Michigan · Nonprofit
GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,809,464 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($2,400,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $18M
What Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan does
Mission
Girl scouts builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Girl scouts gives girls unmatched opportunities to discover new interests, build meaningful friendships and hone leadership skills while having fun in a safe, supportive space made just for them. Girls grow courageous and strong through a wide variety of enriching experiences, including outdoor education and stem activities, community service projects, and environmental stewardships. In my24/25 gssem and mission aligned partners provided girl scouts more than 130 engaging programs to choose from with programs ranging from steam/stem education and access, enterpreneurship/financial literacy training, life skills and badge earning and highest award activities.
$6,754,395 spentof which $211,563 as grants$827,522 earned by the program69% of program spendingOutdoor activities have been unique to the girl scout experience since our beginning in 1912. Camp programs give girls opportunities to explore leadership, build skills, and develop a deep appreciation for nature, whether for a day, a week, or longer. Girl scout camp and outdoor education gives girls an opportunity to grow, explore, and have fun under the guidance of caring, trained adults. In my24/25 nearly 3,330 youth participated in gssem and partner presented outdoor education programs.our program offerings include: weekend camps, outdoor education opportunities, and travel excursions.
$2,016,014 spent$507,432 earned by the program21% of program spendingWhen girls participate in the girl scouts fall product and/or the cookie program they get more than new adventures. They develop important life skills, such as goal-setting, decision-making, money management, people skills, and business ethics - all skills that contribute to increased academic performance and that help them learn to engage more with their community and discover and build skills for future careers. Gssem and partners presented nearly 20 entrepreneurship and financial literacy programs in my24/25, with 300 participants. Nearly 90% of participants indicated they enjoyed the program they attended and nearly 80% said they knew more or became better at the program activity.
$1,041,688 spent$6,941,440 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,812,097.
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 2018 to 2019, from $20M to $21M (+9%).
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 0% · 2021 7% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 3% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN’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. 5 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
Monica Woodson
CEO
Board chair
Karen Ebben
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $142k → $188k.
10 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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 SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% 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 SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 28% · 2019 19% · 2020 19% · 2021 19% · 2022 92% · 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
50% of GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
74% of GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN'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 $994k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $3.8M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 144 youth development nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
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 Michigan
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
97%
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 SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,809,464 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($2,400,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $3,809,464 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $2,400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 44 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