Missouri · Nonprofit
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS (Missouri) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,257,524 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($3,226,983). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Girls Incorporated of St Louis does
Mission
The mission of girls incorporated of st. Louis is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold by providing educational, recreational, and cultural programs to girls in a safe environment to enable them to raise their aspirations and realize their potential.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Center - membership services:the center-based program is an extended learning program that includes summer and after school programs. The summer program is held for eight weeks during june - july (713 girls in 2024). Daily structured, age-specific programs are provided, as well as weekly outings on field trips and recreational swim. Girls ages 5-13 participate in classes in the program areas of cultural arts, sports and physical development, educational enhancement (including stem) and personal development.continued on schedule o. A select group of girls ages 13 and older participate in the teen leader, advocacy and business programs, which offer them work experience in the centers, secondary education visits and career-related speakers. The usda summer food program is offered for breakfast and lunch to all participants when the program is in-person.the center-based after school program is offered during the school year from august - may. For in-person programming, transportation is provided from area schools or a private transportation to the center, or girls may be dropped off for participation in the program. Daily structured, age-specific programs are offered in the following…
$1,441,622 spentof which $28,000 as grants$109,395 earned by the program93% of program spendingEureka! Teen achievement program: the eureka! Teen achievement program (eureka) is a year-round, five-year program commitment in which 8th through 12th grade girls will focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem) education. The program fosters educational, professional and personal development with a focus on leadership and community advocacy, with complementary activities in sports and physical fitness, healthy living, and financial literacy. For in-person programming, a portion of eureka takes place in a college campus environment, increasing the likelihood that they will pursue higher education and careers in stem fields.
$48,898 spent$11,600 earned by the program3% of program spendingOutreach - prevention:outreach programs (over 9,130 girls served in 2024) provide education on stem, leadership, advocacy, teen prevention programs and sel. These classes follow the curricula developed at the national level of girls incorporated. A locally developed life skills program is also offered. For in-person programming, classes are provided at 84 sites throughout the st. Louis metropolitan area including schools, community centers, churches and other nonprofit organizations.
$63,789 spent4% of program spendingTeen business program:teen business program is a year-round, five-year program commitment in which 8th through 12th grade girls will focus on business and entrepreneurial concepts. The program fosters educational, professional and personal development with a focus on leadership and community advocacy, with complementary activities in sports and physical fitness, healthy living, and financial literacy. For in-person programming, a portion of the business program takes place in a college campus environment, increasing the likelihood that they will pursue higher education and careers in business fields.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,554,309.
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 $4.1M to $4.6M (+11%).
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 5% · 2018 8% · 2019 7% · 2020 24% · 2021 20% · 2022 19% · 2023 23% · 2024 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Cheryl Jones
President & CEO
Board chair
Honorable Gloria Reno
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $459k → $714k.
9 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 ST LOUIS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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 ST LOUIS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 ST LOUIS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 66% · 2019 42% · 2020 78% · 2021 53% · 2022 55% · 2023 50% — 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
41% of GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
84% of GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $567k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 ST LOUIS holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS
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 Missouri
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
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS?
- GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS (Missouri) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,257,524 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($3,226,983). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $5,257,524 in grants to GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,226,983 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ST LOUIS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 44 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