Massachusetts · Nonprofit
GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,080,745 to it, the largest being GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ($1,232,605). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $5.1M
- Net assets
- $31M
What Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Inc does
Mission
Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Outdoor and camp programming girl scout camps and outdoor experiences provide opportunities for campers to discover, connect, and take-action in ways that build their courage, confidence, and character. Gsema camps offer campers unique and adventurous opportunities in the outdoors, including archery, rock climbing, ropes courses, swimming, survival camping, and more! Our camp properties host summer day camp and overnight camp, year-round outdoor programs, and troop, and group camping. Girl scout camp is the perfect place for campers to explore their interests, gain new experiences, and grow into confident leaders. Plus, they'll have a blast and make amazing new friends! Every camp session is a one-of-a-kind experience; campers take the lead and enjoy their dream camp experience with support from professional trained staff. At gsema, our outdoor and camp programs are designed to provide outdoor fun throughout the summer by offering four-day camp opportunities at cedar hill, maude eaton, rice moody and wind-in-the-pines and three overnight camps with unique features at favorite (sailing), runels (back packing trips), and wind-in-the-pines (high adventure elements). All camps offer…
$3,640,335 spentof which $176,158 as grants$3,284,659 earned by the program29% of program spendingGirl scout programminggirl scouts of eastern massachusetts (gsema) supports girls' advancement in leadership by providing leadership program opportunities such as stem festival and challenge which provides a multitude of age appropriate stem activities to spark interest and offer connections for deeper learning opportunities, or the career academy, which is a week-long program during which girl scouts have the opportunity to visit different businesses and test out potential future careers.girls in 4th to 12th grade can exercise their leadership skills to create change in their communities by earning highest awards: bronze (junior girl scouts), silver (cadette girl scouts), and gold (senior and ambassador girl scouts). All three awards give girls the chance to affect change in the community while gaining essential life skills. Girls learn to find and use their voice to speak up for themselves and others. Council and partner programs focus on developing life skills in the areas of stem, art and culture, cooking, civic engagement, financial literacy and personal skill development such as public speaking. Often, girls, volunteers and families are looking for unique experiences outside…
$7,768,666 spentof which $29,973 as grants$7,374,968 earned by the program63% of program spendingCommunity engagement programming girl scouts of eastern massachusetts recognizes that in many massachusetts communities, girls are underserved in the four key areas of the girl scout leadership experience: stem, outdoors, entrepreneurship, and life skills. Girl scout programs can offer a safe, single-gender environment to develop these important areas through activities that are girl scout-led, cooperative, and hands-on. Supported by caring adult staff and volunteers, girl scouts discover themselves and their values, try new things, take healthy risks, connect with others to create positive relationships, and take action in their communities. Gsema is committed to increasing access to girl scout programming in communities where they are the most in need.according to girl scouts of the usa's (gsusa's) 2017 state of girls report, 16% of girls in massachusetts live in poverty, 33% of massachusetts girls are being raised in single-parent families, 26% of girls in massachusetts come from immigrant families, and girls from families with low socioeconomic status are more likely to be of black/african american and hispanic/latina descent. Throughout our council footprint of 178…
$981,984 spentof which $88,162 as grants$445,740 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,390,985.
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 2023 to 2024, from $27M to $30M (+11%).
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 20% · 2022 16% · 2023 1% · 2024 4% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC’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. 2 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.
Board chair
Deborah Taft
Board chair & president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $663k → $672k.
9 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 MASSACHUSETTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 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 MASSACHUSETTS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
65% 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 MASSACHUSETTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 55% · 2019 32% · 2020 26% · 2021 32% · 2022 25% · 2023 21% — 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
48% of GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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 EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $830k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC 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
Government funding GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$1.0M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$100k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: 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 SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,080,745 to it, the largest being GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ($1,232,605). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $5,080,745 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $1,232,605 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 61 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