California · Nonprofit
GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 97 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,318,898 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($4,900,000). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 97
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $40M
What Girl Scouts of Northern California 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
Summer camp is an invaluable experience - 1,200 youth enjoyed summer camp, connecting with new friends, building courage to try new things, and finding safety after two years of pandemic hardship. Our members enjoyed our properties, spending time in nature, exploring hiking trails and outdoor spaces.
$9,411,566 spentof which $408,895 as grants$1,929,627 earned by the program46% of program spendingIn our stem programs, girls explore science, technology, engineering and math through hands-on experiences like earning badges in cybersecurity, space science, engineering and robotics. More than 16,000 girls participated in our cookie and fall entrepreneurship programs, where they build business skills like goal-setting, money handling, public speaking, budgeting and sales. Girls give back to their communities and earn bronze, silver and gold awards for "take action" projects where they identify issues they care about, discover the root causes of the issues, and take action to develop sustainable solutions. This year, 116 gold awards were awarded.
$5,750,721 spentof which $55,684 as grants$13,990,983 earned by the program28% of program spendingOur council serves approximately 24,000 girl and 22,000 adult members from santa clara county to the oregon border. Throughout the year, we checked-in with members through surveys, town halls, and office hours to provide them with the support they needed. We offered hands-on training for tools and resources to support girl scout meetings and activities.
$3,398,894 spentof which $215,789 as grants$465,410 earned by the program17% of program spendingWe operate retail locations and an online store, which equip girls with program support items such as uniforms, kits and badges. Communications and other support systems provide members with ongoing updates and information.
$1,758,086 spentof which $19,568 as grants$345,097 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,319,267.
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 2022 to 2023, from $44M to $53M (+20%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 0% · 2021 13% · 2022 7% · 2023 12% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’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. 4 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $653k → $813k.
25 of 97 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 97 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 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% 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
80% 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 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 23% · 2019 42% · 2020 33% · 2021 26% · 2022 84% · 2023 15% — 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 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
58% of GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'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 $6.0M that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- Department of Commerce$50k
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 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
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 California
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
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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Girl Scouts of the USA · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 97 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,318,898 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($4,900,000). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA have?
- IRS filings report 97 organizations giving $14,318,898 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 57 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $4,900,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 97 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