Colorado · Nonprofit
GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO
GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO (Colorado) receives grants from 80 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,173,639 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,826,410). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 80
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $43M
What Girl Scouts of Colorado does
Mission
Girl Scouts of Colorado prepares girls and adults to create unique leadership paths, ignite change, and share a worldwide sisterhood through traditions and new experiences. Girl scouts builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
At girl scouts, the power within her isn't just welcomed, it's unlocked. It's already there and she holds the key. At girl scouts, she sees that her voice matters, that her actions make an impact, and that she is seen and celebrated. When a girl can stop performing and show up proud and fully as herself, her potential turns into her purpose. Girl scouts is the only space designed to grow a girl's power from the inside out; preparing her not just to succeed in something but to thrive in life. (continued on schedule o)every badge or patch she earns; each step she takes outside her comfort zone trying new things and experiencing outdoor adventures; every success and setback she faces while building her entrepreneurial experience or leading a take action project build her confidence, boost her courage, and develop her character. But, she doesn't do it on her own. The adult mentors, inspiring role models, and sense of belonging that girl scouts provides as well as powerful programming make a difference in the lives of girls. Some highlights from 2025: opened a new ropes course at sky high ranch, adding to the high adventure programming at this overnight camp property near woodland…
$10,246,849 spentof which $347,652 as grants79% of program spendingPrograms:in addition to participating in activities with their troops, nearly 7,000 girl scouts attended staff-led or partner-led programming at more than 110 events across the state. In addition, Girl Scouts of Colorado partnered with funders on 36 events, reaching nearly 1,000 girl scouts. More than 400 girls participated in stem programming, 280 in life skills programs, and 177 in entrepreneur-focused programs (outside of girl scouts' entrepreneurial product programs). (continued on schedule o)outdoor adventures are high on the list for favorite girl scout experiences in colorado and they can be pivotal in a girl's life. More than 2,500 girls attended staff-led and volunteer-led outdoor programs this year. More than 1,100 girls participated in overnight summer camp at Girl Scouts of Colorado's ranch properties. More than 400 girl scouts experienced troop and family camp opportunities. Staff-led day camps served 148 girl scouts, and all volunteer-led camp sessions served 637 girl scouts. More than 150 girl scouts participated in outdoor adventure club, an individual youth member experience for older girl scouts.in an effort to engage more youth and their families from…
$2,724,192 spent$1,434,916 earned by the program21% of program spendingEntrepreneurship: through product programs, more than 9,600 girl scouts built their entrepreneurial skills and ran their own businesses, bringing in more than $3.5 million in troop proceeds to fund their next girl scout adventures and service projects. In addition, these girl scouts sold more than 125,000 packages of cookies to be donated to their hometown heroes, organizations such as fire departments, food pantries, and animal shelters. The fall product program also saw almost 3,000 girl scouts participating and brought in more than $1 million in total sales.
$0 spent$13,895,236 earned by the program0% of program spendingLife skills:girl scouts love to help their communities and through the highest awards program they develop problem-solving and leadership skills, and they make a sustainable impact on our world. This year, 297 junior girl scouts earned the bronze award, 169 cadette girl scouts earned silver, and 35 senior and ambassador girl scouts earned the gold award. Gold award girl scouts are prime examples of the girl scout leadership experience in action. They earned the highest award a high school-age girl scout can earn by leading projects that make a lasting impact on our world. It's a huge accomplishment that also impacts the gold award girl scout as a person. A few big ideas addressed by this year's gold award class include kanshita's idea to establish a sustainable system for donating ethnic clothing from the united states to communities in need in india; abigail's gearing 4 engineering, that set out to break down gender stereotypes that discourage girls from pursuing careers in engineering; and darja's project to create a safe and welcoming space for teens, especially immigrants feeling out of place.
$0 spent0% of program spendingVolunteer training and support:the support and connections girl scouts build with each other and their troop volunteers are keys to their success. Girl scouting is a progression. The longer a girl participates in girl scouts, the more she gets out of it and the more she gives back to the community. The troop leader is often the reason a girl will stick with girl scouts throughout their school years. Training and supporting these amazing volunteers who give their time and talents to build girls of courage, confidence, and character are top priorities at Girl Scouts of Colorado.nearly 200 training sessions were held this year, including volunteer academies, volunteer expos, cert-a-thons, and online training sessions. More than 1,200 volunteers attended those sessions.this year, the training team reimagined what training would look like with goals of reaching volunteers where they are, providing relevant timely training that meets their needs, and helping connect them with resources within girl scouts and the community at large.when a troop leader helps a girl to feel seen, heard, and safe, she begins to shape herself for tomorrow. When that girl scout sees she can make a difference…
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,971,041.
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 2022 to 2023, from $36M to $40M (+12%).
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 15% · 2022 9% · 2023 1% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% 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
Leanna Clark
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $185k → $728k.
13 of 80 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 SCOUTS OF COLORADO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 80 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 OF COLORADO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
83% 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 OF COLORADO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 36% · 2019 28% · 2020 18% · 2021 37% · 2022 76% · 2023 14% — 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
50% of GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO'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
56% of GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $3.2M that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 19 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 OF COLORADO runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 144 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 144 youth development nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO (Colorado) receives grants from 80 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,173,639 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,826,410). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO have?
- IRS filings report 80 organizations giving $7,173,639 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO, 47 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,826,410 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 80 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