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GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC
GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,617,062 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ($222,310). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.1M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Girl Scouts of Western New York Inc does
Mission
Together with our girl scouts, volunteers, partners and supporters girl scouts of western new york provides experiences that inspire confidence and a sense of adventure, promote belonging and friendship and broaden worldviews.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule o:troops, afterschool and community-based programs: girl scouts of western new york offers accessible programming in a welcoming environment that equips girls to flourish and lead lasting, positive change in their communities. Our values provide girls with a sense of belonging, character development, service to our members and community, adventure and sustainability. These programs engage girls to make new friends, have fun and gain access to a variety of exciting activities through our research-driven program, all with the backing of a supportive network who help build the lifelong skills girls need to thrive. Girls have access to: fun activities, memorable experiences, prestigious awards, travel opportunites and lifelong sisterhood. Girl scouts help girls develop: skills to thrive today and tomorrow; confidence and self-esteem; outdoor, stem, entrepreneurship and life skills; friendships, connections and belonging; and physical and mental well-being. Number of girls served= 10,816the socioeconomic status of our members varies. Grant-funded programming targeted at underserved girls is a part of our council's continuing investment to ensure that all girls have the…
$4,106,398 spentof which $154,095 as grants$4,933,761 earned by the program65% of program spendingCamping programs: gswny maintains 4 camp properties where girls learn valuable life lessons such as teamwork, independence, trying new things, making new friends and appreciation for the environment. Activities include nature study, camping, equestrian training, whitewater rafting, kayaking, sailing, swimming, archery, hiking, arts and crafts, and ropes challenge courses. Girls experience the outdoors through day camps, resident and troop camps, and outdoor program events. Number of girls and adults served = 4,307.
$2,187,150 spentof which $127,160 as grants$623,571 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,293,548.
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 2024 to 2025, from $17M to $12M (−27%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 19% · 2022 22% · 2023 1% · 2024 0% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK 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. 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $117k → $170k.
8 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 WESTERN NEW YORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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 WESTERN NEW YORK INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% 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
57% 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 WESTERN NEW YORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 37% · 2019 45% · 2020 21% · 2021 23% · 2022 21% · 2023 31% — 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 WESTERN NEW YORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
77% of GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $494k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 WESTERN NEW YORK INC's funding base is broadening — from 8 funders to 14 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
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 WESTERN NEW YORK INC?
- GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,617,062 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ($222,310). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $1,617,062 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC?
- UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $222,310 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 42 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