Girl's Vacation Fund Inc Dba Girls Quest

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131954024
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2125327050
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Camps

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$303,682
Expenses
$397,315
Assets
$3,001,594
Liabilities
$31,073

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GAIL GROSS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • EILEEN MURPHY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LAURA DANFORTH (MEMBER)
  • GAIL GROSS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • EILEEN MURPHY (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Girls quest's mission is to nurture girls from underserved families in New York to help them achieve their full potential and become active members in their communities by building academic and social competence. In this way, girls quest empowers girls to become strong, productive, and caring contributors to their communities, and our work focuses on outdoor experiential education, literacy development, leadership training, and peer-to-peer role modeling.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, girls quest continued its mission of delivering engaging and fun camp activities at camp oh neh tah in east windham, New York. The 2024 session represented a new chapter with alum j green taking the helm as camp director. We increased the number of campers to almost 50 and survived a lengthy power outage along with more rain than usual. Notwithstanding that, the girls enjoyed all their activities, especially those involving the dining hall where we had two fabulous chefs doing scratch cooking for all of the campers and the staff. Archery, crafts and other daily festivities also kept the girls entertained.our sisters in camping from camp sojourner girls' leadership camp in philadelphia returned in 2024 and enjoyed a successful session as well.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 75%; rating input score 75; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -30.8%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.55; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 80.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $319K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.