Ohio · Nonprofit
The Bold Girl Collective
The Bold Girl Collective (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $147,720 to it, the largest being WOMEN'S FUND OF CENTRAL OHIO ($39,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $289k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $148k
- Net assets
- $100k
What The Bold Girl Collective does
Mission
To empower young Brown Girls in all shades of beauty to know their worth, strive for excellence, for excellence, and to embrace their natural beauty. Our vision is to form lifelong bonds of sisterhood, to build confidence, and to see EVERY Brown Girl reach their full potential!
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Thrive & Lead Program (In-School & After-School) offers school day enrichment for grades 3rd - 12th. The setting is in Partner elementary and middle schools. This program equips girls with tools to grow academically, socially, and emotionally. If offers tiered, age-appropriate workshops in social-emotional learning (SEL) and leadership development. The key outcomes is that participants can strengthen emotional resilience, build effective communication skills, develop problem-solving strategies, and step into leadership roles with authenticity.
$7,788 spent$18,060 earned by the program40% of program spendingSisterhood Saturday Cohorts are community-based workshops that run Saturdays from 12:00 Pm - 2:00 Pm. These workshops take place in the Fall, Winter, and Spring (6 week cohorts). The target audience is K-8th grade. This seasonal programming provides a safe space for girls to connect and grow. Thematic sessions focus on identity leadership, and well-being. Key features consists of small group peer support, culturally inclusive mentorship, and activities such as journaling, affirmation-building, and creative expression. Sample topics include self-worth, healthy friendships, goal-setting, mental health awareness, and navigating social pressures.
$11,681 spent$22,212 earned by the program60% of program spendingThe BGC Summer Ambassador Program is a structured summer youth development program providing work-based learning experiences, mentorship, and leadership training. Funding is being requested through the City of Columbus Summer Youth Program Grant to support high-quality programming and compensation for participating youth.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,469.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $18k → $25k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 The Bold Girl Collective’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
The Bold Girl Collective has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
89% 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 The Bold Girl Collective.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 57% · 2021 60% — 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.
Where its funders are
87% of The Bold Girl Collective's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $53k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like The Bold Girl Collective
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Bold Girl Collective: 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 The Bold Girl Collective?
- The Bold Girl Collective (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $147,720 to it, the largest being WOMEN'S FUND OF CENTRAL OHIO ($39,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Bold Girl Collective have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $147,720 in grants to The Bold Girl Collective, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Bold Girl Collective?
- WOMEN'S FUND OF CENTRAL OHIO is the largest funder on record, with $39,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Bold Girl Collective find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 10 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