdoor interest and environmental stewardship.
$2,481,710 spentof which $7,473 as grants$118,382 earned by the program30% of program spendingStemwith a focus on high-quality multiyear programs in engineering, computer science, and outdoor stem, girls become increasingly interested, confident, and competent in stem subjects. Stem remains our most popular programming, for in-person settings. When girls participate in girl scout stem programs, they benefit in four important ways: stem interest, stem confidence, stem competence and stem value.every council-led program is tied to pennsylvania department of education standards. Our approval as an educational improvement organization for stem programming eligible for educational improvement tax credits administered by the pennsylvania department of community and economic development has been renewed.
$825,180 spentof which $57,168 as grants$317,934 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,217,785.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $21M to $24M (+13%).
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: 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 14% · 2022 8% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Janet Donovan
President & CEO
Board chair
Jayne Huston
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $178k → $237k.
11 of 82 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $730k from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of the Capital Region). These are real filings, and they are not money GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA raised.
From the IRS filings of GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 82 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 SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
43% 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 SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 47% · 2019 24% · 2020 23% · 2021 29% · 2022 37% · 2023 23% — 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
49% of GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA'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
63% of GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $343k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA's funding base is broadening — from 21 funders to 29 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA?
- GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,440,264 to it, the largest being GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ($564,336). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA have?
- IRS filings report 82 organizations giving $2,440,264 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $564,336 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 82 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing