Code Girls United

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831174058
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Kalispell, MT, USA
Phone
4063004280
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development - Business

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$709,917
Expenses
$891,333
Assets
$295,525
Liabilities
$1,010

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BEN THIEM (President)
  • KARY MESCHKE (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARIANNE SMITH (Executive Dir.): $88,825 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Help girls to become problem solvers through computer coding and business skills training. The skills building prepares young girls to be successful in careers that include technology. The program serves girls between grades 4 and 12.

What it reported doing in 2024

Tribal high school coding: code girls united is working in coordination with the office of public instruction to implement the pilot program in one reservation high school with a future goal to replicate the program throughout reservation high schools across the state. Students will be learning computer science concepts, coding, app making, and business skills as they progress to create their own apps and participate in a competition. Code girls united endeavors to create a program that not only teaches real world skills, but also builds self-confidence and provides a path to future technology learning opportunities. The program will be tailored to include culturally relevant content based on feedback from native youth organizations. Number of students: 25

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -25.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 49.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95% of revenue deployed · 75.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $674K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $89K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.