Michigan · Nonprofit
GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION
GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,040 to it, the largest being THE CARLS FOUNDATION ($59,866). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $91k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Girlstown Foundation does
Mission
To improve the quality of life for children and families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The foster care program provides temporary placement of children up to 18 years of age in licensed foster homes. Children receive services to move them toward family reunification and permanency.
$1,404,631 spent$4,174,765 earned by the program49% of program spendingThe institutional loch rio program provides therapeutic residential care for adolescent females ages 12-17. The program provides opportunities for social, educational, behavioral and emotional growth in the treatment setting.
$960,012 spent$14,676 earned by the program33% of program spendingGuiding harbors supervised independent living (sil) program is designed to assist young adults in developing independent living skills, enhancing educational/vocational and career choices while offering employment opportunities. The supervised independent living program offers services to youth age 16 and older, who are physically and emotionally able to master the skills and experiences offered. The clients referred to this program must have a demonstrated history of functioning at a level appropriate for community-based living.youth are placed in homes with home providers or in independent housing. Youth are expected to be self-motivated and responsible for their life choices. A sil provider is expected to support and encourage the youth in meeting all goals set by the case management plan. There is no training required for this program. Support to the sil family is provided by a case manager who will also work directly with the youth.
$401,532 spent14% of program spendingGuiding harbors adoption program is committed to finding permanent homes for children who are legally free for adoption. The focus of the program is the recruitment and development of adoptive homes for children in the child welfare system. Children enter the child welfare system as a result of neglect, and/or physical, sexual, or emotional abuse. They bear the scars of their neglect, abuse and frequent moves and may act out their pain and feelings of loss. It is our philosophy that all children have the right to emotional nurturance, understanding, educational guidance, and necessary care in a stable, wholesome family environment. They need families who can provide unconditional love and that permanent home.
$124,079 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,890,254.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.5M to $2.3M (+50%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 0% · 2020 2% · 2021 10% · 2022 23% · 2023 8% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $60k → $29.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
27% 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 GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $74 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION: 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 GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION?
- GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,040 to it, the largest being THE CARLS FOUNDATION ($59,866). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $91,040 in grants to GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION?
- THE CARLS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $59,866 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRLSTOWN FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 5 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