Washington · Nonprofit
Z GIRLS FOUNDATION
Z GIRLS FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $758,576 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($166,247). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $583k
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $759k
- Net assets
- $199k
What Z Girls Foundation does
Mission
Zgirls equips girls with the tools and perspective they need to be confident, centered, and courageous.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Confidence Through the Holidays is a 60-minute virtual workshop. Launched a Peer Mentorship program.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
ZGiRLS Confidence Program - The ZGiRLS Confidence Program is our flagship 4-week online program serving middle school girls (ages 1114) across the country. Co-taught by trained facilitators and Olympic/professional female athletes, the program helps girls develop a growth mindset, build self-worth, navigate challenges, and advocate for themselves. In 2025, we served 604 girls across 27 states and 256 schools, with 524 participating in our online programs. 77% of participants received scholarships, ensuring access regardless of financial circumstances. 68% of participants identified as BIPOC, and our mentor team reflected that diversity. Program evaluations showed strong impact, including an increase in average confidence from 3.3 to 4.2 out of 5, with 100% of participants reporting they are more likely to use ZGiRLS skills in their daily lives. This program remains our highest-impact and most in-demand offering. Continued on Schedule O...
$336,001 spent$21,049 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $336,001.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $63k to $222k (+251%).
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.
104% of Z GIRLS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Jilyne Jarvis
Co-founder & executive director
Board chair
Robin White
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $44k → $104k.
8 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 Z GIRLS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
Z GIRLS FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
61% 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 Z GIRLS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 86% · 2019 79% · 2020 76% · 2021 50% · 2022 64% · 2023 30% — 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
30% of Z GIRLS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% 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
59% of Z GIRLS FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $312k that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $447k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
Z GIRLS FOUNDATION's revenue grew 47% between 2020 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Z GIRLS FOUNDATION
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 Z GIRLS 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 Z GIRLS FOUNDATION?
- Z GIRLS FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $758,576 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($166,247). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Z GIRLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $758,576 in grants to Z GIRLS FOUNDATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Z GIRLS FOUNDATION?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $166,247 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Z GIRLS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 31 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