Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363871241
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2021
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
8554568347
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,257,202
Expenses
$20,266,820
Assets
$45,108,506
Liabilities
$3,674,511

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

Leadership & pay

41 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMI MCREYNOLDS (2ND VICE PRESIDENT (UNTIL APRIL 2025))
  • APRIL MORGAN (1ST VICE PRESIDENT (AS OF APRIL 2025); MEMBER-AT-LARGE (UNTIL APRIL 2025))
  • JACQUELINE BARLOW (PRESIDENT (AS OF APRIL 2025); 1ST VICE PRESIDENT (UNTIL APRIL 2025))
  • SIDNEY DILLARD (PRESIDENT (UNTIL APRIL 2025))
  • NANCY WRIGHT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • NANCY WRIGHT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $363,355 total reported compensation
  • ANNA EDWARDS (CHIEF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER): $219,400 total reported compensation
  • JEAN C DORSCH (VP OF FINANCE AND IT): $187,639 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

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What it reported doing in 2024

The product sales program is an integral part of our business and financial literacy initiative, which helps girls learn life skills such as goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. Such programs include the cookie program and the fall product sales program. 6,200 girls participated in our fall product program in which girls sell candy, nuts and magazines generating revenues of $2,128,341 against costs of $1,365,333. 23,300 girls participated in the cookie program selling 3,479,082 packages of cookies. Gross revenues amounted to $20,874,492. Costs incurred in running this program amounted to $9,407,349. The council maintains 6 retail shops for the purposes of selling girl scout merchandise and program materials for all levels of girl scouting. Revenues associated with these shops were $1,490,518 and costs of merchandise were $906,589. Gross revenues and expenses related to these program services are shown on form 990, part viii, lines 10a & b.

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.7%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.23; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.2%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $17.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $363K · 41 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.