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GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC
GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC (Iowa) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,360,916 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,400,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.7M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Inc does
Mission
Girl scouts is the place for girls in grades k-12 to belong. It's a safe place for girls to explore their values and their world, develop an understanding of and empathy with others, and take action to make the world a better place. With other girls, some of whom may become lifetime friends, they gain courage, confidence, and character. Girls are guided by committed, caring adults who make the experience of girl scouting fun.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Girl scouts of eastern iowa and western illinois is the premier leadership development program for girls ages 5 to 17 in 31 counties of eastern iowa and seven counties in western illinois. With guidance from dedicated volunteers, girls participate in a range of programs that allow them to discover things about themselves, relationships and the world by understanding their values and using their knowledge and skills to explore their world; connect by caring about, inspiring an teaming with others locally and globally; and taking action to make the world a better place. Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character. Total number of members served is 10,668 girls and 3,243 adults.
$3,793,840 spentof which $131,678 as grants$159,623 earned by the program73% of program spendingGirl scouting is a non-formal and experiential educational program that promotes leadership skills in girls. Grounded in the values of the girl scout promise and law, the program focuses on leadership and building girls of courage, confidence, and character within a safe, supportive environment. Girl scout camp is the fun of summer camp matched with the leadership development of girl scouts. In a fun, supportive environment, girls learn at camp to work together as a team, make decisions and take responsibility for their actions. Through a wide variety of activities to fit their interests, girls at camp develop creative abilities, build independence and self-reliance, learn new skills and gain confidence.
$1,405,612 spentof which $11,209 as grants$344,660 earned by the program27% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,199,452.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $11M to $14M (+35%).
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: 2020 8% · 2021 12% · 2022 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Diane Nelson
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Jill Dashner
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $292k → $401k.
9 of 49 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 SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 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 EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% 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
82% 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 EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 36% · 2019 32% · 2020 12% · 2021 22% · 2022 77% · 2023 27% — 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
58% of GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% 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
54% of GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M 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.
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In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC (Iowa) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,360,916 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,400,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $4,360,916 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $1,400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 49 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