Ohio · Nonprofit
GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC
GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC (Ohio) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,944,598 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($4,682,341). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $9.9M
- Net assets
- $33M
What Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland Council Inc does
Mission
To build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place through informal education programs designed to help girls put into practice the fundamental principles of the girl scout movement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program and badge programs are offered to our members, which are supplemented by the financial literacy and entrepreneurial program provided for by our cookie and fall product programs. In addition to 43,000 badge programs that girls participated in during the year, there are another 20,000 programmatic experiences ranging from stem, healthy living, outdoor, community service, creative arts and life skills provided to our members. Stem is a growing area of interest amongst the girls, with the addition of our stem center. Programs include nature/wetlands, farm to table, construction and engineering, technology, and space, to name a few. There were over 3,500 participating in our stem programs, nearly 7700 participating in outdoor programming and another 3800 in creative and fine arts programs. These programs are typically held in person, with most of the outdoor programming held at our camps. As for our product programs, 7,820 girl scouts participated in the 2025 cookie program, selling just over 1,737,245 packages of cookies. 52,030 packages were donated to operation salute, and delivered to members of the military and their families. Over 2,600 girl scouts participated in the…
$6,303,972 spentof which $42,595 as grants$7,618,947 earned by the program82% of program spendingGirl scouts of ohio's heartland council served 1,464 girls in diverse communities through a variety of targeted series pathways with the support of community partnerships that included community centers, schools, youth camps and youth-centered organizations. Series pathways provide an opportunity for girls to be introduced to the girl scout experience through focusing on the areas of leadership, team-building, girl empowerment, healthy friendships, exposure to the field of stem, outdoor exploration and ways to make an impact in the world.
$298,971 spentof which $59,622 as grants$136,205 earned by the program4% of program spendingVolunteer recruitment development, enrichment, support and recognitions for over 4,000 direct service volunteer members. Volunteers participate in core required courses from gsusa in addition to local courses: safety essentials, leadership essentials, cpr/first aid and troop camp certification, product program training, travel training and highest awards training. These are delivered face to face, online, and online facilitated. Course are offered throughout the council jurisdiction. The courses are designed to provide organizational knowledge (both national and local) and educate about the girl scout leadership experience. Volunteers have access to an online troop management platform (volunteer toolkit) and an on demand virtual learning platform (gslearn). Volunteers have access to over 300 enrichment courses through gslearn.
$1,089,976 spentof which $3,727 as grants$8,419 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,692,919.
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 $14M to $22M (+57%).
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: 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 7% · 2023 8% · 2024 12% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL 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. 0 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
Tammy Wharton
President & CEO
Board chair
Cathy Lanning
Bmbr (thru 4/25); chair (from 4/25)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $397k → $1.5M.
11 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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 OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
70% 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 OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 32% · 2019 38% · 2020 32% · 2021 67% · 2022 63% · 2023 39% — 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
54% of GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL 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
50% of GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC'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, 52% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.0M 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.
Against its field
GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC 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
Organizations like GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC (Ohio) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,944,598 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($4,682,341). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $9,944,598 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC?
- COLUMBUS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,682,341 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 52 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