Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541158412
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Chesapeake, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7575474405
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,958,077
- Expenses
- $4,714,433
- Assets
- $13,414,337
- Liabilities
- $349,227
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TRACY KELLER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- TRACY KELLER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $181,807 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Girl scout council of colonial coast, a united way agency, serves girls in grades k-12, in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. Our mission is to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.
What it reported doing in 2024
Girl scouts of the colonial coast (gsccc) is one of 111 girl scout councils chartered by girl scouts of the USA, the world's leading organization dedicated solely to girls, and advocating for girls, for more than 113 years. Girl scouts of the USA is one of nearly 100 educational and civic focused youth organizations that is federally chartered by congress. The girl scout mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. In partnership with caring adults, girls develop qualities to serve them all their lives; strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their potential and self-growth. Gsccc serves just over 6,800 girls throughout southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina with the guidance of nearly 3,700 dedicated and trained volunteers. From exploring science, technology and the environment to learning about health living, anti-bullying and financial literacy, girls are given opportunities to be challenged and learn new skills.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.23 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.9%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.85; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 6/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.