California · Nonprofit
Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast
Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast (California) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,584,807 to it, the largest being The David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($510,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast does
Mission
To inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold and to respect themselves and the world around them.Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast offers a constellation of programs that deliver innovative, multi-faceted activities designed to address the strengths and needs of girls and young women, preparing them for economic independence and confident adulthood. We encourage them to make smart choices regarding their academic futures, promote post-secondary education, provide them accurate information on health and sexuality, and equip them with the tools to avoid risky situations. We focus on leadership and self-empowerment through informal educational workshops conducted after school at high schools, middle and elementary schools. Programs assist with developing skills in decision-making, goal setting, facilitation, public speaking, program planning and academic pursuits. Our mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold, to respect themselves and the world around them.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
ECHO Leadership Mentoring program: Works with young women in high school girls to pursue post-secondary education, and plan for future careers, develop leadership and public speaking skills, and learn how to write resumes and prepare for job interviews.Youth Leadership Program: Leadership is one of the key ingredients that make Girls Inc. successful. Our Youth Leaders are ECHO graduatespaid interns who are trained to plan and deliver our programs to younger girls. 100% of our Youth Leaders are off to College!
$288,898 spentof which $5,000 as grants$2,912 earned by the program39% of program spendingFriendly Peersuasion: Girls learn to say no to drugs and other actions that may be harmful, manage stress, and combat bullying; they are also trained to facilitate the program for elementary school girls.
$160,161 spent$1,810 earned by the program22% of program spendingWill Power/Won't Power: Girls in middle school learn to be assertive, take personal responsibility for healthy behaviors and health outcomes, resist pressure to engage in unhealthy behaviors and relationships, and gain information about womens health.
$126,740 spent$1,283 earned by the program17% of program spendingStrong, Smart and Bold Summer Camp: Girls, ages 8-11, experience several Girls Inc. programs in a 1-week day camp, and develop skills in and knowledge of the medias impact, engage in non-traditional sports and adventure, and explore hands-on activities in science, math, engineering, and technology (STEM).
$84,818 spent$11,671 earned by the program11% of program spendingLEAD-HER-SHIP: A four-day overnight program at UC Santa Cruz for girls entering high school where they learn the value of a college education, ways to cope with stress and anxiety, develop leadership skills, and discover how to be their own best advocate.
$39,994 spent5% of program spendingGrowing Together: A four-week program for young girls and their moms, dads or significant adult that encourages positive communication, bonding, and building trust, and helps parents answer questions about puberty and reproductive health.
$37,726 spent$670 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $738,337.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.1M to $2.7M (+31%).
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 4% · 2018 22% · 2019 28% · 2020 20% · 2021 19% · 2022 8% · 2023 23% · 2024 12% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast’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 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $183k → $488k.
10 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 the Central Coast’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 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 the Central Coast has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
56% 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 the Central Coast.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 53% · 2019 37% · 2020 21% · 2021 57% · 2022 31% · 2023 33% — 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
43% of Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
93% of Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $735k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 the Central Coast runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast
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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 the Central Coast: 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 the Central Coast?
- Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast (California) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,584,807 to it, the largest being The David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($510,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $2,584,807 in grants to Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast?
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $510,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Girls Incorporated of the Central Coast 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 45 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