Nebraska · Nonprofit
GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA
GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA (Nebraska) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,693,401 to it, the largest being THE LOZIER FOUNDATION ($1,540,500). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.9M
- Funders on record
- 50
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska does
Mission
Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Girl scout program - Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska is a preeminent leadership development organization for girls. We are the largest girl-serving organization in the state with 16,000 members. We operate six service centers, six camps and one outdoor education facility. Our programs and activities are designed to be grade-level appropriate and enhance academic achievement. Girls advance through girl scout levels through national curriculum known as the girl scout leadership experience. Our four program pillars are stem (science, technology, engineering, and math) entrepreneurship, life skills, and outdoor experiences. Girl scouts' core philosophy of program delivery is through "three processes" of learning: girl led, learning by doing, and cooperative learning. Girls choose topics and community issues that are important to them, brainstorm potential guest speakers, and field trips that can further their civic engagement. In girl scouts, girls engage in activities that help them discover themselves and their values, connect with others, and turn their ideas into action. Leadership begins with girl scouts.
$4,252,303 spentof which $110,836 as grants$4,753,160 earned by the program68% of program spendingCamping - for over 100 years, girls have explored and strengthened their outdoor skills and commitment to environmental stewardship through girl scouting. Guided by supportive adults and peers, girl scouts discover the wonders of nature, experience the thrill of adventure, and challenge themselves and one another to reach new heights. Our camp programs transform a girl's understanding of and appreciation for nature, while helping her build a unique set of skills and boosting her confidence in ways few activities can match. At a time when youth are increasingly reliant on tech devices for their entertainment, the chance to get outside is more important than ever. In girl scouts, authentic challenges in nature require girls to become more self-aware and to cooperate, communicate, and solve problems more effectively. Girl scouts' national outdoor programming features a variety of fun, challenging, and experiential activities that empower girls as they develop values, skills, and behaviors essential to effective leadership in the outdoors.
$1,465,808 spentof which $2,203 as grants$287,018 earned by the program24% of program spendingOutreach - through our outreach program, we alleviate financial, transportation, and other socioeconomic barriers by providing girl scout programming for free (or at a greatly reduced cost) to girls who may not otherwise be able to participate. We partner with school districts, community centers, and other youth agencies who offer after-school programs to form girl scout troops. As part of our mission, girl scouts hopes to empower every girl-regardless of her race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, or geographic location - to make the world a better place. The target population for girl scouts outreach is underserved girls in grades k-12. We provide programming in sites that have high rates of poverty and other risk factors such as high mobility rates, discipline issues, or unstable homes. Outreach site locations are selected based on data from the department of education's free and reduced lunch statistics, ethnicity, diversity, and an absence of traditional girl scout participation. Girl scouts outreach program offers critical youth development programming that enhances both academic performance and life skills. Girl Scouts Spirit…
$496,303 spentof which $111,442 as grants8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,214,414.
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 2020 to 2021, from $14M to $15M (+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: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 18% · 2022 4% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA’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. 6 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
Sarah Waldman
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $491k → $765k.
12 of 50 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 50 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 SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
46% 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 SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 23% · 2019 39% · 2020 44% · 2021 37% · 2022 36% · 2023 44% — growing more concentrated.
“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 SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
90% of GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $716k 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 SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA's funding base is broadening — from 17 funders to 20 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA
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 Nebraska
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
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA?
- GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA (Nebraska) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,693,401 to it, the largest being THE LOZIER FOUNDATION ($1,540,500). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA have?
- IRS filings report 50 organizations giving $4,693,401 in grants to GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA?
- THE LOZIER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,540,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 50 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