Wisconsin · Nonprofit
GIRL SCOUTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC
GIRL SCOUTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,028,894 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF PORTAGE COUNTY INC ($308,048). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.6M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes Inc 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
In fiscal year 2025, girl scouts of the northwestern great lakes, inc. (gsnwgl) served 8,476 girls through the troop pathway. These girls have the opportunity to experience a series of programs with the same group of girls over the course of an academic year. Troops are long-term and meet year after year, providing girls with a safe, familiar environment from which to explore the world around them. Troop activities are girl-led and involve cooperative learning and learning by doing. Popular activities include community service, working gsusa journeys curriculum, and badge and patch work. Badges, patches and other items are sold through gsusa to support the troop pathway leaders. This year, 86% of girl scouts report that they are participating in activities they would not have otherwise tried, 82% of girl scouts feel that they can make a difference in the world, and 80% stated that they are a happier person because they participate in girl scouts.
$3,740,690 spentof which $116,926 as grants$4,856,459 earned by the program70% of program spendingIn fiscal year 2025, girl scouts of the northwestern great lakes, inc. (gsnwgl) held more than 160 in-person and virtual events and served 4,863 girls through the events and outreach pathways. Event and reaching out pathway programs are educational and fun, and open to both currently registered girl scouts and girls who have never participated in girl scouts. Each of the programs focuses on a topic that research shows girls are interested in or want to learn more about. The programs are offered to all grade levels, and sessions during the event are broken up by grade level to ensure that each girl is participating in a program that will benefit her. Events and reaching out pathways are built around the five core outcomes: strong sense of self, positive values, challenge seeking, healthy relationships, and community problem-solving. 96% of girl scouts report that events and reaching out programming help them to develop a strong sense of self, 97% of girl scouts report that they are better able to identify ways to contribute to solving community problems, 97% of the participants state that they developed positive values, and 95% report that they are better able to maintain healthy…
$1,108,400 spentof which $19,834 as grants$59,884 earned by the program21% of program spendingIn fiscal year 2025, girl scouts of the northwestern great lakes, inc. (gsnwgl) operated camp pathway opportunities at 2 locations within their council footprint. Camp pathway opportunities typically run from the end of june to the middle of august. Last summer, 478 girls selected from 49 different summer camp opportunities, including resident camp, troop camp, wilderness trips, and weekend sessions. Session topics cover the five core outcomes: strong sense of self, positive values, challenge seeking, healthy relationships, and community problem-solving. The camp pathway offers ample educational opportunities, as well as opportunities for personal growth and development. This year, 92% of girls report that they stepped out of their comfort zone and tried something new, 74% of girl scout parents report that their child is more independent, and 77% report that their child has become more resilient from their time at camp.
$514,987 spentof which $19,311 as grants$198,680 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,364,077.
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 2023 to 2024, from $14M to $15M (+12%).
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 11% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of GIRL SCOUTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES 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. 2 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
Patricia Shafto-Carlson
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Kelly Steelman
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $253k → $449k.
12 of 66 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 THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 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 THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 10% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
72% 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 THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 19% · 2018 18% · 2019 17% · 2020 11% · 2021 18% · 2022 16% · 2023 11% — 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
58% of GIRL SCOUTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
69% of GIRL SCOUTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $801k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC's funding base is broadening — from 18 funders to 31 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GIRL SCOUTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,028,894 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF PORTAGE COUNTY INC ($308,048). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIRL SCOUTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $3,028,894 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC?
- UNITED WAY OF PORTAGE COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $308,048 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GREAT LAKES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 66 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing