Iowa · Nonprofit
GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA
GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,071,271 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($10,900,405). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.8M
- Funders on record
- 70
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa does
Mission
To offer girls, residing within iowa, se south dakota, and ne nebraska, an opportunity to participate in the girl scout program in accordance with the purpose of the girl scout movement in the united states of america.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Service to troops: to meet regularly with other girls and share amazing experiences, make a difference in the community and the world, and to have lots of fun! Girl scouts incorporates three keys to leadership: 1. We help girls discover themselves, 2. Connect with others, and 3. Take action to create positive change in their communities. This program provides direct support to all girls in the girl scout program.
$4,909,132 spentof which $425,199 as grants$4,835,142 earned by the program69% of program spendingResident camp: to provide girl scout programming to girls in an outdoor resident camp setting. There are four camp locations available in iowa; camp joy hollow, camp sacajawea, camp tanglefoot & camp juliette. Camps are in beautiful locations that are ready to help you make a lifetime of memories. Horses, sailing, star gazing, hiking, swimming, arts and crafts, challenge courses, and outdoor cooking are just a few of the opportunities that you can take advantage of at girl scout camp. Summer, fall, winter, or spring, our camps have so much to offer! Camp is a special place for self-discovery, laughter, fun and personal growth. Girls have the opportunity to learn more about themselves and others as well as enhance their confidence in new skills. With positive role models, experiences that build self-esteem, new friends and exciting activities, girls will have the time of their lives at girl scout camp! Summer camp is for all girls who are entering grades 1-12.
$2,226,193 spentof which $44,291 as grants$686,406 earned by the program31% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,135,325.
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 2024 to 2025, from $14M to $15M (+14%).
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 9% · 2021 8% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Shelton Elizabeth
CEO
Board chair
Stonehocker Doug
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 29 funders, grant income fell $305k → $296k.
8 of 70 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 IOWA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 70 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 IOWA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 IOWA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 94% · 2019 94% · 2020 28% · 2021 27% · 2022 26% · 2023 38% — broadly stable.
“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 GREATER IOWA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
79% of GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA'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 $3.0M that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M 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.
Organizations like GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,071,271 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($10,900,405). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% 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 IOWA have?
- IRS filings report 70 organizations giving $14,071,271 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA?
- COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN is the largest funder on record, with $10,900,405 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA 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 70 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