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Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc
Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc (Florida) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,591,725 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,800,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 55
- Grants received
- $4.6M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc does
Mission
Serving thirty-five counties in North Florida we inspire girls through the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, to develop courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Property Services - Properties in Gateway Council exist to serve the needs of the Girl Scout program. These include offices where staff and volunteers meet and work, little houses where troops and small groups meet and sometimes hold overnight events, and camp properties where residential and day camping activities, environmental learning, team building, etc are held. There are three little houses, three camp/learning centers, and the corporate headquarters building located in Jacksonville, FL.
$593,050 spent10% of program spendingLeadership Services - Girl Scouts Leadership Development is the world's preeminent organization dedicated soley to the leadership development of girls. Together with commited adult volunteers, girls discover their personal best and prepare for a positive future, connect with others in an increasingly diverse world, and take action to solve problems and improve their communities. In the early days of girl scouting, girls learned gardening and first aid skills. They also learned about childcare, morse code, camping, and cooking. Although some of these activities are still part of girl scouting, technological advances have changed society and girls needs and interests. Today, the girl scout program includes a myriad of educational experiences, including field trips, sports skill-building clinics, community service projects, and environmental stewardship. Additionally, Girl Scouts of Gateway Council has offered various STEM activities and robotics competitions. Other issues current today are obesity prevention, anti-bullying and conflict resolution, and forming healthy relationships.
$3,384,357 spent$380,686 earned by the program56% of program spendingMembership Services - Girl Scouts of Gateway Council serves over 6,200 girl members by providing the girl scout leadership experience. Approximately 70% of our membership experiences this program in tradional girl scout troops led by adult volunteers. These volunteers are supervised by membership and program staff. The girls also participate in council sponsored program activities, primarily large-scale events that are more appropriately offered by the council rather than in the troop setting. The other 30% of our membership experiences the girl scout leadership program through in-school or other group settings, short-term series activities or other settings. These innovative girl scout programs are delivered by membership staff and usually funded by the council.
$1,759,456 spentof which $161,189 as grants29% of program spendingProduct Sales Program - Includes the cookie campaign and the fall product sale. Each program event helps underwrite program opportunities such as camping, program center activities, and training for adults and girls. The girl scout cookie program is the largest girl-led business in the country and generates immeasurable benefits for girls and our local communities. Through participation in the product sales programs, girls develop five key business and leadership skills that last a lifetime: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. While monies earned through the product sales program are important to Girl Scouts of Gateway Council and our troops, the intangible benefits to our girls, such as building self-confidence, learning the importance of teamwork, financial and budgeting skills, realizing the importance of personal responsibility and the value of hard work, are equally important.
$330,226 spent$5,520,828 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,067,089.
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 2017 to 2018, from $12M to $6.6M (−44%).
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: 2017 5% · 2018 5% · 2019 2% · 2020 4% · 2021 13% · 2022 11% · 2023 4% · 2024 3% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc’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. 6 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
Wendy Dordel
CEO
Board chair
Lauren Todd
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $137k → $186k.
9 of 55 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 Gateway Council Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 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 Gateway Council Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
85% 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 Gateway Council Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 38% · 2019 66% · 2020 30% · 2021 20% · 2022 86% · 2023 25% — 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
47% of Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
55% of Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 Gateway Council Inc's funding base is broadening — from 12 funders to 17 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Girl Scouts of Gateway Council 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Girl Scouts of Gateway Council 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 Gateway Council Inc?
- Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc (Florida) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,591,725 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,800,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc have?
- IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $4,591,725 in grants to Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $1,800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 55 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