Colorado · Nonprofit
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER (Colorado) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,767,889 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($1,166,509). 60 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 91
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $9.5M
What Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver does
Mission
To inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
General, center, and outreach programs: girls inc. Of metro denver's (gimd) mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. Each year gimd impacts over 2,500 girls and youth, ages 6-25. Gimd is an affiliate of the national girls incorporated organizationa recognized authority on girls' issues with a history dating back to 1864. Gimd's long-term goals are that girls: 1) engage in school, graduate from high school on time, successfully transition to college, and explore a range of careers; 2) make decisions that support their health and well-being, manage stressful situations, and avoid harmful behavior; and 3) build and maintain positive relationships, become strong self-advocates, and lead self-sufficient lives. Gimd's programs are delivered year-round, on-site and off-site.
$1,464,792 spent51% of program spendingCareer success: gimd uses a comprehensive, whole girl, approach that equips girls to navigate gender, economic, and social barriers to grow up healthy, educated, and independent. All gimd program activities and experiences expand on and support girls' school-based learning and lead to: 1) improved school engagement; 2) improved school performance; 3) setting personal, educational, and career goals; and 4) establishing educational aspirations beyond high school. These programs provide early and varied career exposure to teen girls through program tracks including stem, civic leadership, and entrepreneurship. Programs support and empower girls and families to plan and prepare for, successfully transition into, and access resources needed to complete college. Career programs begin in middle school.
$738,687 spent$72,757 earned by the program26% of program spendingCollege success and mental health: gimd provides programs, financial assistance, and wrap-around support to graduating high school girls, engaging and assisting their pursuit of higher education and their persistence through college, particularly their first two years of post-secondary education. As part of its comprehensive whole girl approach gimd offers mental health support and training on site and via telehealth to program participants ages 6 to 24.
$656,233 spentof which $146,212 as grants23% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,859,712.
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 $7.8M to $9.5M (+23%).
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 6% · 2018 6% · 2019 7% · 2020 9% · 2021 12% · 2022 4% · 2023 4% · 2024 3% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
67% of GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Kayla Garcia
President/CEO (non-voting)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 46 funders, grant income rose $849k → $1.8M.
15 of 91 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 91 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
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
64% 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 GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 24% · 2019 19% · 2020 18% · 2021 17% · 2022 13% · 2023 12% — 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
53% of GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
70% of GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.2M 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
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,152 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER?
- GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER (Colorado) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,767,889 to it, the largest being THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION ($1,166,509). 60 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER have?
- IRS filings report 91 organizations giving $10,767,889 in grants to GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER, 60 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER?
- THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,166,509 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 91 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