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GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA
GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA (Illinois) receives grants from 93 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,326,651 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($4,467,500). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 93
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $41M
What Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana does
Mission
(continued on schedule o)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization provided activities to 32,000 girls and 17,000 adults in troop/group settings located in greater chicago and northwest indiana. Our girl scout leadership experience is where girls: discover a strong sense of self; connect to develop healthy relationships; and take action in identifying community needs. Girls actively engage in a variety of activities including those in steam (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math), financial literacy, healthy living (which reflect the connection between physical health, emotional health and self-esteem), arts, travel and the environment.
$15,367,257 spentof which $386,654 as grants$271,528 earned by the program87% of program spendingGirl scout troops and groups used camps in wisconsin, illinois and indiana for camping and outdoor activities. Girl scout camp gives girls of all backgrounds an opportunity to grow, explore, and have fun under the guidance of trained adults. Through camp and outdoor activities girls discover leadership abilities, build skills, and develop a deep appreciation for the environment.
$2,299,221 spentof which $37,917 as grants$1,192,165 earned by the program13% of program spendingThe product sales program is an integral part of our business and financial literacy initiative, which helps girls learn life skills such as goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. Such programs include the cookie program and the fall product sales program. 6,200 girls participated in our fall product program in which girls sell candy, nuts and magazines generating revenues of $2,128,341 against costs of $1,365,333. 23,300 girls participated in the cookie program selling 3,479,082 packages of cookies. Gross revenues amounted to $20,874,492. Costs incurred in running this program amounted to $9,407,349. The council maintains 6 retail shops for the purposes of selling girl scout merchandise and program materials for all levels of girl scouting. Revenues associated with these shops were $1,490,518 and costs of merchandise were $906,589. Gross revenues and expenses related to these program services are shown on form 990, part viii, lines 10a & b.
$0 spent$13,424,489 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,666,478.
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 $34M to $37M (+10%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 4% · 2021 14% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 1% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA’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. 1 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
Nancy Wright
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $353k → $642k.
20 of 93 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 93 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 GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% 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
69% 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 GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 56% · 2019 32% · 2020 20% · 2021 50% · 2022 85% · 2023 22% — 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
34% of GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
52% of GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA'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 $5.0M that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 17 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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 GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA 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 GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA (Illinois) receives grants from 93 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,326,651 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($4,467,500). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA have?
- IRS filings report 93 organizations giving $10,326,651 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA, 44 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $4,467,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER CHICAGO AND NORTHWEST INDIANA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 93 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