Idaho · Nonprofit
GIRL SCOUTS OF SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC
GIRL SCOUTS OF SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC (Idaho) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $645,953 to it, the largest being GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ($129,817). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $646k
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council Inc does
Mission
Girl scouts of silver sage council is a girl-led youth organization based in boise, idaho. The council, along with a team of 1,320 local volunteers, delivers relevant educational leadership programs that help build girls of courage, confidence, and character who positively impact the communities in which they live.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Camp: girl scouts of silver sage council hosts week-long and weekend camp sessions each summer at camp alice pittenger and camp ta-man-a-wis in mccall, idaho. All of the activities at girl scout camp directly translate into concepts like confidence, self-discovery, character and courage. Girl scout camp allows girls to grow their self-esteem and social skills by interacting with peers of various economic and social backgrounds. During their stay, girls are continuously immersed in nature which educates them on the importance of environmental stewardship. Camp also promotes teamwork, cooperation and individuality through rafting, horse riding, archery, campfire socials and other girl-led activities. The camp environment offers girls a unique combination of fun, friendship, and community.
$1,175,632 spentof which $42,882 as grants$292,249 earned by the program44% of program spendingMembership development: all girl scout programs and activities support girls inside and outside of school and are designed to build self-esteem, integrity, a sense of community, and leadership skills--all of which enable girls to reach their full potential in school, in their personal lives and in their careers. Girl scout programming promotes critical thinking, problem solving skills and applied education through an inquiry-based learning environment that helps girls explore passions and develop new interests. Programs are available year-round including after-school and weekends. (continued on schedule o)in addition to troop participation, there are special topic education programs that include stem, business skill building, money management, environmental stewardship, anti-bullying, healthy living, and positive values, just to name a few. An essential component of girl scouting is community service. Girls choose, manage, and participate in community service projects that benefit thousands of local families and individuals who are underprivileged, homeless, hungry, sick and/or disabled.
$1,055,097 spentof which $23,764 as grants$44,595 earned by the program39% of program spendingProduct program: the girl scout product entrepreneurial program is the largest girl-led business in the country. Girls plan and manage their troops' cookie season activities and learn firsthand what it's like to own a business. They also learn valuable skills such as goal setting,decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics - all of which are essential to leadership, to success, and to life.
$464,653 spent$2,205,946 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,695,382.
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 2019 to 2020, from $3.9M to $4.3M (+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: 2021 10% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of GIRL SCOUTS OF SILVER SAGE 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. 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
Angela Hemingway
CEO (start 4/1/25)
Board chair
Jessica Cafferty
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $41k → $68k.
6 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
59% 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 SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 42% · 2019 25% · 2020 39% · 2021 31% · 2022 19% · 2023 18% — 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
37% of GIRL SCOUTS OF SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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 SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Idaho funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $165k 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 SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,152 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GIRL SCOUTS OF SILVER SAGE 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 Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC (Idaho) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $645,953 to it, the largest being GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ($129,817). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIRL SCOUTS OF SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $645,953 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS OF SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS OF SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $129,817 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS OF SILVER SAGE COUNCIL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 29 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