California · Nonprofit
GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC
GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC (California) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,874,017 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($1,051,453). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $29M
What Girl Scouts San Diego-Imperial Council Inc does
Mission
Gssd builds girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Volunteer development is central to the girl scouts san diego mission, with nearly 9,325 registered adult volunteers facilitating the programming for local girl scouts. Gssd volunteers represent diverse backgrounds and receive comprehensive screening, training, and ongoing support to lead safely and effectively at all levels of the organization. Training offered in person and virtually equip volunteers with leadership, planning, and community building skills while strengthening program quality for girls. Volunteers play a critical role in mentoring girls, facilitating the girl scout experience, and fostering civic engagement.
$7,791,984 spentof which $81,640 as grants$385,313 earned by the program66% of program spendingGirl scouts san diego (gssd) delivers inclusive, research driven programs in a welcoming environment that provides girls a path to make the world a better place. Girls belong as their authentic selves, engage in character development, lead community service projects, experience outdoor adventure, and practice sustainability skills while making friends and having fun. Programs include leadership pathways, gold award opportunities, travel, and lifelong sisterhood supported by caring adults. Serving 14,514 girls across diverse socio-economic backgrounds, gssd prioritizes underserved communities; nearly 40% of members live in low income households. Programs are available to all girls regardless of ability to pay, and philanthropic support ensures access to life changing girl scout experiences.
$3,454,741 spent$2,097,547 earned by the program29% of program spendingTeaching girls business and financial literacy skills and giving them valuable entrepreneurial experiences is why many of our girl scouts have become successful business leaders. The girl scout cookie program is the largest financial literacy and entrepreneur program in the world for girls. It has been a cornerstone program in girl scouts for more than 100 years. This program as well as the fall product program, help girls build confidence while learning business and marketing skills, goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics.
$526,586 spent$6,984,769 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,773,311.
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 2021 to 2022, from $34M to $30M (−13%).
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% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 13% · 2022 0% · 2023 1% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL 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. 5 of the last 7 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
Carol M Dedrich
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $207k → $759k.
17 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 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 SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
74% 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 SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 36% · 2019 24% · 2020 22% · 2021 47% · 2022 17% · 2023 24% — 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
52% of GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL 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
56% of GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL 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 $1.7M that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M 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 SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $3.9M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 203 youth development nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC?
- GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC (California) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,874,017 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($1,051,453). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $3,874,017 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC?
- THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,051,453 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 54 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